[St Charles Owl]

You are correct Snooty, he is a convicted rapist, but he has also served his time and surely therefore he is allowed back into society, albeit on parole, just the same as any other criminal. As regards him coming back to football, then I really cannot see a reason why not!! I might not want him at my club, and I am sure a lot of other fans feel the same, but any offender should be allowed to pursue a life after jail. The high profile nature of his job for me doesn't come into it, as long as his job is not directly connected to the crime as in Larrys initial analogy with the bank, then he should be allowed to play. Of course he has to find a club willing to pay him and take the abuse and attention that comes with employing him, but there will be some club somewhere who will give him a contract.

And since when have we truly had a zero tolerance on racism, homophobia or sexism in football?? Sure the powers that be may say they do but the reality is very different. Any transgression by a player on the field can be dealt with by banning him for a few games, aka Suarez, but once that is done they come back as normal. That is not zero tolerance, its punishment!!