http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/18164015Not sure how I'd feel if he was on his way to Charlton, not pleased I think. Don't know how their Chairman can go on about him giving something back. What's he giving back? He's got his career back the minute he leaves prison. I know he's served his time, but negotiating a return before he's even been released doesn't seem very sympathetic to the family who's lives he ruined.
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He chose to drink and drive thinking he is billy big bollocks.
People leave prison and get jobs again, if he got a job as a toilet cleaner would we criticise his employers for having no morals?
Sentencing in this country is a joke, as is the fact so many are released having served only half their sentence. No doubt there'll be a thread such as this about Evans in about 2 and half years.
Sad situation is that most footballers need to be brought down a peg or two, they earn too much money and think they are dons! (Terry, Defoe etc)
If he was a banker, a teacher, a civil servant or a doctor he'd not be wandering back into a job. But that's the way that it is, unfortunately.
I don't believe people should be denied their trade when they leave prison, quite the opposite actually. That's not to say you'd employ a convicted thief to look after your money, but I don't see any reason why he shouldn't play football professionally again.
I said it at the time and i will stand by it, He made a terrible decision and it has devasted a family , if it were me i would kill him the minute he stepped outside of the prison,
but think of it this way
Your Child is not the one who is killed but is the person who made the worst decision of his life, would you desert him, would you believe that he needs to be punished forever,
would you hate him, would you do all the things that your morale high ground is stating
All i will say is there for the Grace of god go you and your own, think about the decisions you have made in your life and if you can put your hand on heart and say that you have made the right one in every aspect of your life, and you cant look back and think shit i got away with that one thank god
then hats off you are a saint
i have drove the morning after a heavy heavy night over the limit you bet your arse i was , did no one die , yep no one died , did it make me right and justify the decision, no it didnt
but there will be outrage at the whole thing, he will get nailed for what he has done as a keeper he will be easy game
i just think that sometimes we need to take a step back before some fire off about the scum that they feel he is
But he only did 3 1/2 years. Which to me is way too low, but how often do we hear that.
That said I think that the fact he has to live everyday with what he has done will haunt him forever, more so when he has his own kids. I dont know if he has any kids.
Is he entitled to have his career back and earn a living? Yes he is, I think what annoys one and all is that he is in a profession that as football fans we would give (almost) anything for.
I think we will see how rehabilitated and remorseful he is in the coming years/months. If he behaves like that twat Lee Hughes and gets into more trouble then he should be condemned by one and all, however reading between the lines I don't think he is like Hughes in any way shape or form, except for the crime he committed.
Let us pay thousands of pounds a year to support him and his family then, as you have deemed him not allowed to have a career.
Also we do not know that he and Swindon, if he does sign on, will not use his role in terms of supporting and promoting education of young people.
I realise this might seem like I am in favour of him but let me clear I find his crime abhorrent.
Having said that, it is a terrible, terrible thing to have happened and I can fully understand the family of the deceased being aggrieved that he might be back playing professional football again.