Ched Evans to get his job back - Newsnight

Ched Evans should be allowed to play football again when he is released from prison, says Professional Footballers' Association chief Gordon Taylor.
The Wales striker, 25, was jailed for five years for rape in April 2012 but is due to be released early this month.
More than 90,000 people have signed a petition  calling on Evans' former club Sheffield United not to re-employ him.
"I didn't know there was a law that said once you come out of prison you still can't do anything," Taylor said.
The PFA chief, speaking to the BBC's Sport Wales programme, added: "As a trade union we believe in the rule of law... besides that, he still wants to contribute to society.
"If he earns money he'll pay taxes, those taxes will go to help people who maybe can't get a job."
Sheffield United signed Evans for £3m in 2009, but released him along with 10 other players the month after his conviction for raping a 19-year-old woman at a hotel near Rhyl, Denbighshire.
The South Yorkshire club has refused to comment on a possible return for Evans, who was capped 13 times for Wales before his conviction.
Meanwhile Wales manager Chris Coleman told a media conference on Thursday ahead of their Euro 2016 qualifier against Bosnia-Hercegovina on Friday: "I've not thought about Ched Evans. That story has come from outside our camp.

Thread Title should have been a question...as not known yet.

Whyever not?

Patrick Kluivert, Lee Hughes both convicted of death by dangerous driving and came straight back into football and played for years afterwards after they had served their sentences.

It is a difficult one. The only difference is , rape cannot be accidental .

Not difficult at all - he's served his time. Would never have gone to trial but for the 'victim's' connections anyway.

It's going to be a bit uncomfortable when the fans start the old scores when he wants chant.

They sang it before he went to trial - he'll shag who he wants. Terrace humour, eh?

Mikael D'Haguenet     15 Oct 14 09:40 
Not difficult at all - he's served his time. Would never have gone to trial but for the 'victim's' connections anyway.


So your defending a rapist , and the victim should be discounted. That he should be allowed to carry on as if nothing occurred. Whereas the girl ,potentially, has her  whole life blighted.

Take it up with the juduciary if you have a problem with the length of his sentence.

I always found it strange that he was convicted because the lass was too drunk to consent.  However, the other player got off which I couldn't get my head around.  This means she was not to drunk to consent with one player but too drunk to consent with Ched.  I can certainly understand those who think Ched was a tad unlucky.

Evans was a bit unlucky and he has every right to be aggrieved that unlike all the other rapists and thugs in football he wasnt a big enough name to be above the law.

thedodgepot

Unbelievable comment !

I think the girl has more of a reason to feel she was a ' tad unlucky '  in my opinion.

Have you ever looked into case or not?

I was stunned when I looked into it.  I think he was merely guilty of being an arrogant footballer.   Explain how his mate was found innocent and Ched was found guilty?  It can't happen.   Either both were guilty or both were innocent.

facts.........get a life........the guy has done his time.......i agree this was not a normal rape case

I too have my doubts about this conviction, but justice has taken its course, and there will always be questionable verdicts whatever systems you use to arrive at a verdict.

There can be no justification however, for refusing to let a man continue his career upon release whatever your views on his crime.

A very odd case when I looked at it the first time round, never understood how one player got convicted but the other got off, as the girl in question cannot remember anything that happened from when the innocent party picked her up.

sufc season ticket holder here,fwiw I think he should be allowed to continue his career as a footballer whether it be with sufc or not.the law states he has done his time and is allowed to continue the employment that he used to do before he was sent down.
some people are now turning this into a witch hunt against evans and sufc when it seems there anger should be applied to the cps,police or indeed the justice system.

The biggest non-story in recent weeks.

If he was a plumber, would he be prevented from earning a living in the trade he knows best?

The man has served his time.

Would people rather he sat at home and live off benefits?

It's a difficult one, wesdag. Apparently.

If he was a plumber, would he be prevented from earning a living in the trade he knows best

no, but you probably wouldn't be leaving your missus alone in the house to let him in