Quote Wellsy13="Wellsy13"And that starts with rewarding them contracts? Other clubs punish players for being idiots. We decide to bring them in. Most clubs would fine, suspend or sack players for this sort of behaviour (Cockayne suspended, Reardon sacked). Us? No, we reward it.'"
No. It starts with giving them an opportunity to turn their lives around and thus, at some point in the future, maybe avoid the same situation occurring again. Wouldn't you prefer it if blokes are provided with a means of dealing positively with how they feel and in their relationships with others? Do you not see working with perps to offer them alternative ways of dealing as being something productive for both the perp and society as a whole? I sure do and as a woman myself I'm glad that the perps (either male or female, since both are capable of domestic violence) are being offered some support to turn things around.
Quote Wellsy13I don't see what sort of message this signing is going to send out, other than our club condones this type of behaviour whilst other clubs don't.'"
It shows that should people want to, they can find a positive way forward even if they have broken da law.
Incidentally, Cockayne pled to ABH (a tougher charge than Reardon) and I suspect it suited Wire perfectly to let Reardon go given that recently they have also let Gleeson go. Agendas and all that.
Hardly a comparison
