It's nonsense on stilts

The question is not whether the original tweet was right/wrong, it's what on earth has it got to do with the FA, 9 years later, when at the time he was a child?

Is the FA setting itself up as some sort of supreme moral tribunal in respect of the whole conduct of a player's life, from childhood?

Why confine itself to tweets? What if there is certain proof of having said lots of racist things publicly? Or held racist attitudes?

And then why confine itself to racism? Maybe a player was a dreadful bully at school? Or consistently treated his girlfriends badly?

Why only the FA? Maybe all employers should conduct a moral audit of their employees' lives?

In China, each person has a 'social credit rating' which depends on how good they've been etc, in all aspects of their lives. Each person's rating affects his ability to gain access to services/work etc. Sounds brillo doesn't it?

Posted By: paulg, Sep 4, 12:38:50