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David Goodwillie: Signing could be 'devastating' for women's football
The chief executive of Scottish Women's Football has criticised Raith Rovers' "poor" decision to sign David Goodwillie.
www.bbc.co.uk
This story really is shocking given we are now in 2022 and football clubs still think it'll be ok to sign a player who's been found guilty in a civil court of rape.
Without going into the full detail the case wasn't taken to a criminal court due to a lack of evidence to support the claim but in a civil court the judge ruled that the victim was not in a fit enough state to consent to having sex with the two players involved. She was awarded damages.
I know convictions shouldn't be a life sentence for people in most cases a second chance is required but this club rule womens teams as well as mens teams. There can be no justification as a business to hire someone with that conviction and put him in an environment like a football club.
There's a really good bit of punditry from Gordan Strachan from the 2014 world cup when Saurez bit a player and the panel was talking about the consequences for him and he basically admitted football has no morals. If you are a good footballer your club will back you to the bitter end and give you endless chances.