Andre Gray suspended ..

[millertop]

For 4 games due to gay comments on Twitter 4 yrs ago.

Surely that's the past and he hasn't done it since so why has it come to light now and deserves a punishment?

Internet trolls will now have a field day looking back to the past comments

[millers88]

Seems a ridiculous decision seen as though its 4 years ago when he was playing for Luton but Burnley are the ones getting punished for it, i very much doubt if he was playing for Man Utd, Man City or Liverpool ect nothing would have been done but because its little Burnley they will want them out the Premier League like the Football League wants us out of the championship.

[mellowmiller]

Some of these decisions take a bit of understanding when it's the current club that suffers for an earlier misdemeanour.
It's a bit like when Steve Evans got a stadium ban from NYS for an "indiscretion" he committed at Bradford when he was manager of Crawley.
You have to wonder if the football authorities think these things through.

[John2]

Just maybe they're trying to punish the players rather than the clubs?

[mellowmiller]

Just maybe they're trying to punish the players rather than the clubs?

Well they're not succeeding then because he's been banned for four games at the club where he didn't commit his offence.

[CAMiller]

What does a ban actually mean? In the NFL it means no pay, no training with the team, no attendance at games and strictly no speaking to anyone at the club.

[John2]

Well they're not succeeding then because he's been banned for four games at the club where he didn't commit his offence.

What I mean is... the player himself isn't allowed to play, which is his punishment - the person the punishment is targeted at.

The clubs are collateral damage.

Its like saying someone shouldn't be sent to prison because of the damage it will do to the kids. They're not trying to punish the kids.

[mellowmiller]

What I mean is... the player himself isn't allowed to play, which is his punishment - the person the punishment is targeted at.

The clubs are collateral damage.

Its like saying someone shouldn't be sent to prison because of the damage it will do to the kids. They're not trying to punish the kids.

I understand that John but it does seem very unfair on his current club who have not done anything wrong.

[Brin]

Instead of the ban it should be a massive personal fine to the player so it hits him hard and not his current employers…..

Set the benchmark and hopefully the word gets around and sinks in to others….

[Lolmorgan]

Seems a ridiculous decision seen as though its 4 years ago when he was playing for Luton but Burnley are the ones getting punished for it, i very much doubt if he was playing for Man Utd, Man City or Liverpool ect nothing would have been done but because its little Burnley they will want them out the Premier League like the Football League wants us out of the championship.

At this moment I don't think we need any help from the Football League to get out of the championship,we are well on the way of doing it our selves.