OT can the reputation of Rotherham ever be restored?

[the_idiotb_stardson]

If so how?

[ragingpup]

Oh jesus. Really? Wonder where this might go.....again.....

[Lolmorgan]

NO.

[UlleyMiller]

What reputation?

As a significant industrial centre? As a place full of happy, friendly northerners? Pre-the 1,400 shame? As a gritty, hard-to-beat football club?

[the_idiotb_stardson]

My enquiry is a result of a conversation I overheard, two fellas saying how the town will always be tarnished by the scandal.

It really did get me thinking if it can be turned around. I like to think it could but have no idea how. Any positive suggestions?

[UlleyMiller]

I don't think it is to anyone whose opinion I'd listen to. It makes for an easy chant for away fans, but the actions of a few don't define 250k people, nor the town they live in.

[great_fire]

It no doubt puts footballers off coming here but the town is hardly unique in this regard.

It's a national scandal not just a local one.

[animallittle3]

As someone not from Rotherham I don't automatically think about what happened to those young girls every time I hear your town getting a mention in the media and what have you .

As far as I'm concerned the only stain is on those who committed those offences and those who stood by and did nothing about it .

[KerrAvon]

I suspect that the CSE scandal is talked about on here far more than it is in the rest of the country.

I have treated several non-Rotherham folk to Millers' games and the comment that they nearly always make is how many obese people seem to live in the town, so maybe dieting might turn the image around.

[Jocksgloves1]

Is our town much different to the other places that have taken a battering since the decline of the coal and steel industries?
The CSE is what it is. So is the Wath riots. There are a lot of good things about this place and the people in it.