To ask you all to sign petition regarding Oldham and Ched Evans

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Actually I don't believe I am being unreasonable. But wanted to bring it to attention.

MN seems to be a quiet on this today but I think the fight should still go on. I can't link to it as I am so not tech savvy enough but it is on change.org. (Same person whk set up the Sheffield Weds one so of you sogned that one it is pretty easy to locate).Already has over 9000 signatures so please please please continue to sign and share!

I've just been reading some of the comments under the article in the a Guardian about this. Depressing reading...

"What is Ched Evans supposed to do if he can't play football, sit at home all day? he has served his sentence let him play football.

Who are these numb heads who keep signing a petition, and why should anyone care. Most of them probably don't even follow football. And lets us not forget Ched Evans has served his time for something he did many years ago at the age of 21 whilst out on the town with his mates and the beer. We really cannot punish him forever for being irresponsible at the age of 21. Most 21 year olds do a lot worse than what it is said he did.

I would like to see him signed at Man United. That club is big enough to withstand any silly online petition drawn up by paranoid, over emotional hypocrites.

I would sign a petition FOR signing the guy. His honesty cost him two and a half years of his life and the undeserving scorn of a vastly misguided section of society, while his victim just claimed amnesia, as if she wouldnt jump at the chance to have sex with a footballer.

When it comes down to it, a woman is either too drunk to be held responsible, or the drunk bit doesnt matter. Imagine if his supposed victim got behind the wheels blind drunk and were stopped by the police, she would be held responsible for her actions and be arrested. But she had sex while drunk and she's suddenly off the hook for wanting to do it in the first place? she even went back to the hotel room after going out to get a pizza ffs"

Fluffies, at no point did I say I was sceptical about the complaint. (I also apologised for not looking up the salient facts). Thehousewherenobody lives, I merely illustrated the fact I had looked up the information I did not "highlight" anything. I spent enough years working with offenders to know that a long list of previous doesnt make you guilty of the offence your facing,no I dont base my view on the type of offence.

That's cool HouseWhereNobodyLives. In view of your post above I shan't be signing this petition because I believe Evans has a right to be offered the job.

I suspect that a lot of those sorts of supporters of CE have or would happily act in the same way that he did and feel that they are entitled to do so

That was re the quotes guardian comment

There is nothing in law to prevent Oldham from offering CE a job.

There is nothing in law to prevent those opposed to it signing a petition, withdrawing their sponsorship, not shopping with the ongoing sponsors, not buying tickets to games.

If Oldham wishes to avoid the latter, it can avoid the former, like SUFC and Hartlepool before it. If it doesn't care, it can continue.

Twenty, Ched Evans was convicted on the things that Ched Evans said.

Yup!

Unfortunately I think this deal is going to go ahead. I don't think 1 sponsor refusing to continue if he is signed is going to be enough I wouldn't be surprised to find his gf father stepping into the breach and becoming a sponsor instead. I do think MA is arrogant enough to push this through despite any advice to the contrary.

Personally I don't want him playing at any club while he still seems to lack an understanding of what rape actually is so I have signed the petition

Oh no it's going to be discussed on Loose Women, with the intro, 'Is it turning into a witch hunt?'

Think I will have to turn the TV off...

Will be interesting to see how this goes on LW after Judys comments last time.........

Housewherenobody lives, my comments re previous were in answer to the comment re people being sceptical about rape as opposed to other offences.

If the petition is successful do you really think the media wont report where he ends up working? Who gets the final "say" in where he is "allowed "to have employment?

I think its important to remember we live in a democracy where we are all entitled to our view, I fully respect other peoples right to hold a view even where it conflicts with my own.

I wish the women on LW would mention the fact he has this website and that the victim has had to change her identity 5 times, move away and is still being hounded.

A judge can over rule a jury's decision and there is a right to appeal.

There is no evidence that a miscarriage of justice took place here. Looking at the facts available the jury made the right decision.

I haven't heard any argument for his innocence that goes any further than 'sometimes juries get things wrong'.

Meanwhile comments like the one quoted by nosy explain exactly why he shouldn't be paid to pay professional football.