exactly. surely wouldn't have hurt whatever future appeal he or his legal team think he might get just to say that although he maintains his innocence wishes to disassociate himself from any of the actions carried
out by those who claim to 'support' him through such actions.
Wait, so if a club loses money through sposnsors pulling out because they have signed someone who has committed a crime that most people find repellent then the FA should make it up the shortfall? Have you got some sort of random idea generator on your PC or do you actually sit down and think...