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[Cricket] Ollie Robinson suspended by ECB
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LamieRobertson
Not awoke
Blimey ..that’s novel ..I agree with a politician
Dick Swiveller
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- Sep 9, 2011
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Surprised the Sussex Social Media team had missed this. You would think all professional teams. regardless of sport, would have someone go through the accounts of all of their players. Not like it is hard to find.
Absolutely ridiculous. In 2021 we are told we must 'educate' ourselves, so how come 8 year old tweets from someone who was 18 - and has not posted anything similar since then suggesting he is a changed character is being punished so harshly?
Farehamseagull
Solly March Fan Club
He has to say that bearing in mind what his boss has said in the past and got away with! Whilst his tweets were wrong, even I as a snowflake lefty do also think Robinson has been overly harshly treated.
As an aside, the lives of these people who forensically go trough decade old social media posts from teenagers must be incredibly miserable.
Dick Swiveller
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Listened to a bit of TMS and they said that as the ECB were making a big push on their inclusivity campaign, that had to be seen to do something or it would invalidate the whole thing. Whilst it is probably too harsh a punishment for the actions of a wayward teenager, I can see why they did it as they would risk undoing all of their recent work. Does make you wonder who broke it and presumably sat on it for maximum impact.
Lower West Stander
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It was an utterly ridiculous decision in the first place.
What are they actually going to investigate? Presumably the outcome will be something along the lines of not to do it again. I'd get it if it was last week or last year.
But 8 years ago
What are they actually going to investigate? Presumably the outcome will be something along the lines of not to do it again. I'd get it if it was last week or last year.
But 8 years ago
Gazwag
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A cricketer is suspended from the England team for something very stupid he wrote a long time ago yet a footballer drives his car (probably) drunk, crashes it, runs away while abusing lockdown rules yet he is welcomed into the England team - so the pen is mightier than the sword
Uh_huh_him
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- Sep 28, 2011
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Another snowflake leftie here..
I really don't see the point of punishing someone who has/had racist feelings at 18 years of age.
The whole point of the anti-discrimination movement is to educate these people.
If the lad has admitted guilt,apologised and committed to educate himself, then what more do you want?
I really don't see the point of punishing someone who has/had racist feelings at 18 years of age.
The whole point of the anti-discrimination movement is to educate these people.
If the lad has admitted guilt,apologised and committed to educate himself, then what more do you want?
It was a 'graduate' journalist apparently....
Uh_huh_him
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This! all day long.
Teenager tweets ignorant "jokes" to mates a couple of times and nothing else...
Well...... "BURN HIM!" that'll solve racism.
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We all do stupid things when we are younger, we learn from our mistakes. This decision is right over the top. Social Media the worst thing to happen on the Internet.
Dick Swiveller
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Graduate of the Dick Dastardly University, I presume.
GT49er
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The witch hunt begins, pitchforks at the ready - the ECB wants to show they're right on. It is sad that even at 18 Robinson thought it cool or funny to post such cr@p on the internet - but even sadder are the saddoes that trawl through shedloads of historic stupidity to find some dirt, then sit on it only to release it in the middle of his test debut when it will get their oh so clever holier-than-thou trawling the maximum publicity.
Publius Ovidius
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To hang him out to dry
Postman Pat
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The news broke, Robinson admitted it, said he was sorry. He clearly is a different person from the one at 18 years old when he was sacked by Yorkshire.
What is there to investigate?
I suspect he'll be fined, miss the next test (might not have played anyway) and be told to attend some diversity training. I hope this doesn't have a long-term impact on his cricket career.
What is there to investigate?
I suspect he'll be fined, miss the next test (might not have played anyway) and be told to attend some diversity training. I hope this doesn't have a long-term impact on his cricket career.
Not really worth discussing. The ECB had no choice as it coincided with it's announcement on Diversity. https://www.ecb.co.uk/news/1713497/...e-to-broaden-inclusion-and-diversity-strategy
Tough luck for the teenage casual racist/sexist.
Tough luck for the teenage casual racist/sexist.
Uh_huh_him
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Yeah this.
Organisations that care about their discriminatory policies would be more concerned about educating their employees than suspending them.
The need to be seen to be addressing the problem is the issue here.
Suspension just allows the racists to continue their rhetoric.