Originally Posted by
Bremsstrahlung
I originally missed the initial post. But when i read this, it was the worst part for me.
Without details, from what was written, I could somewhat understand a just 18 year old being in possession. I dare say a large portion of high school kids under 18 have some underage material. By no means do I condone this, just saying that there could have been a misunderstanding or at the bare minimum a naivety on his behalf and need for help.
The lack of remorse and attempts at justification were frustrating to read. Sometimes it’s better not to say anything.
And I was doing okay, separating these actions from the football side of thing and the work of newysports. But when I read the part about under 17s, it definitely sounded predatory. And showed that it had crossed over to the football community and showed there is ongoing issues and it wasn’t just a once off or a mistake made when younger.
I hope he gets the help he obviously needs. In the meantime, I doubt he would be welcomed to any ground to watch football (is this even allowed as a sex offender?!?!?)
At the very least, there is awareness that this can happen, has happened and club officials can be mindful of this and it may prompt people to ask for a WWCC in the future if they get bad vibes Which is a good thing and will hopefully help protect our children in football, where they should be safe.