Richyboro
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Scary to think that there are people out there that trawl through years and years of social media posts hoping to find something 'juicy'
Marc Bola warned
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Erimus74
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Could you imagine the write up if the job was advertised
Unblemished history, someone who never used social media, never said a word out of place, basically, someone that's never exsisted
Erimus74
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100% spot on
Erimus74
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Even if true, in all honsety it shouldnt have gone further than the initial phonecall, they should have replied to the person making the call, have you ever said, or done, anything wrong when so young
I bet someone went looking for that tweet after the Fulham game. Some joker has a screenshot of a Dael Fry tweet about pot he tweets every time Fry is in the press.
The key thing for me here is the club have done everything to look after Bola. He's clearly distraught. So well done Boro. And shame on the FA for not caring.
The key thing for me here is the club have done everything to look after Bola. He's clearly distraught. So well done Boro. And shame on the FA for not caring.
weemoby
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And comfy chairs
chickenrunner
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So the tweet was deeply offensive so much so that Bola immediately deleted it when it was brought to his attention. But the FA intended to publish it in their written judgement. Beyond fecking belief!!
clay
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"This is awful. Nobody should have to read this. Let's publish it far and wide so everyone can read the thing we don't want anyone to have to read and be offended by the thing we find offensive"So the tweet was deeply offensive so much so that Bola immediately deleted it when it was brought to his attention. But the FA intended to publish it in their written judgement. Beyond fecking belief!!
The original decision was made back in November. There was then a delay because Bola appealed against details of the Tweet being included in the "Written Reasons" document that the FA normally publishes after a hearing.
The hearing on that appeal was held on December 16 and its findings are dated December 24. Not sure why it took another 2 weeks to publish the result.
If he had been an adult and wrote something homophobic now, I would get him being fined or something and told to apologise/take a course in diversity but it was when he was little more than a kid. Hopefully he no longer holds that kind of view but the whole thing has been ridiculous.
TeaCider
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We already know what would have happened if he was an adult, as another player was punished for a similar offence.
Jonson Clarke-Harris: Peterborough striker handed four-match ban, fined £5,300 for historical social media posts
Jonson Clarke-Harris was found to have breached FA Rules E3.1 and E3.2 over social media posts made between 2012 and 2013; the player has been handed a £5,300 fine, banned for four matches and will be forced to attend an education programme
A four match ban, a fine and an education course.
Because Bola was a child, he only has to attend a course, there's no ban and there is no fine.
Both of those punishments were for historic tweets, if the tweets were from now the punishments would probably be harsher.
Angelofayresome
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When I was a a teenager 13 or 14 I said and done things I should not have, however it never got broadcast on a social media platform for the world to have a look at. But you know you grow up learn from your own experiences and move on. That's what should of happened here. Disgraceful that it came to this.
Colin Warnek
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I hope the FA covered the club/Bola's costs of hiring market-leading employment law specialists, and then some.
chickenrunner
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"Instead, the 2012 rules left punishment at the discretion of the three-person panel. In November, Bola was given a warning as to his future conduct. He was also ordered to attend an education programme within four months and pay the commission’s full costs."