It all depends on wether he was on it before the bairn died. If it was a regular thing, but happened to happen again after his loss, then it's sick of him to use the kid as an excuse. If it's something he's purely done as a coping factor, then I believe he should be able to keep on playing. Unfortunately it's hard to know, that's why I think he's been given the benefit of the doubt.
I don't see it as an excuse terry. You do, obviously we disagree Stop trying to make out I'm some silly twat. I'll save the forum some wasted reading time
People on here are being sympathetic to the decision because they can, this decision is being handled on it's individual merits, which is fine but it sets a ****ing awful precedent for future players getting away with taking drugs in this sport because they can just play the 'depressed' card, any good lawyer would rip the FA a new arsehole if they let Livermore off and not some other mug who's trying to pull a fast one. If you lot went down at Hull's expense last season this thread would look completely different.
That's utter BS mate. A few posters on here have mental health issues and it's something that get's dealt with, it's not an excuse or a way out when you land bang in trouble. If he has never used it before his child died, I would be very surprised. I agree with your comment about opening the floodgates and that's the bit I'm mainly debating. Now everybody who gets caught can drag up a tragedy from the past and use that. Zero tolerance on drugs is exactly that, zero tolerance.
It's far from BS mate. I handle recruitment and HR as part of my role and if somebody is suffering from anything termed as mental health or depression there are various laws in place to protect the individual. Many of the posters on this board will be more than aware of this due to personal circumstances, as am I, and just because he is a footballer doesn't exclude him from employment laws and such. Footballers are still workers, and still are afforded the same rights as you and me, quite rightly. Tell me how any of what I said therefore is 'BS'.
Not sad at all mate, just have experience on the matter and I reckon your being a little harsh. Anyway all about opinions isn't it? I disagree with you, no biggie.
If that's the case then mate, I'll take your word for it, but why don't the FA just say "We can't ban him, even if we wanted to"?
Here's a true story. 3 days after turning the rifle on myself, I was informed it was to be sent away for testing because it had the pressure pumped up in it. The legal limit is 12ft.lb. I knew it was border line and it came back as firing 11.83, I basically had a rifle that had the power of a sawn off shotgun and but for tiny fractions, I could have been looking at 5 years for possession of an illegal firearm. It didn't even enter my thoughts to use depressions as an excuse, I know the law of the land and would have accepted my punishment.
Confidentiality perhaps? Has there been any disclosure from Livermore regarding this? Again, we only get to know what he permits to be made public if that is the scenario, of course I have speculated that this is what's happened but it seems not only plausible, but extremely likely to me. I do, on a seperate level, love the hypocrisy of people over the use of cocaine. I barely know anyone of my age group that doesn't, or hasn't taken it, yet it's made out to be the devils work when it happens in the public eye. Laughable really.
Fair enough mate. Genuine question here, can you tell somebody like Livermore he has a mental health issue or does he have to be diagnosed before proceeding down the Mental Health route? My point still stands, everybody who has had a tragedy will put it under depression and therefore mental health issues.
Not really mate, how many of your mates are role models to kids? How many of them are professional sportsmen? I was in the military and never touched a thing, I had people's lives indirectly in my hands. What if it was a surgeon who let somebody die on his table because he was goosed off beak? It's completely relative to what he does for a living. All this performance 'enhancing' stuff is completely irrelevant for me, it's the other way I'd look at, long before assessing how it could improve his performance on the pitch. He irresponsibly went out with drugs in his system, knowing his abilities were impaired and could have went in on another player and ended their career. Does he say to the other player "Sorry mate, hope you understand, my baby died, never mind about your career eh pal". Drugs are banned, for a reason. Ban him.
Losing my brother to cancer and using drugs? I've said it on here before, I put myself in rehabilitation, like many have said everyone deals with situations differently. The most important for me was having the strength and courage to change, get help and I certainly did. Doesn't matter if your in sport or Not, jake had a family tragedy and that's how he dealt with it. Cheer cheer to the FA
Your debate is coming from a humanity level, mine purely sports and the laws of sports in particular. My dad ruined my family and ****ed off when I was a young kid, he committed suicide shortly after, that's where my lack of empathy stems from. I don't connect int eh same ways you do, I guess that explains me and my stance on this subject. I feel sorry for the guy, but there's just a wall there for me, rules are rules. Sorry to hear about your brother, I'm sure he was a diamond if he was anything like you.
From a HR point of view where our business is concerned, it would certainly need to be medically certified and not just someone saying 'I'm depressed'. If you are diagnosed as being depressed by a professional, then that falls under the mental health umbrella, it's an often abused route, but when genuine it is an often underestimated and all consuming thing. there are many, many factors to consider.
I can absolutely take all that on board mate, I can, but I don't feel this has been the FA going 'he's suffered enough', I feel there's a far deeper back story that we will never know about due to confidentiality etc. I also agree with the role model element etc, but by the same token that doesn't mean someone who canes the gear every weekend can go all high and mighty as he's a footballer, the common thing when we heard about it in our group was 'young lad with loads of money and free time sniffs a bit gear, imagine...'. All are different of course, as I have said already.
Maybe the lad is suffering from PTSD. It's not only soldiers who get that, could happen to anyone. I went through a period where I was almost continually rat arsed. Turning up at work pissed, that's when I could actually get my arse out of bed. My then employers took me in & we sat & talked. They gave me the leeway to get over things - fair play to them. As for any disciplinary action, it should be dealt with in private. Everyone is entitled to that.
Sorry to hear about your experience with your dad mate, your right i am coming from an humanity level, I believe sports is connected in that level too. I understand your black and white on this situation and especially from your past experiences, I respect that. Can I ask what your dad did?
Sorry but I have to say that it's not fair to state that we'd all be kicking off it was Cisse who had just scored against us. I certainly wouldn't and you can see from this thread I'm not the only one. We're not that blinkered you know.
