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My reply was so good I said it twice there lol

 

What's the world coming to when you get sacked over making racist comments confirmed by 3 witnesses eh? Bloody political correctness...

 

The BBC have said that it is editorially inappropriate, given that he is allegedly involved on one side of a current controversy within the game. Seems sensible to me, and a good way of avoiding offending a chunk of your audience.

 

Is Ballance guilty?

 

So between the four Asian players 3 heard it one didn’t so obviously we believe the one who didn’t hear it , ok then

 

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He screwed himself when he denied it thinking it would just be his word against Rafiq's and he could front it out. He can't really change his tune now and admit to lying, but his attempts to deny it are now a bit laughable and he knows it. Watch his body language and eye contact (or lack thereof) in that clip when asked the 2 questions on racism and the alleged comment compared to when he's sucking himself off over playing for England for 10 years or being the first non-Yorkshire player

 

Do you think the 3 Asian players are lying? If so, why?

 

Did I say that, because it’s not in my quote, I just quoted a fact

 

Am no judge and jury mate and neither are are you.......not sure every person mentioned in dispatches should lose jobs tho.......everybody in all walks of life have probably said things without realising at times......the other Asian player seems to have no gone quiet, I wonder if he now scared to speak out....who knows eh?

 

The allegations fit in with stuff on his twitter account. Don't see the problem in standing him down or are we just paying lip service to getting rid of racism in cricket?

 

It made no sense either time I'm afraid.

 

Chill out.....

 

Let's break this down and see if it actually makes sense:

It doesn't require a judge and jury to sack someone - it never has

He hasn't even lost his job, he's been stood down whilst all the facts are known, a perfectly sensible decision when the risk to an employer is so serious.

I'm not on record for saying anything racist - if you are; then perhaps that explains your view here.

The allegations have been made and verified by several witnesses, his twitter feed backs up some clearly racist views - I can't understand why anyone would defend him except...
if they believe that there's no harm in the racism.

 

I'm perfectly relaxed - but I'm not the one contorting myself to defend a racist.

 

I find it odd BBC who do things like play Chris Brown songs when he's a convicted woman beater are OK in other cases having nothing to do with someone when they haven't been found guilty of anything yet.

 

Nice to hear......have a good day!

 

And you’re sure you can see absolutely no difference whatsoever between playing a song by someone and employing someone?

What offences are you going to draw the line at before we stop playing music by people? Drug taking? That’ll make the radio quite boring.

 

Tbf I agree with @dreamboy3000 on this.

 

The BBC gave him a very fair interview where the allegations and tweets were addressed and he was allowed to make his own point as well as apologise. I dislike Vaughan profusely as do many others but he has only been omitted from the current BBC teams, not sacked outright. If serious allegations are made against you from multiple sources then suspension and removal from the public eye are standard practice. The BBC have been very fair in their treatment and so has Vaughan in his response... Whether you believe his words or not.

Vaughan is a powerful public figure in cricket. Him addressing his mistakes and apologising is a start, but if he can use his voice to help initiate change in the sport then I'm all for him being given an opportunity to.