Is it right for Footballer's private lives to become a media spectacle? ENDS 3/10/10

[Moh]

Most of them want the media, just you don't get to choose between good and bad

They're ridiculously over paid, they know what they are getting themselfs into before the career, their own doing =]

[Jessicrawrr]

They do what they do, they should face the consiquences.
I think it's wrong how they cheat on their wives, and they just seem to expect to be forgiven after their lover has been ridiculed.
It does fustrate me how they are some peoples role models, and they still do all of this; they should be punished for it!

[Minstrels]

They do what they do, they should face the consiquences.
I think it's wrong how they cheat on their wives, and they just seem to expect to be forgiven after their lover has been ridiculed.
It does fustrate me how they are some peoples role models, and they still do all of this; they should be punished for it!

Too far in my opinion. Yes they're role models but at the end of the day they didn't choose to be, if they played in the Blue Square Premier North and cheated on a partner they wouldn't be hunted and "punished". If a bloke in an office cheats on his partner he doesn't get hunted down and punished for it. They all face the consequences if the partner they've cheated on finds out, it's their private life, not the clubs, not the media's, not the public's. Yes, gossip about it as much as you like but when you start talking about punishments for it then you're having a giraffe. How will you punish them? Will you make it illegal? Will you fine Wayne Rooney then fine your average Joe down the local office?

[ifuseekamy]

Most footballers just pay for a gagging order to be put on the press if they really don't want a story to get out, especially if it's scandalous like a gay affair or something.

[Johnysk8r]

Yes, footballer's lives should be publicised. As a professional footballer, you are pretty much a celebrity, and also a role model to the younger generation, especially the group that want to become footballer's as a career.

A footballer should know what is wrong. They know that if they're a popular, well-paid athlete then they will be closely watched by the media. If they **** up, then obviously a news report will come out exposing the footballer. I think that sometimes yes, it can have a detrimental effect on the sport, but it also warns other athlete's that if they **** up, there is a chance that it could become a front page headline.

Yes, I think it is sad when someone's life is being followed around quite extravagantly, but hey, you should kind of expect this. Yes a footballer / athlete is a normal person, like me and you. But they have a profession in which they will be closely monitored, a profession that is close to many people, a profession where people want to know about who they are.

[Jessicrawrr]

Too far in my opinion. Yes they're role models but at the end of the day they didn't choose to be, if they played in the Blue Square Premier North and cheated on a partner they wouldn't be hunted and "punished". If a bloke in an office cheats on his partner he doesn't get hunted down and punished for it. They all face the consequences if the partner they've cheated on finds out, it's their private life, not the clubs, not the media's, not the public's. Yes, gossip about it as much as you like but when you start talking about punishments for it then you're having a giraffe. How will you punish them? Will you make it illegal? Will you fine Wayne Rooney then fine your average Joe down the local office?

As I said, they are role models people look up to them so if they want to do something like that they should expect it to come back and hit them in the face!
What I ment by punishments is getting caught, getting it publicised, it's the life they chose and they chose to live it that way!

[SarahVictoriaaa]

This is what i keep saying, it none of the media's or our business what footballers get up to off pitch :/ Therefore, media shouldn't paste it on the front cover of every paper when something bad happens. Its just not fair x

[sammy]

This is what i keep saying, it none of the media's or our business what footballers get up to off pitch :/ Therefore, media shouldn't paste it on the front cover of every paper when something bad happens. Its just not fair x

But the same thing would happen to any other celebrity if they did what they do! In my opinion footballers should just be treated like any other celebrity and should suffer the consequences for what they do.

[SarahVictoriaaa]

Yeahh but its none of our business! We wouldnt like it if it happened to us :S?x

[sammy]

Yeahh but its none of our business! We wouldnt like it if it happened to us :S?x

If that's the case they shouldn't become footballers!