Footballers and Domestic Violence

Just last week the footballing world was shocked at the news of Manchester United star Mason Greenwood being involved in a domestic violence scandal. He was said to have physically abused his 18 year old girlfriend and also attempted to rape her.

The pictures surfaced earlier this week on social media and football enthusiast as well as the whole world were horrified by the gory images they saw. Their were pictures and also audio recording of things that had happened. The woman claimed that she had been abused by the football Star and also followed it with pictures as evidence.

This was really damaging for the football player as his career took a drastic turn. Because of what had happened he was sent out of the club pending the investigation. He was unfollowed by his fellow teammates on Instagram. Most of them if not all unfollowed him including Cristiano Ronaldo. His jersey was removed from the club stores and fans could exchange the ones of him that they already had for another one. If you search for his name on the clubs official website for their store it would bring out no result.

He has been removed from and advertisment involving Cadbury and Nike have suspended their agreement with him. Even Manchester United shirt sponsor (Team Viewer) are concerned about the whole situation. All in all, all major brands and organisations have disassociated themselves from him.

He was arrested by the police and was in jail for three days before he was granted bail. He has been in his house ever since and has infact boosted his security.

This is a really damaging move for the player as his young career is spiralling downwards. He is young at just 20 years of age and this is already happening to him. He is not the first player to be accused of rape and domestic violence as countless of other players have been accused of such. Players like Neymar, Ronaldo, Benjamin Mendy and even coaches such as Ryan Giggs.

Football really has it's own share of controversy. Numerous players have done things that are not proper, that someone of their stature shouldn't be doing. Some of them are cheating on their wives or girlfriends. It is really hard to find a faithful footballer. In fact it is hard to find a faithful celebrity. Most of them are known to be unfaithful as their lifestyle gives them that opportunity.

They are on the move all the time and rarely get to see their loved ones. They are in a new city almost every week and almost never settle down except they are on a long-term injury. This encourages to engage in unscrupulous activities as no one is around to catch them.

They earn a lot of money and have little or no financial responsibility as they are still young. This gives them the opportunity to blow or waste their money on parties and in clubs. Spending it lavishly on houses and cars and not forgetting women. Literally, they can get any woman that they want since they have so much money.

Making a lot of money at such a young age leads them to making bad decisions. They are still growing and as such not yet wise. Most of them do not think of life after retirement but only think of now. They have a lot of wealth and as such think they can do whatever they want without the repercussions. They feel big and become proud thinking that they are on top of the world. This is totally wrong.

No matter who you are, you are not above the law. You might be doing something perhaps in secret but one day it will come out. That is why most of the allegations against players come months or maybe years later. They think that they've gotten away with it but it comes back to hunt them. Their reckless and carefree lifestyle has gotten them into trouble.

A number of this players weren't raised in good homes or were not even raised under a roof at all and as such nobody was around to inculcate the right values in them. They leave questionable lifestyles and then pay for it letter on.

Footballers need to learn from Mason Greenwood experience and live better lives. They need to start making the right choices so that their career no matter how young it may be won't come crashing down. They need to know and do better. The choices you make affect your life and the lives of people around you.

I am still following the story and I wonder where it will take us to but all in all I hope the truth prevails.