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Originally Posted by shakermaker

Suspension is most definitely a punishment for the players.

As Tealeaf says, it is the same in other professions. Would you want your child to be taught by a teacher against whom an allegation has been made, rightly or wrongly? Would you want to be treated by a doctor who has been accused of negligence, rightly or wrongly? If and when any allegations against the teacher or doctor are proved to be unfounded, that is the end of the problem.

Originally Posted by shakermaker

Needless to say, it also puts the club in a more difficult position on the pitch.

Potentially, indeed it does. We have to live with that. We have to do what is right, not what is expedient.

Originally Posted by shakermaker

The difference with similar everyday circumstances is that it's a football club, not the real world.

This is very much the real world. It's the world of law, order and justice. Wynonie has a specific worry about the club - and quite right, too. If the players are found guilty and the club is punished, we'll see whether or not it's the real world.