Satou Kazuma Posted January 22 Share Posted January 22 (edited) https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/mariano-rivera-wife-clara-lawsuit-b2684423.html If this was known knowledge before the Hall of Fame voting, stripped him of HoF status. Hell, he should've been disqualified to be on the ballot. Edited January 22 by Satou Kazuma 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1pooh4u Posted January 22 Share Posted January 22 48 minutes ago, Satou Kazuma said: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/mariano-rivera-wife-clara-lawsuit-b2684423.html If this was known knowledge before the Hall of Fame voting, stripped him of HoF status. Hell, he should've been disqualified to be on the ballot. Oof those are some fucked up allegations. They allegedly were told of abuse of a minor by an older minor and decided to intimidate the victim. Then said minor was sexually abused by an adult and, according to the complaint, still did nothing. didn’t read if any criminal charges have been brought just civil 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scoobdog Posted January 22 Share Posted January 22 At the very least, it brings up the important discussion of what line is there between an athlete's personal life and his or her on-field performance when it comes to Hall of Fame induction. It's difficult to see how this would impact Rivera's HoF nomination and induction. He's not directly implicated in the predatory actions, so there's no way for the voters to have predicted that he would become involved in this tragedy. The nature of his involvement being oblique, if nonetheless substantial, to the abuse poses issues with retroactively taking the nomination away. All of this is to say that, rather than offer an opportunity to improve the selection process, this event is more likely to establish the frivolousness of the Hall of Fame concept as a whole. Great athletes are still flawed human beings, and lionizing them for their accomplishments inevitably leads to the exposition of these flaws and the resulting backlash that comes with a "sports hero" being discredited as an upstanding person. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Satou Kazuma Posted January 22 Author Share Posted January 22 11 minutes ago, scoobdog said: At the very least, it brings up the important discussion of what line is there between an athlete's personal life and his or her on-field performance when it comes to Hall of Fame induction. It's difficult to see how this would impact Rivera's HoF nomination and induction. He's not directly implicated in the predatory actions, so there's no way for the voters to have predicted that he would become involved in this tragedy. The nature of his involvement being oblique, if nonetheless substantial, to the abuse poses issues with retroactively taking the nomination away. All of this is to say that, rather than offer an opportunity to improve the selection process, this event is more likely to establish the frivolousness of the Hall of Fame concept as a whole. Great athletes are still flawed human beings, and lionizing them for their accomplishments inevitably leads to the exposition of these flaws and the resulting backlash that comes with a "sports hero" being discredited as an upstanding person. I forgotten that's he's already in the Hall of Fame years ago. Mixed up on who's who of the Yankees. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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