Joe Root: Nothing wrong with being gay

[theegyptian]

You will recall the evidence outside the nightclub of him taunting a couple of gay blokes a few minutes before the fight broke out, for which he was inexplicably found not guilty of assault.

the gay blokes didn't seem to take any offence to whatever transpired between them. https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/7017269/gay-couple-defend-ben-stokes-affray/

 

[Daemon]

“We were just having banter outside the club. Ben was messing around making gestures, but I have banter with my friends like that.

“The police said he was making hand gestures at me, but I get that a lot and I’m still friends with these sorts of people.

“My friends do it as well, it’s taking the p***, but it’s not like a bad p***, we clearly didn’t take offence to it.

he did mock them though?

 

[theegyptian]

he did mock them though?

i didn't say he didn't. It certainly seems to have been taken in a friendly manner as joking between people who were being friendly too each other, rather than insulting.

 

[Beamer]

A 4 game ban for that is a tad ridiculous IMHO. The board have quite rightly accepted it but on the understanding that this is a new level of scrutiny and they they expect the same rules to be applied in the ashes. The other boards will be watching as these things haven't been applied equally in the past.

Jimmy Anderson and Ben Stokes are bans waiting to happen if they apply this across the board.

 

[mr_mister]

Be glad it's in a format he almost never plays lol. Almost off Scot free

 

[sledger]

4 game ban is about right I'd say. Just a shame it's in a format he's too crap to get selected for.

 

[Zinzan]

Joe's taken a violent homophobic thug of his own into the Windies dressing room as protection. You couldn't script it. Brilliant.

Some of your better work.

 

[Top_Cat]

Banning him for 4 ODIs he had no hope of being picked for anyway was the point, I reckon. The cricket world reacts in mock horror at stump mic stuff, Root looks great, Gabriel puts out a (admittedly reasonable) apology, it sends a message to all the other ****s calling each other ******s and that the issue was given the seriousness it warranted and 4 ODI's looks like a harsh penalty.

i.e. it's meaningless.

 

[Daemon]

Wonder what the official framework for punishment is.

Sarfraz got 4 LO matches as well, so maybe it was used as a benchmark.

 

[sledger]

Wonder what the official framework for punishment is.

Sarfraz got 4 LO matches as well, so maybe it was used as a benchmark.

Suggests that the making of racist comments is deemed to be on a par with the making of homophobic comments, in the seriousness stakes, so I guess that's about right.

 

[StephenZA]

Sorry isn't the four game ban have to due with the number of demerit points he is on (8 now)? as you accumulate more the ban is longer?

 

[Zinzan]

Haven't had time to read all the details, but sounds like Root did well here. Although if being gay turns out to be against the law where he's from, which someone was speculating, It could be looked at slightly differently. Although still a dick move (ironically enough).

 

[mr_mister]

It was decided to be the next four games the Windies play, and whether that was ODIs or tests is down to whatever is next on the schedule

Lucky for Gabriel it's in a format he doesn't play

 

[Heboric]

If he had said it to Stokes, Gabriel would need to be carried off the field on a stretcher.

Stokes is a fighter not a lover

 

[jimmy101]

Gabriel would smash Stokes.

 

[TheJediBrah]

Gabriel would smash Stokes.

To prove that he's not homophobic?

edit: oh wait that's not what you meant by smash is it

 

[jimmy101]

To prove that he's not homophobic?

edit: oh wait that's not what you meant by smash is it

 

[GoodAreasShane]

the gay blokes didn't seem to take any offence to whatever transpired between them. https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/7017269/gay-couple-defend-ben-stokes-affray/

It's the Sun, worth taking every single thing they say with a grain of salt. The whole newspaper has been a dumpster fire ever since that grub Kelvin McKenzie was running the show

 

[sledger]

It's also completely irrelevant as to whether Stokes should have been convicted (which he certainly should have been).

 

[Starfighter]

It's also completely irrelevant as to whether Stokes should have been convicted (which he certainly should have been).

I thought it was just like an ordinary night out in Newcastle or something... I dunno... ask S.Kennedy.