tolmie's hairdoo
Well-Known Member
I don't mean clear my name, I accept the ban although excessive.
It's the stories being published saying I'm the one who's attacked the player. Also the lies in court from the prosecution saying I taunted the players and fans.
I feel for you mate, emotions can get the better of anyone.
As someone who has worked in media for 30-odd years, I can only give you a view from my perspective.
I have worked with people who have had their name wrongly smeared, including my own, and see it through a personal prism.
Pride, ego, everything comes in to it, all in a vacuum.
Unless this will now cost you your job or hurt your family, sometimes the best policy is to wipe your eye and accept the scales are tipped against you on this occasion.
Anybody who knows you well enough will not care and those who might, you will be forgotten about very quickly, as harsh as the latter sounds.
I have had a few writs through my career, people brazenly denying the truth in a story, chancing their arm for an out of Court legal settlement, knowing an organisation won't/can't reveal the source.
It burns inside to know you are being wronged, but the people who know you have your back and also your truth.
The punishment is excessive and you have been made an example of.
Your biggest loss is the long ban from City, not your reputation because life quickly moves on and nobody gives a fuck about you, aside from the people who love you.
It is all very personal and raw for you, but I would say give it a few weeks and see how things settle down.
Don't throw good money after bad, take the injustice and get on with your life and sorting out a decent IPTV provider.
Sorry again, bud.