Kurt Zouma thinks it's funny to use a cat as a football

was there a fine of a quarter of a million pounds, people calling for him to be sacked from his job ? were his animals removed ?

Do you think the law should be different for people who get paid a certain amount? What has his financial situation got to do with his behaviour in this case? If someone looks up to you, should you be held differently under the law than me? Seems like weird criteria to consider. Surely the law should be equal for all and punish him for his crime equal to if it was you or I?

Now, I assume everyone who is getting upset about a horse getting whipped, is also against horses getting whipped while racing... and wearing painful and uncomfortable bits... and being forced to run around with someone on their back... and just their general confinement and lack of bodily autonomy. Or is there a level of exploitation and inflicting suffering that's acceptable for entertainment? Just a little suffering is ok as long as humans can have their day out wearing hats and placing a few bets?

Agreed, so mentioning his salary is completely redundant and in no way connected with the crime/behaviour. He should be investigated then dealt with by the law. Be it a fine, conviction, whatever the law demands.

The post I quoted mentioned his financial situation and that he shouldn't be in a position of influence or trust.

Zouma was fined by his club. Not the State. If he chose to bring the fine to an employment tribunal it would most likely be easily overturned (unless there is something specific in his contract). No idea who Mark Todd is but who is his employer and how much is he paid per week?

Mark Todd is a horse trainer and involved with horse racing in the UK. So self employed. As of two days ago, his licence to train and race horses has been suspended based on an incident of him hitting a horse. On the face of that looks like he'll be down a large amount of money. Also reported that the British Horseracing Authority ar investigating the incident as well and like Zouma may face other penalties and or charges. The animal involved involved (a horse) was not owned by Mark Todd.

Some would say that Mark Todd is (deservedly) having as bad a time of it as Zouma. He's actually been suspended from racing in the interim period, while a full investigation is carried out.

He also could be banned/fined following the investigation. The RSPCA are not prosecuting as too much time has passed (2 years)

One large retailer has cancelled his products and made a stronger more direct statement than any of the sponsors in the Zouma case.

Equine and farm supply company Equiwarehouse was the first to say it would be 'cancelling' Sir Mark and refusing to sell any more of his products.

The firm wrote: 'With no regret at all, we will no longer be selling any Mark Todd clothing, horse wear or feed.

'Mark Todd Eventing you should be utterly ashamed of yourself, vile 'professional' and disgrace of a human.'

This story was covered very widely and it is bizarre to say that he was treated differently because of the colour of his skin. The only difference I can see is that Football is more popular than equestrian sports so a Footballer would be more widely known. Personally, I had heard of Mark Todd, but never heard of Zouma before.