毕竟，许多俱乐部此前早已听闻关于小球员遭受性侵犯的指控，但选择了忽视和掩盖，有时甚至用钱封受害者之口 — — 所有这些都是为了保护自己的名誉。
After all, many clubs had previously heard allegations of sexual abuse of young players, but had chosen to ignore them or cover them up, at times even doling out hush money to the victims – all for the sake of protecting their own reputations.