sports ethics

Vaasan Sport’s Controversial Hiring of Topi Rönni: Rehabilitation, Accountability, and Institutional Ethics in Professional Hockey

The decision by Finnish ice hockey team Vaasan Sport to sign Topi Rönni, a 20-year-old prospect convicted of rape in 2024, has ignited a fierce debate about justice, rehabilitation, and institutional responsibility in professional sports. Rönni, who received a one-year conditional imprisonment sentence for a sexual assault committed in 2021 when he was 17, joined Sport on April 12, 2025,…