I agree. This is more op-ed than news. Only an opinion piece could get away with a subjective statement, sans proof of guilt, " ... response to allegations shame us all". This presumes he's guilty. Allegations, no matter how persuasive they are, are not proof of anything. Also, I think the allegations of rape are being conflated with the allegation of Fifa wrongdoing - nudge-nudge-wink, that's the kind of man he is. The Fifa accusation has also not been proved. 
Re. "response to allegations", does Rebecca think he will immediately plead guilty and not defend himself legally and publicly because she, DM and media put questions to him?  If so, they are naive and revealing their familiar PC outrage. 
This is being tried and found guilty by media. Ferguson (and others?) must lay charges and bring the media speculation of his innocence or guilt to an end. And we can discuss him as a political and sports figure in a more "analytical" rather than hysterical, which this article does, way