: Tue Mar 31, 2009 4:45 pm  

Do ya know where your coming from,









go on dianna ross.

: Tue Mar 31, 2009 5:09 pm  

YED79 wrote:

With a criminal conviction you simply are not allowed to be in certain professions
i just think this should be one of them.

Little bit over the top there, I mean we're talking Rugby players here not the bIoody home sec!

: Tue Mar 31, 2009 5:23 pm  

Violent criminals should be locked up for a good 15 years anyroad, so yes.

: Tue Mar 31, 2009 5:29 pm  

An actual court transcript......

"After shouting insults at his wife, Mr X grabbed her arm, causing three bruises. "

the world is in an absolute shambles and we have lost all sense of what is a serious crime and what is not.......


Imagine its a Saturday night and some scrote from Longford rings 999 and said theres a bloke just grabbed a womans arm and called her a dirty slut.....

can you imagine the response.....

: Tue Mar 31, 2009 6:02 pm  

the flying biscuit wrote:

An actual court transcript......

"After shouting insults at his wife, Mr X grabbed her arm, causing three bruises. "

the world is in an absolute shambles and we have lost all sense of what is a serious crime and what is not.......


Imagine its a Saturday night and some scrote from Longford rings 999 and said theres a bloke just grabbed a womans arm and called her a dirty slut.....

can you imagine the response.....

would you stand for that if that was your daughter/wife/mother/grandmother/sister

i know i wouldn't
there is more to assault than just bruises

: Tue Mar 31, 2009 6:23 pm  

YED79 wrote:

would you stand for that if that was your daughter/wife/mother/grandmother/sister

i know i wouldn't
there is more to assault than just bruises

the transcript is only partial and doesn't go into the context of the argument.

as for should they be allowed to play, well that is surely the job of a RFL panel to discide as to whether convicted players have brought the game into disrepute. baring in mind these players are role models to youngsters and are effectively paid entertainers who are recieving our money.

if convicted players are found to have brought the game into disrepute then the RFL should act accordingly.

Re: Should convicted players be banned from Rugby : Tue Mar 31, 2009 6:38 pm  

YED79 wrote:

I don't want to name names for legal reasons but there have been a few cases past and present were players have been a little bit naughty and broke the law.
Just wondering if people think that if a player breaks the law (a fairly serious law) that they should be banned from the game.

We have a reputation [rugby] of being a family sport with good reletionships with the community as a whole.
Players need to be good role models and frankly some have been far from it.

Should we make examples of players now so that future players start to learn that these types of things will not be tolerated

no unless otherwise stated in the players contract. unless its work related ie bus driver drink driving etc it was completely un related and should be treated as so unless they can not un-forfill their duties ie playing

: Tue Mar 31, 2009 6:44 pm  

I say they should be publicly pilloried, stretched on the rack then hung, drawn and quartered. That will teach them.

: Tue Mar 31, 2009 6:46 pm  

mark_m wrote:

I say they should be publicly pilloried, stretched on the rack then hung, drawn and quartered. That will teach them.

: Tue Mar 31, 2009 6:55 pm  

mark_m wrote:

I say they should be publicly pilloried, stretched on the rack then hung, drawn and quartered. That will teach them.

Hang 'em, then hang 'em again just so they get the message. Then make them sign for an NFP club.