NSW Blues - daft or just honest?
May 24th 2004, 1:10 am
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NSW Blues - daft or just honest?
so the NSW state of origin team are in turbo strife after the sackings,turmoil and all round buffoonery of the last few days.
But are they any worse than other sides/codes or are they just rubbish at publicity?
The Telegraph makes a point this morning that the QLD team kicked out Chris walker the other wekk because he broke a team curfew and got so drunk he needed to be subdued with pepper spray. However its generally accepted that the QRL hushed up the fact that he wasn't out alone, but was in fact in the company of several other players.
The Tele argues that the hushing up gives more fuel to the fire that players consider tehmselves untouchable, and hence above the law if the governing body will protect them from media fury and public resentment.
In Sydney of course no one really cares about AFL in the same way. We have a player at the Swans who paid a woman 'hush money' (and a lot of it) over rape allegationsm, whilst saying that of course he "didn't commit an offence". AFL is riddled with such charges and hush ups, but in sydney the Swans are viewed by many as lovely chaps in comparison to the RL fellas. Are the Swans just better at publicity, or do we just not care about them here?
But are they any worse than other sides/codes or are they just rubbish at publicity?
The Telegraph makes a point this morning that the QLD team kicked out Chris walker the other wekk because he broke a team curfew and got so drunk he needed to be subdued with pepper spray. However its generally accepted that the QRL hushed up the fact that he wasn't out alone, but was in fact in the company of several other players.
The Tele argues that the hushing up gives more fuel to the fire that players consider tehmselves untouchable, and hence above the law if the governing body will protect them from media fury and public resentment.
In Sydney of course no one really cares about AFL in the same way. We have a player at the Swans who paid a woman 'hush money' (and a lot of it) over rape allegationsm, whilst saying that of course he "didn't commit an offence". AFL is riddled with such charges and hush ups, but in sydney the Swans are viewed by many as lovely chaps in comparison to the RL fellas. Are the Swans just better at publicity, or do we just not care about them here?
May 25th 2004, 8:26 pm
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If it was rugby union, im sure the rah rah authorities would as usual gloss over such things.
I think these clowns should be sent to play in the NL2 comp in the UK!
I think these clowns should be sent to play in the NL2 comp in the UK!
May 25th 2004, 8:31 pm
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I think the pepper spray was not called for, no guy wants pepper spray in his face when he's had a nice night out with his mates. 
May 25th 2004, 8:35 pm
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Originally posted by pleasancefamily
I think the pepper spray was not called for, no guy wants pepper spray in his face when he's had a nice night out with his mates.
I think the pepper spray was not called for, no guy wants pepper spray in his face when he's had a nice night out with his mates.
May 25th 2004, 8:47 pm
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Originally posted by pleasancefamily
I think the pepper spray was not called for, no guy wants pepper spray in his face when he's had a nice night out with his mates.
I think the pepper spray was not called for, no guy wants pepper spray in his face when he's had a nice night out with his mates.
And he can't have been all that drunk if he needed pepper spray! If he was that drunk, he'd be unconscious and no bother to anyone
I think it's right to punish sports people for out of order behaviour...like Rich says, the need to know that they are not untouchable and can't go about making obscene phonecalls. When they're playing a sport for a living, they have to treat it professionally and most people can't go and get pissed on the job.
