Alex Mckinnon To Sue

[NrlVader]

NRL and Melbourne Storm 's Jordan Mclean.

Why after all this time?

 

[GC_Gladiator]

Because his care is expensive and the initial tsunami of support has dissipated?

 

[Generalzod]

I was listening to Sam Macedone on 2ue this morning he basically said it would be very hard for Alex to sue the NRL.

https://www.talkinglifestyle.com.au/Show/john-garry/

 

[umina panther]

Dog act blaming McClean

 

[ed-grimley]

He shouldn't have to. Is the NRL too povvo to help him out?

 

[unforgiven]

Of course he has to sue, he has his whole life to finance. The NRL had no player insurance, he has no choice.

 

[Pommy]

Its a tough one its very easy to say he knew the risks etc but he is a young man who is more than likely going to need care for the rest of his life.
Hopefully the NRL will implement a new system for the future where players have insurance and this never needs to happen again. I don't feel comfortable with Mclean being sued as it wasn't intentional and wasn't with malice, it was an honest mistake in the toughest sport in the world.

 

[unforgiven]

Its a tough one its very easy to say he knew the risks etc but he is a young man who is more than likely going to need care for the rest of his life.
Hopefully the NRL will implement a new system for the future where players have insurance and this never needs to happen again. I don't feel comfortable with Mclean being sued as it wasn't intentional and wasn't with malice, it was an honest mistake in the toughest sport in the world.

I agree about Mclean, but maybe he has been adviced that this increases his chances with the NRL

 

[Pommy]

I agree about Mclean, but maybe he has been adviced that this increases his chances with the NRL

Im inclined to believe this. I would like to think McKinnon knows it was an accident but has been advised from legal point of view it needs to happen.

 

[DiegoNT]

Wasn't he guarenteed a job for life? What happens to that now?

Can't help but feel sorry for Alex because he has to live with these disabilities for the rest of his life.

But also can't help but feel Dissapointed. A lot of people have done a lot to help him, the nrl community raised a fair bit of money and everyone showed a lot of support for him. Now his sueing the game and you can't help but think if he's successful there will be huge ramifications for the sport.

In my opinion the tackle was freak accident. The tackle was a perfect storm of stupid rule changes, alex fighting in the tackle, and 3 blokes trying to get a bloke to the ground and getting it wrong. But the nrl, in its usual knee jerk way, had to have someone to blame so Jordan Mclean copped a huge suspension over a freak tackle. Now the poor bloke is being sued, and that huge suspension will be used against him.

 

[carcharias]

life in a wheel chair...from an illegal tackle.
Can't blame him for trying .
good luck to him.

 

[Perth Red]

Can't blame him given his situation but I really hope he looses for the good of the game.

 

[Danish]

Seems fair enough to me. McCracken won his case so can't see how McKinnon won't win this.

Not sur on the grounds of the NRL suit, but I imagine that would largely be so that they, the billion dollar organisation, can cover the majority of the costs instead of Mclean. Or possibly the "job for life" offer turned out to just be baseless fluff (or taken away after Smith got the punt)

Not sure why anyone would be "disappointed" in McKinnon. He got a million bucks. That will cover the house and about 5 years of care. There's another 50 years to think about after that.

I'm also not sure why people would feel sorry for McLean. I don't know how anyone can argue he didn't lift McKinnon into a dangerous position by placeing s hand between the legs. He doesn't do that, and it doesn't happen. He can bleat about not meaning to hurt him all he likes, but if you make a small f**k up on the road and wind up killing someone, you don't get off by saying you Didn't have any malice in your actions. He'all also have some sort of insurance you would think to cover for this anyway (RLPA hasn't demanded this since the McCracken case, They are fools)

 

[Generalzod]

Can't blame him given his situation but I really hope he looses for the good of the game.

Looses for the good of the game??? He is the one that needs to 24hr care for the rest of his life...f**k the game

 

[Danish]

Dog act blaming McClean

Yeah fancy blaming the guy who lifted him

 

[Generalzod]

Yeah fancy blaming the guy who lifted him

To be fair Danish he wasn't the only player????

 

[Perth Red]

And given we have seen heaps since it is obvious that in the speed of the tackle these things happen without the player meaning to do it, easy to say don't lift but clearly it's not that easy to avoid or we wouldn't continue to see it so regularly.

 

[Barkley]

I cannot blame the bloke for going after anyone and everyone....long after we have all forgotten about him he will still be living with his disabilities. I do feel sorry for McLean though.

The NRL seemed to have done the right thing by him by giving him a "Job for Life" and by raising over $2m but if McKinnon feels he is entitled to more than who are we to question it.

 

[Perth Red]

did they bring in a player insurance after this event?

 

[carcharias]

Can't blame him given his situation but I really hope he looses for the good of the game.

wow

You are now confirmed as a complete f**kwit.
Not that there was any doubt.