Ben Barba and Colombian Marching Powder

[2 weeks]

I can't see this ending well for Benny

The kid struggles to speak intelligible english, so watching him trying to learn french would be side-splitting

 

[Different kind of Rabbit]

So let me get this straight...

1. Barba gets done with Coke in his system, not once but twice.
2. His contract is torn up as a result
3. The NRL tell him he must serve out a 12 match ban
4. He signs a new contract with the sharks which is essentially for half a year
5. NRL takes a few weeks to process and approve the contract
6. In the meanwhile, despite being on several hundred thousand dollars per year for a number of years, Ben doesn't have enough in the bank to pay his mortgage for 6 months
7. Signs a 6 month contract with Frog Ball to pay the bills and blames the NRL

lol.

1. Don't do drugs and you don't have this problem in the first place.
2. You're earning 10 times the average wage champ and that isn't going to last forever... Maybe you should put some in the bank...

What an absolute f**king moron

 

[rockcod]

So take it to its conclusion and see if it still makes sense.

Let's say a player tested positive for PEDs instead of cocaine, and got a 12 month ban. His club doesn't feel like paying him for a year to sit on his ass, so they sack him. Does that player have to hold an NRL contract in order for the ban to take place? Does the next club that signs him have to sit him out for a full season before he can take the field?

A drug ban from asada or wada is different though, this is a disciplinary ban same as if he had a suspension from the judiciary, it carries over to the next contract or year or whenever he plays in the same competition next. Otherwise everyone would get suspended in the last game of the year and just cancel their contract over the off season to clear their suspensions.

 

[AdelaideSharky]

He's better off staying in union as much as I loved him for helping us win the comp last season.

He can probably stay a year in France then come back home and try and get a spot in one of the Australian Super Rugby teams.

The Western Force and the Queensland Reds are a complete clusterf**k of epic proportions atm so he'd definitely get a gig at either team.

The way the Wallabies are going atm he wouldn't look out of place in the Wallabies XV.

 

[Perth Red]

NRL's done him a favour banning him. Can earn more money and live in a nicer place.. Result!

 

[AdelaideSharky]

NRL's done him a favour banning him. Can earn more money and live in a nicer place.. Result!

One could argue he'll be then in turn giving himself a chance of getting into the Wallabies RWC squad if he carves up in France and then comes home for a crack at Super Rugby.

If he was to get a Wallabies jersey, he'll probably do an Israel Folau and never play league again.

 

[Perth Red]

Or he could do a willie mason, be a total clusterfck, get kicked out and never achieve anything again lol

TBh I don't blame him. Sth of France is lovely and they will be throwing silly money at him. If he can adapt to their way of life and the boringness of ruggers remains to be seen.

 

[betcats]

So take it to its conclusion and see if it still makes sense.

Let's say a player tested positive for PEDs instead of cocaine, and got a 12 month ban. His club doesn't feel like paying him for a year to sit on his ass, so they sack him. Does that player have to hold an NRL contract in order for the ban to take place? Does the next club that signs him have to sit him out for a full season before he can take the field?

Anyone found guilty of PEDS would be dealing with ASADA or WADA, not the NRL, it's not the same thing. ASADA gives out period bans, this ban from the NRL is for 12 games not a period of time.

 

[AdelaideSharky]

Anyone found guilty of PEDS would be dealing with ASADA or WADA, not the NRL.

Since when did Barba take peptides? It was cocaine ffs.

Honestly I love this game but a vast amount of supporters are complete and utter imbeciles.

The peptides scandal was years ago, learn to move on for f**ks sake.

 

[adamkungl]

How people are finding fault with the NRL here is beyond me.
It's very simple. He has a 12 match suspension from the NRL. He can't serve a 12 match NRL suspension without being an NRL player eligible to play NRL matches.

The NRL have not stopped him from going to play French Onion. They have simply stated that his 12 match NRL suspension will apply if and when he is registered to play NRL again.

A 12 month ASADA ban is a completely different concept.

If Benny wants to throw the toys out of the cot because he's too stupid to not take his first warning and too gutless to face up to his second, then good for him. Not anyone's fault but his own.

 

[adamkungl]

Since when did Barba take peptides? It was cocaine ffs.

Honestly I love this game but a vast amount of supporters are complete and utter imbeciles.

The peptides scandal was years ago, learn to move on for f**ks sake.

Try reading the post in context champ...

 

[betcats]

Danish let's say player X has signed a two year with the Tahs and in his last NRL game he King hits someone and gets suspended for 10 games. He then goes and plays out his rugby contract and signs with an NRL club again, should he not be made to serve the suspension for King hitting a player? Of course he should. You can just run away from it.

 

[Different kind of Rabbit]

Or he could do a willie mason, be a total clusterfck, get kicked out and never achieve anything again lol

TBh I don't blame him. Sth of France is lovely and they will be throwing silly money at him. If he can adapt to their way of life and the boringness of ruggers remains to be seen.

Remains to be seen if he'll be any good at Rugby... He does his best work in open field and broken play. You don't get much of either in Union.

The ex-Leagies that do best in Rugby are the big bodied backs that can break a tackle like Tuqiri or Folau. Can't think of too many smaller blokes that have had some success in recent times... Benji Marshall went over thinking he'd kill it and absolutely bombed and while he doesn't have the pace of Barba he looked to have an all round game that was potentially more suitable.

Anyway... Time will tell.

 

[Miller was a legend]

That's true Adam.

If they had registered the contract when the Sharks lodged it, he would have served the ban and be back mid season.

They wouldn't so there is no contract.

Like you said, toys have been tossed out of the cot, but can hardly blame him. If the NRL sat on registering the contract for months, he would then start the ban.

 

[adamkungl]

Anyway... Time will tell.

And no one will care unless he decides to man up and play NRL again

 

[betcats]

That's true Adam.

If they had registered the contract when the Sharks lodged it, he would have served the ban and be back mid season.

They wouldn't so there is no contract.

Like you said, toys have been tossed out of the cot, but can hardly blame him. If the NRL sat on registering the contract for months, he would then start the ban.

Why would the NRL care if this coke head is in the game tho? I see no reason they should bend over for him.

 

[adamkungl]

That's true Adam.

If they had registered the contract when the Sharks lodged it, he would have served the ban and be back mid season.

They wouldn't so there is no contract.

Like you said, toys have been tossed out of the cot, but can hardly blame him. If the NRL sat on registering the contract for months, he would then start the ban.

As to that situation, I'm not sure. It isn't the first time the NRL have stalled on contracts over serial dickheads, it's sort of consistent in their own inconsistent way... see: Foran, Carney, etc.

They don't really have any obligation to register a drug banned player who wasn't mentally fit according to his club, merely weeks ago. How mentally fit do you need to be for an offseason break? Must have been pretty bad.

Does anyone know what they actually required of Barba in regards to welfare, commitment, etc? And why they weren't or couldn't be satisfied in a timely manner?

 

[Starkers]

“The NRL haven’t given me too much. I’ve got to look after my kids and my family. They’re my first option. Nothing’s been final yet. At the moment, I’m just listening to the people that take care of me and I go from there.”

Where were they when you were at the end of a straw champ?

 

[myrrh ken]

As to that situation, I'm not sure. It isn't the first time the NRL have stalled on contracts over serial dickheads, it's sort of consistent in their own inconsistent way... see: Foran, Carney, etc.

They don't really have any obligation to register a drug banned player who wasn't mentally fit according to his club, merely weeks ago. How mentally fit do you need to be for an offseason break? Must have been pretty bad.

Does anyone know what they actually required of Barba in regards to welfare, commitment, etc? And why they weren't or couldn't be satisfied in a timely manner?

Ask Foran. He's been waiting since September.

 

[mave]

Since when did Barba take peptides? It was cocaine ffs.

Honestly I love this game but a vast amount of supporters are complete and utter imbeciles.

The peptides scandal was years ago, learn to move on for f**ks sake.

Oh the irony