Ben Barba and Colombian Marching Powder

[simmo05]

i work in an industry that tests for drugs and alcohol, if you test positive they sack you, its a risk you take if thats your thing. I prefer the nrl way of dealing with it, stood down for a bit, rehab and back into it. As long as it is applied equally among all players, not just the top echelon.

 

[carcharias]

What a load of dribble... of course the NRL has to take some sort of stance. I suppose you say the same thing about domestic violence that is also a police matter and nothing to do with the NRL. When mud hits the NRL it hits the game of league from the bottom to the top snd by that I mean u8s to the NRL. The games profile takes a hit and its commercial partners take a hit and like it or not the NRL plays a big role in our community.

Really the Sharks should have taken the lead straight away and placed their own ban even before the integrity commission handed down their punishment. We all know the NRL brand name is a very durable commodity but they can not sit on their backside and brush these things under the table as they have done in the past. The key to this situation is they have to be consistent and treat the superstar the same way they would treat a reserve grader.

Ha
But that never happens
Never has
Never will

Any club will do what they can to get their best players on the field.

Barba gets 12 weeks for a bit of coke after the grand final
While the peptide players ended up missing about the same?

The NRL are a clueless
The king of that ship Greenberg is the biggest clueless lying sack of shit of all of them.

 

[myrrh ken]

What a load of dribble... of course the NRL has to take some sort of stance. I suppose you say the same thing about domestic violence that is also a police matter and nothing to do with the NRL. When mud hits the NRL it hits the game of league from the bottom to the top snd by that I mean u8s to the NRL. The games profile takes a hit and its commercial partners take a hit and like it or not the NRL plays a big role in our community.

Really the Sharks should have taken the lead straight away and placed their own ban even before the integrity commission handed down their punishment. We all know the NRL brand name is a very durable commodity but they can not sit on their backside and brush these things under the table as they have done in the past. The key to this situation is they have to be consistent and treat the superstar the same way they would treat a reserve grader.

Sharks sacked barba the next day or thereabouts after finding out and well before the integrity commission started navel gazing dopey

 

[super_coach]

Sharks sacked barba the next day or thereabouts after finding out and well before the integrity commission started navel gazing dopey

Sacked or stood down??? and if he was sacked I still would not be surprised it would have been a attempt to soften the integrity commissions stance with the understanding they would re hire him when the dust had settled. Anyway my main point is the NRL have a right to get involved in any matter that brings the games name down, it might be drug use, it might be domestic violence or even match fixing, but they have to do something

 

[betcats]

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Sharks sacked barba the next day or thereabouts after finding out and well before the integrity commission started navel gazing dopey

A second positive test is an automatic 12 match suspension as per the drug policy so of course they sacked him, they knew he was going to miss half the season.

 

[carcharias]

Actually Barbara asked for a release
Or so the story went
Then the Sharks sent him to Thailand
Ey
Every other club does it.
Meh
We won

Val is the man now.
Bring it on.

 

[POPEYE]

Hands up who would want Barba at their club even if he was squeaky clean . . . he is not that big a deal

 

[mxlegend99]

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A second positive test is an automatic 12 match suspension as per the drug policy so of course they sacked him, they knew he was going to miss half the season.

Yep. They sacked him only to re-sign him to a lesser deal that reflected his availability. So they were trying to take advantage of the situation.

Barba then tried to take advantage of the situation by signing to play another sport during his 12 game suspension actually earn more money.

So both he and the Sharks would have benefitted from it. Its just unfortunate for him Broncos didnt want him. They could have helped him get away without punishment

 

[adamkungl]

I don't necessarily agree with the illegality of party drugs.

But the fact is they're illegal. NRL catches a player in the act twice, they have to do something. I don't see this as morality policing, it's the reality of the environment. If cocaine were legalised tomorrow, i'd hope the NRL would stop testing and leave it to the clubs as a performance/welfare policy.

The NRL testing does players a favour. 12 weeks is better than 2 years if ASADA catch you. The NRL's 3 strikes policy is pretty f**king lenient, you'd have to be a reaaal moron to stuff up.

 

[Valheru]

Barba has done a masterful job of convincing himself he is the victim here.

The dope gets caught twice for cocaine and the NRL issue a lenient 12 match suspension and instead of counting himself lucky that he wasn't caught by ASADA, he signs with another code in the hope he can serve his 12 match ban whilst uncontracted with the NRL and playing another sport.

What an imbecile.

 

[adamkungl]

Barba has done a masterful job of convincing himself he is the victim here.

The dope gets caught twice for cocaine and the NRL issue a lenient 12 match suspension and instead of counting himself lucky that he wasn't caught by ASADA, he signs with another code in the hope he can serve his 12 match ban whilst uncontracted with the NRL and playing another sport.

What an imbecile.

Yeah he's revealed himself to be a prize f**kwit, as if it wasn't obvious.

 

[Miller was a legend]

i work in an industry that tests for drugs and alcohol, if you test positive they sack you, its a risk you take if thats your thing. I prefer the nrl way of dealing with it, stood down for a bit, rehab and back into it. As long as it is applied equally among all players, not just the top echelon.

But you are probably easy to replace as far as your employer is concerned.

In all seriousness though, f**k him, he got caught and if he can't take the punishment in line with his contractual obligation, then go throw his life away in France.

Bring on Val

 

[Nightward]

Its just unfortunate for him Broncos didnt want him. They could have helped him get away without punishment

No thank you. It's probably only a matter of time before Roberts goes off the rails again and there's enough other problems up here as it is.

Dodged enough of a bullet as it is.

 

[Wizardman]

Does anybody seriously think that he will fulfil the whole two and a half years of his contract? He is 1) In a non-english speaking country 2) On the other side of the world, maybe without his immediate family 3) Playing a game he has never played on a professional level 4) Playing/living in conditions where 10 degrees is considered a good day 5) His behaviour history.
I'd be seriously surprised if this stint goes without a hitch for the duration of his contract. Problem for Barba is if he breaks contract, Toulon will go after him legally bigtime.

 

[adamkungl]

Problem for Barba is if he breaks contract, Toulon will go after him legally bigtime.

They prefer to be the ones inducing players to break contract?

 

[ozenzud]

Because he isn't contracted, is it that hard to understand? Do you think he could sign with a French rugby team if he was on an NRL contract?

Never happen......o wait, Money Bill, with co-incidently Toulon. Ben's different, he has not contract but that doesn't stop some players. Unfortunately, it all worked out fine for Money Bill, so why can't other players do it?

 

[betcats]

Never happen......o wait, Money Bill, with co-incidently Toulon. Ben's different, he has not contract but that doesn't stop some players. Unfortunately, it all worked out fine for Money Bill, so why can't other players do it?

SBW broke his contract buddy and wasn't there some kind of compensation paid to the bulldogs before SBW came back? IF Barba actually had a contract to walk out on then of course he could do what SBW did. But he still wouldn't be serving his suspension because the NRL would deregister his contract for walking out on it, so not only would he have to serve his suspension if he ever came back to the nrl from france, he would likely have to compensate($$$) whatever club he walked out on. Are you his manager? Lol as if he can serve an nrl suspension while playing French rugby, its laughable.

 

[Tiger5150]

I'm betting Greenberg is very happy to see the back of Barba. Ben would have been a ticking timebomb of the truth getting out. Better on the other side of the world.

 

[Wizardman]

They prefer to be the ones inducing players to break contract?

Pretty much....French Rugby Union would have no respect for the NRL or our game at all. In the NRL, contracts are not worth the paper they are written on. In French Rugby, totally different story. Quade Cooper tried to break a contract with Toulon, Toulon waved the big legal stick, Quade kept quiet and fulfilled his contract.

 

[ek999]

SBW wasn't allowed to just play with Toulon, the Bulldogs took out an injunction preventing him from doing so. It was only after he paid them compensation ($750k to $1m from memory) that he was allowed to play for them. He was also banned from playing for an NRL team until the term of his Bulldogs contract expired

On Barba, good riddance. He broke the rules and tried to be cute getting around a ban that he rightfully has to serve under his contract. Wouldn't bother me if he never plays in the NRL again