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Ben Barba and Colombian Marching Powder

Spade

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Who cares it was 4 days into the offseason, they shouldn't even be tested after the season is done and dusted.
 

Meapro Ham

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How dumb do you have to be to get caught when you've been specifically warned you're going to be tested.
 

rabbitohs95

Bench
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So Barba gets to skip preseason and go on a holiday to thailand and gets an extra twelve week break, that sounds like a reward to me haha well done. Seriously though its not a big deal imo, half the league was probably doing lines on mad Monday.

With Holmes there it almost solves a headache for the sharks if they want to take this chance to get rid of barba.
Inside job to get rid of him and upgrade Holmes
 

Spade

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All these statements, there all f**king scripted, as if Barba would go to a rehab if he wasn't forced, same with Pearce, roots a dog then go spends 3 weeks in rehab to make it look as though his trying to fix his problems lol.
 
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This is the statement from the Sharks website -

Sharks Club Statement
Tue 8th November, 08:19AM

The Club wishes to advise that it has agreed to provide Ben Barba an immediate release from his playing contract in order for him to address some significant personal issues.

While this decision has not been easy for either party there is full agreement that it is one made in the best interests of Ben, his young family and our Club.

Consistent with our Club’s major focus on the welfare of its players, the Club is fully supportive of this decision and will assist in any way possible to allow Ben the time needed to address his life away from the pressure environment of professional sport.

Although Ben has had a very successful season on the field culminating in being a major part of a winning Grand Final team, it is his life away from the field which he now seeks assistance with.

Both the Club, Ben and his team mates hope that at some stage in the future he will be able to return to the game he loves but that is not the priority at the moment.

In leaving to attend an intensive overseas program last night following a recent positive drugs test, Ben said:

“I know and accept I need to take some time away from the game to deal with some personal issues. I am accountable for myself and my actions and if I don’t address them now I will certainly ruin my career and more importantly my life and that of my family. As footballers we often find it hard to speak up about having problems, but this decision has lifted so much pressure off myself that I cannot start to explain just how much better I feel by taking this action.”

“I hope to return to the game at some stage and am very grateful for the support of the Cronulla Sharks and I hope that one day I can again play beside this terrific bunch of guys. I have made some tremendous friendships both within the playing ranks and throughout the coaching and administration teams. This has made it all the more difficult to make this decision but it’s something I just had to do.”

Club CEO Lyall Gorman said “This is an incredibly difficult situation for Ben, his family and our Club and all involved with it. Ben has made a remarkable contribution to our Club and community since joining it. It is however something we believe and accept is absolutely necessary in order to assist Ben to work through the challenges at hand.

“While Ben will be a major loss to our football club, the far greater priority is for him to focus on his long term future away from football and we will continue to support Ben throughout that process in any way we can.

“As this is a very challenging time for Ben and his family, Ben would appreciate if they were allowed to work through this very private matter.”
 

skeepe

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You'd have to think this casts a pall over the premiership victory. Once a drug cheat...
 

gUt

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it begins

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