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Benji Marshall charged with a missed tackle offense,too many times shrugged off by the great Jarryd Hayne
Benji Marshall charged with a missed tackle offense,too many times shrugged off by the great Jarryd Hayne
Beer goggles?I often get home at 5am legless and with a half even kebab in my bed the next morning.
:lol:Beer goggles?
what annoys me is that the cowards who were in a group who taunted marshall just walk away but he gets crucified for reacting. the only we stop any sports poeple or people in the public eye from coping random abuse is to actually punish the instigators, not the people reacting.
Remember when Bargearse ran down the street in Melbourne late one night? He was chasing some bloke and got the punch in before falling on his face. The AFL media painted Bargey as a hero.not when it comes from an arseclown who rushes to defend the actions of AFL players no matter what they do
When will the idiot NRL learn not to have a face of the game,its not needed and its stupid.
What's such a big deal about "racist" taunts anyway? How is it any worse to be called a black merkin than say a motherf**king wanker? The racism angle is completely irrelevant. Relevant headline should read:
"Benji punches thug for being unfriendly."
Dudley, you're the one driving it. You've also re-invented your 'opinion' on the issue several times.Eels Dude said:The media will contniue to do it though because they know what "news" is. This thread is based on a nothing incident yet it's still 10 pages long. Shows what a talking point it is.
lol. The "I was just trolling" defence.I have had some fun with this thread just to stir up Tigers fans but here's my actual opinion.
Oh... responsibility now. It's Helen Lovejoy again. What nonsense.Eels Dude said:These guys earn up to 10 times what most people their age are earning and their is responsibility to come from that.
Not just responsibility but they should be aware of the fact that if they head out at 3am in the middle of the city where just about everybody else is drunk off their toes, then there could be trouble regardless of whether they instigate it or not. Because everybody knows who they are and if they cop an odd insulting comment, racist or otherwise, they should be smart enough to just ignore it as opposed to decking a bloke. Because having such a high profile has it's downside.
So if Benji hit a bloke in the face because he was racially taunted, well he should known better really. With a profile like his, you cannot just do something like that and expect it to go un-noticed. It's not a hangable offence and hopefully not as bad as it sounds. People get into fights every weekend in the city and far worse than this one... but the best thing to do is walk away ESPECIALLY if you've a profile like Benji does. If he'd have done that he wouldn't be in this position at all, wouldn't have to speak to police etc. But you cannot have it both ways.
f**k I hope they pick a dogs player next year to be the face of the game.
You just don't get it, you simply will never understand.
You gotta admit it was pretty funny though.Tell that to Trent Barrett who was reported doing push-ups in his underpants at a private function.
Dudley, you're the one driving it. You've also re-invented your 'opinion' on the issue several times.
lol. The "I was just trolling" defence.
Oh... responsibility now. It's Helen Lovejoy again. What nonsense.
None of us know what really happened in this particular incident; so the whole passing judgment thing is way too premature. What we do know is that the tabloid media have a habit of embellishing the facts.
But hey, if you want to accept the tabloid media as being the moral compass of 'responsible' behaviour, then that's your choice.
You should have stuck with the "just trolling" line.
Funny thread...
LOL @ all the wowsers saying a grown man should in bed at 3:00am.
It's incredibly naive to think a high profile person is immune to controversy if they stayed indoors late at night. Tell that to Trent Barrett who was reported doing push-ups in his underpants at a private function. The media latched onto it and the bloke was forced to make a public apology in front of cameras. The wowsers and responsibility police had their victory.
Bottom line is that that it doesn't matter where it happens. You could be at The Rocks buying food at 3am, or hanging out in the privacy of your home in broad daylight. If there's an incident and someone catches it on camera or complains, the media jumps all over it... and often the player can be expected to be dragged over hot coals for no good reason.
There is the occasional serious incident that needs to be dealt with and the game is better off without certain players. But too many of these 'scandals' are non events.
Then there's the incidents that are milked for all their worth, even when sane people can see an overreaction is going on. The wowsers and responsibility cops are the ones driving it, the tabloids are merely meeting that demand.
Meanwhile, all the good stuff that players do in the community are considered to be non-events by the tabloids and their wowser readership. Talk about a screwed up set of values. Ironic.
Remember when Bargearse ran down the street in Melbourne late one night? He was chasing some bloke and got the punch in before falling on his face. The AFL media painted Bargey as a hero.
You gotta admit it was pretty funny though.
I think you're getting confused.Eels Dud said:Benji doesn't deserve the criticism he's getting. If I were him i'd probably react the same way. Morally he did the wrong thing but legally not.
lol @ 'Players just need to be careful'. They are careful every other day of the week and do an abundance of great work in the community. You just don't seem to get it.Eels Dud said:Players just need to be careful though at the end of the day because the way the media treat players, and the ways 'fans' latch onto it and bag them and dominate talkback radio means they have to be extra careful.