parra pete said:
Do YOU have a code of conduct at Your place of employment?????
Yes, always have done in every workplace I've ever worked. Since you agree the players don't seem to understand how to conduct themselves, then what other choice does the club have but to introduce a code of some sort?
Times have changed, elite rugby league's now not an amateur sport or pastime you do while you work another job. This is professional, with (relatively) stacks of money thrown at these guys, for which they should be accountable to the club that employs and pays them for their work time, official engagements as well as any activities which end up affecting their work time and performance.
I'd support a players code of conduct, can't see any harm that it would do, but I think for it work and solve any problems (or prevent them before they happen) it needs to come with formal support mechanisms, such as mentoring or the educational initiatives that I thought the club was once a leader in. That way it's not just a crack down, it's part of a complete package where players get benefits such as skills for coping with the difficulties of fame and life after football as well.
And then maybe again we would stop making headlines for all the worng reasons...