Four Broncos cleared of sex assault allegations

[Pierced Soul]

Agreed.
they convict Birdy on allegations - but are happy to let this one slide.

We need Gallop to come out now and say "um ahh" a few times. That'll sort things out.

you and sharko are the dumbest f**kers on these forums. bird brain was givent he rounds of the kitchen because he a) lied to the club and police
b) tried to blame in his mate and c) was actually charged with an offence

maybe if these players had blamed in their mates and told the cops it was soemone else who was playing a golf tournament you'd be ok with it

dumb merkins :crazy:

 

[redandgreenduck]

All people under suspicion named in Broncos team against Storm........

 

[Pierced Soul]

dbl post

 

[El Diablo]

Really...how is this for you then..

If they are guilty of anything then they should all be sacked.

Happy?

hang on

should they be playing this week?

wheres the condemnation for the spitting allegations and out getting plastered during the finals?

Tim Smith and others have had a few beers any you were right up em'

then came the whole "this wouldn't happen at the Broncos" bullsh*t

 

[DJShaksta]

Just a guess but if that was a sackable offence I reckon every team would be down a couple of players just about every week.

Instead of people and sponsors (and lets be honest the boss of these companies probably arent above this type of thing) expressing their mock outrage lets just accept this stuff happens and move on.

Too true, but the CEO of the football club who wants to attract patrons and their families does not want it getting to the media in the middle of their clubs busiest time of year.
CEOs don't want their clubs name on the front page of newspapers with "Sex in toilet" as the headline.

 

[Frank_Grimes]

It is a rule for one club and a rule for the other..the Broncos players should be stood down as these are serious accusations of which the police are investigating.
Everybody lined up to convict Bird and banish him from football, including Gallop but they are using a difeerent set of standards here because it is semi final..a poor show all round!

BIRD WAS STOOD DOWN BECAUSE HE WAS CHARGED


How many idiots need to stumble into this thread and have this very simple concept explained to them?

 

[Mr Angry]

Call to ban Broncos trio

Petrina Berry | September 16, 2008 - 10:06AM

A university sports manager who runs behavioural courses for the Brisbane Broncos says the three players linked to an alleged sexual assault could be banned from the NRL finals.
Griffith University's Michael Jeh said today the club could choose to "take a stand" on its discipline code by suspending the three players for binge drinking, regardless of the outcome of the assault allegations.
The Broncos have confirmed three of their players were cooperating with police, but neither police nor the club have named the three.
A 24-year-old woman has alleged she was sexually assaulted in the male toilets of the Alhambra Lounge in inner-city Fortitude Valley on Saturday night.
Mr Jeh today told ABC Radio that although the three players were innocent until proven guilty, they should be banned from the finals for binge drinking.
"I think the Broncos are in a tough situation, because they obviously have a big game coming up on the weekend and a lot of people expect them to win," Mr Jeh said.
"But they've also got a bigger issue of their own standards and policies that they set, and the Broncos have gone to some trouble to articulate that.
"Now they are in the situation of, you either focus on winning the game this weekend or do you really set up some generation change, saying this is what we stand for.
"We may lose the game, but it's gone too far and we are now showing Brisbane we are serious about setting up a culture of change."
Mr Jeh said the crisis was a litmus test for the management style of Broncos chief executive Bruno Cullen, who has ordered an internal investigation into the allegations.
"(He can say) regardless of the police allegations, if they are drinking during the finals campaign and getting up to various acts of strange behaviour then we are going to take a stand, and show parents and kids we are serious about setting some standards," he said.
Mr Jeh holds courses in life skills for Broncos players in the lower grades.
AAP

http://www.leaguehq.com.au/news/news/ban-them/2008/09/16/1221330802445.html

 

[DJShaksta]

I think Mr.Jeh needs to hold some "life skills" classes for the top grade team while he's at it.

 

[myanonymoususername]

I thought this was a pretty funny headline:

Sex assault claim: Business as usual for Broncos

So it happens every day?

 

[Qld-Sharkie]

BIRD WAS STOOD DOWN BECAUSE HE WAS CHARGED


How many idiots need to stumble into this thread and have this very simple concept explained to them?

Yeah....its the incompetence of the Qld police, it takes them weeks to do what the NSW police do in a few days.

 

[Rockin Ronny]

you and sharko are the dumbest f**kers on these forums. bird brain was givent he rounds of the kitchen because he a) lied to the club and police
b) tried to blame in his mate and c) was actually charged with an offence

maybe if these players had blamed in their mates and told the cops it was soemone else who was playing a golf tournament you'd be ok with it

dumb merkins :crazy:

You idiot. What rugby league needs less of is hanging judges like you taking the stupid moral high ground on unproven allegations.

Doesn't matter of it's allegations, charges - you are innocent until proven guilty. That's called a society, you moron.

 

[sharko]

you and sharko are the dumbest f**kers on these forums. bird brain was givent he rounds of the kitchen because he a) lied to the club and police
b) tried to blame in his mate and c) was actually charged with an offence

maybe if these players had blamed in their mates and told the cops it was soemone else who was playing a golf tournament you'd be ok with it

dumb merkins :crazy:

Pierced R Soul,
You are full of shat, defending 3 very big man against allegations of group sexual abuse agnainst a female, but because of your petty hate against Bird are strident in your condemnation of him.
You are a hypocrite of the highest order, you should be an official of the NRL, you have all the lignorance and low class attributes!

 

[Twigg]

They have just all been named in the lineup to play Melbourne on Saturday.

 

[Shorty]

Full of shat,eh?

 

[Razor]

"But they've also got a bigger issue of their own standards and policies that they set, and the Broncos have gone to some trouble to articulate that.

Exactly. The Broncos keep coming out and saying how tough they are on players and their policies are far harsher. Yet when it comes for them to prove it, what do they do? Nothing.

If the Broncos don't want to set the bar so high for themselves then they don't have to come out and constantly say how much tougher they are than other clubs.

So they shouldn't even hesitate to drop the players until the investigation is over. If they want to treat their players as innocent until proven guilty(even after they've been charged) and allow the players to keep playing (which they should be able to) then they should shut up and stop claiming all high and mighty.

Innocent till proven otherwise. Who knows it could well be a girl making a story up just to get her two minutes of fame.

Greg Bird hasn't been found guilty. Even the alleged victim said Bird did nothing wrong.

 

[lockyno1]

Pierced R Soul,
You are full of shat, defending 3 very big man against allegations of group sexual abuse agnainst a female, but because of your petty hate against Bird are strident in your condemnation of him.
You are a hypocrite of the highest order, you should be an official of the NRL, you have all the lignorance and low class attributes!

Lets compare the two cases...Bird lied and deceived the POLICE and the CLUB. The 3 players didn't and fully cooperated with police.

 

[lockyno1]

Greg Bird hasn't been found guilty. Even the alleged victim said Bird did nothing wrong.

Yes and I NEVER said Bird should have been sacked. He should have kept playing till his court case.

 

[Timmah]

The article posted earlier said "Broncos quartet facing axe" yet only talked about three people :?

 

[lockyno1]

Be quiet Timmah, consider it is a newspaper article, consider they mislead readers regularly!

 

[Razor]

The article posted earlier said "Broncos quartet facing axe" yet only talked about three people :?

There were 4 involved. They're the only 3 names that have been released in the on-line media that I've seen. Another player has been mentioned in other media circles.

Yes and I NEVER said Bird should have been sacked. He should have kept playing till his court case.

Bird should definitely not have been stood down. But the Broncos were crying foul before he was stood down and how if he was a Bronco he would have been stood down. And then applauding the Sharks decision when they did. So they can't have it both ways.