Mate its obviously a society problem (arnt all problems?) but to say that league should wipe its hands clean and cast that line out time and time again well its getting 1. boring and 2. not helping anyone or anything.
Its also not helping by looking for answers in all the wrong places.
People keep asking why do these things keep happening. The answer is simple but people keep avoiding it for some reason. People seem to think because there have been other scandals that players will learn from that , and IMO that is nonsense.
These type of issues are going to take a lot longer to tackle than that.
Take racism for example. to say its a problem in league would be wrong. An isolated incident every 2-3 years i think is an individual issue and its been obvious the improvement in everyone in society and on the rugby league field that its not tolerated. Treatment of women in society has improved as well but league players still punch, glass, assault women way to frequenetly considering they get education on THAT VERY THING YEARLY.
sorry but you have no way of knowing that rugby league players assualt women more frequently than the general public do. Or for that matter men of a similar age to rugby league players.
The education of treatment towards women is best learnt from parents not from the NRL. By the time these players get to the NRL most of their attitudes would have already been formed.
By the way i dont know anyone who knows anyone who goes out on a weekend and punches or glasses or assaults women. So for me i read about an incident or see it on tv thats taken from a population of over 22 million people. 5 incidents in 12 months not to mention the long list of others previously from a pool of about 500 players then i think there is a problem in rugby league.
I dont know anyone that does it either. But I know it happens.
Rugby league players are highly visible , offcourse your going to hear about their incidents more than others. Last I checked the media rarely report on incidents if domestic violence unless its gets very serious.
when was the last time you saw a woman getting a black eye from her husband reported? it just doesnt happen.( and im not suggesting that it means its wrong that the media report it if its a rugby league player)