Is Latrell Mitchell overrated?

[Danish]

Good

I hope they push this, I would love to see the NRL try and claim he isn't fit to play.

they won’t say shit.

I reckon they’ve handed the suspension down now with this “fit” clause specifically so Souths can name him next week and have him free to play next year.

The NRL are meekly just keep calling it a “white substance”. They never declare it as drugs or illicit substance or anything of that nature. That’s very deliberate as such an accusation would be slanderous without proof, of which they have none.

I reckon Souths and the NRL went into negotiations with this in mind, and in exchange for a hugely light punishment (if a player failed an in-season drug test for coke they’d get a hell of a lot more than a week) Souths and latrell agree to accept it so it can be put to bed before the finals start.

 

[Perth Red]

they won’t say shit.

I reckon they’ve handed the suspension down now with this “fit” clause specifically so Souths can name him next week and have him free to play next year.

The NRL are meekly just keep calling it a “white substance”. They never declare it as drugs or illicit substance or anything of that nature. That’s very deliberate as such an accusation would be slanderous without proof, of which they have none.

I reckon Souths and the NRL went into negotiations with this in mind, and in exchange for a hugely light punishment (if a player failed an in-season drug test for coke they’d get a hell of a lot more than a week) Souths and latrell agree to accept it so it can be put to bed before the finals start.

Nothing new, NRl has taken this light touch approach to this issue numerous times and they know if they actually came down hard the players would challenge them to prove it was anything illicit.

 

[Chins get the wins]

Nothing new, NRl has taken this light touch approach to this issue numerous times and they know if they actually came down hard the players would challenge them to prove it was anything illicit.

Nice little system for something that should be legal and thus a lot safer

 

[Babyface O'reilly]

Latrell should’ve gone on social media and demand the NRL to “harshly punish” him like with the Leniu saga

 

[vadameow]

I think every coach would like to have him on their roster.

Make Souths an offer, they maybe interested

 

[Babyface O'reilly]

Make Souths an offer, they maybe interested

I’d take him back at Easts provided he’s happy to play centre, especially with Manu leaving. And for the right price of course. Plus he loses weight, gets fit and does what he’s told.

 

[blue bags]

I think every coach would like to have him on their roster.

Can every coach afford to have him in The teams Line up

 

[Valheru]

Nothing new, NRl has taken this light touch approach to this issue numerous times and they know if they actually came down hard the players would challenge them to prove it was anything illicit.

As they should

The NRL can't prove shit and they know it. They are punishing him for the sake of optics.

 

[blue bags]

A player got $120,000 fines
And 8 weeks suspension
By acting up with a Dog
Bringing the game into distribute
And now we have this Latrell case

 

[Penrose Warrior]

A player got $120,000 fines
And 8 weeks suspension
By acting up with a Dog
Bringing the game into distribute
And now we have this Latrell case

Joel Clinton got fined $50,000 and suspended two games for bringing a woman back to his room, who claims she didn't even root him.

 

[mozza91]

Latrell is about 20 kegs away from being fit. He may never serve the suspension.

 

[Rising from the Ashes]

The fit clause is bullshit. I know for off field incidents there’s not the same urgency for punishment to be served immediately. But you can’t just say he has to be fit to play for the suspension. Its delayed indefinitely until he can play.

Just say he is banned for Round 1 next year. If he is fit or injured shouldn’t matter. Or ban him from rest of this year and international fixtures. Looks tough even though he wont miss anything extra.

Its soft by the Rabbits not to impose there own ban, when Bromwich and Procter got caught doing the same thing Gold Coast banned Procter for 4 games and Melbourne banned Bromwich for 2 games and lost his spot in the leadership group.

It's honestly why Mitchell does what the hell he wants... never been held to account for his actions.

 

[Rising from the Ashes]

& you can't even use the "no proof what the powder was" excuse because the girl he was with come out and said it was coke lol

 

[Vee]

As they should

The NRL can't prove shit and they know it. They are punishing him for the sake of optics.

Bringing the game into disrepute? I reckon they've got enough.

 

[Vee]

Its soft by the Rabbits not to impose there own ban, when Bromwich and Procter got caught doing the same thing Gold Coast banned Procter for 4 games and Melbourne banned Bromwich for 2 games and lost his spot in the leadership group.

It's honestly why Mitchell does what the hell he wants... never been held to account for his actions.

Racist!

 

[Penrose Warrior]

Its soft by the Rabbits not to impose there own ban, when Bromwich and Procter got caught doing the same thing Gold Coast banned Procter for 4 games and Melbourne banned Bromwich for 2 games and lost his spot in the leadership group.

It's honestly why Mitchell does what the hell he wants... never been held to account for his actions.

The Titans also fired Proctor for vaping

 

[Marshall_magic]

The Titans also fired Proctor for vaping

If he was a part of their future plans and not eating up excessive cap space I wonder if he gets the same punishment.

 

[Penrose Warrior]

If he was a part of their future plans and not eating up excessive cap space I wonder if he gets the same punishment.

Nah no chance, and I was being flippant when I said it. The dumb f**ker gave them a chance to fire him and they took it gladly

 

[Marshall_magic]

Nah no chance, and I was being flippant when I said it. The dumb f**ker gave them a chance to fire him and they took it gladly

You also get the sense Proctor wasn’t too upset about being released. Sort of a win win situation

 

[WepnutV]

Amateur hour again by the NRL. Are they going to do the same with judiciary suspensions?

Also, they could have easily avoided this by just delaying the hand down of the sanctio

Ben Hornby clearly stated that Latrell was takeing the rest of the year off before he put his grubby nose in a pile white powder. How on earth is it ok for him to do his suspension this year based on them facts.