James Roberts

[hineyrulz]

2 incidents in a week, and on his third club after already being sacked from two others and he gets hit with a wet 20k lettuce leaf. Hardly surprising considering the club involved. They've been treated differently from the rest of the comp since 1988.

Peace gets 8 weeks, Norman gets 8 weeks but Jimmy the cubicle Jet gets 0 weeks........

 

[betcats]

Honestly the games completely f**ked.

 

[hineyrulz]

James is getting the help he needs. The rugby league family needs to rally around him, not drag him down like the merkins in here have been trying to do.

Are you offended????

 

[hineyrulz]

So are the Integrity Unit going to take action against Roberts or what?

No consistency as usual.

Actually this punishment is pretty consistent for Bronco players.....

 

[no name]

I liked the way Clint Newton as RLPA rep went to Brissy and worked with the Broncos on this.
Said all the right things and probably went in to bat for Roberts with the NRL and club.

This is the way incidents should be dealt with.
They completely f**ked up handling the Pearce one.

 

[Mogsheen Jadwat]

Said it before, give the bloke more ball, Broncos are partly responsible for his demand for attention . . . run a Ferrari on diesel and it'll give you nothing but trouble

Yeah they should be slipping him cutout passes over team meals, hell start grabbing sprite instead of spirits.

 

[AlwaysGreen]

Said it before, give the bloke more ball, Broncos are partly responsible for his demand for attention . . . run a Ferrari on diesel and it'll give you nothing but trouble

Yep. He went out and acted like an imbecile because noone would pass him the ball. Lucky he doesn't play outside Dugan or Jennings - he'd go on a shooting spree.

$20000 fine is nothing for these blokes. Next contract and it will be given back to him.

 

[AMD]

Prior to the club’s statement on Roberts NRL chief executive Todd Greenberg declared comparisons between his behaviour and the eight-week ban handed to Roosters half Mitchell Pearce invalid.

“We don’t benchmark one against the other. I understand why the fans do. We can only deal with the facts and we judge those facts in front of us,” Greenberg said.

How does Greenberg keep a straight face? Pearce's incident did not involve cops or violence. Its a joke.

See I think Greenberg has a point. Whilst I certainly think legality of a player's actions should be given significant assessment when deciding upon a punishment, I think the actions themselves and how wider society perceives them is just as important. Case in point here with Roberts - two drunken incidents, yells at a barmaid, given short term ban by police. Society definitely will frown upon those actions, but they don't really carry any shock value - plenty of people themselves have been in a similar situation, or know of somebody who has. Compare that to the Pearce incident - sure no cops or violence, but then how many people know of someone who has gotten trashed then pretended to f**k a dog? His actions carry more shock value.

When push comes to shove, the NRL (like all organisations) needs to consider the implications for his own brand when a player misbehaves. Ultimately, they are going to have to come down harder on someone who's actions are more widely condemned by society to minimise damage to their reputation. Not condoning Roberts' actions either btw (personally think he should have been given a week or 2), but rather easy to see why the incidents aren't comparable.

 

[Bgoodorgoodatit]

Prior to the club’s statement on Roberts NRL chief executive Todd Greenberg declared comparisons between his behaviour and the eight-week ban handed to Roosters half Mitchell Pearce invalid.

“We don’t benchmark one against the other. I understand why the fans do. We can only deal with the facts and we judge those facts in front of us,” Greenberg said.

How does Greenberg keep a straight face? Pearce's incident did not involve cops or violence. Its a joke.

Pretty much this, its no wonder fans become disillusioned with the game.

 

[Unscrupulous]

See I think Greenberg has a point. Whilst I certainly think legality of a player's actions should be given significant assessment when deciding upon a punishment, I think the actions themselves and how wider society perceives them is just as important. Case in point here with Roberts - two drunken incidents, yells at a barmaid, given short term ban by police. Society definitely will frown upon those actions, but they don't really carry any shock value - plenty of people themselves have been in a similar situation, or know of somebody who has. Compare that to the Pearce incident - sure no cops or violence, but then how many people know of someone who has gotten trashed then pretended to f**k a dog? His actions carry more shock value.

When push comes to shove, the NRL (like all organisations) needs to consider the implications for his own brand when a player misbehaves. Ultimately, they are going to have to come down harder on someone who's actions are more widely condemned by society to minimise damage to their reputation. Not condoning Roberts' actions either btw (personally think he should have been given a week or 2), but rather easy to see why the incidents aren't comparable.

Bullshit.

One was filmed and sold to the media, the other was not. End of.

 

[myrrh ken]

See I think Greenberg has a point.

I hear what you are saying but the trouble is, by the very nature of the NRL doling out punishments for different offences, they are compared and benchmarked. You can't escape it.

I agree that the key factor is the repercussions on the game's reputation in society, rather than criminality. By not banning him, the message they are sending out is - we don't really care that players get pissed, act like drunken dickheads, break the law and get choked into submission.

 

[Surely]

Pretending to piss in your mouth in a public toilet gets you a trip to paris

 

[AMD]

By not banning him, the message they are sending out is - we don't really care that players get pissed, act like drunken dickheads, break the law and get choked into submission.

Oh I agree - even as a broncos fan I thought he deserved some weeks off, personally I can see him involved in something again in the future. My point was more how I see some merit in the point Greenberg made.

 

[_Johnsy]

Seriously dude ? Home schooled. Professional help. Did you strut around all day with your chest puffed out after making that post ?

You're making a lot of assumptions there. I don't give a toss what you think of my club, but I'll continue to offer up my opinion to contribute to the discussion.

You try to partake in discussion, but ignore valid points made because it's not complimentary towards your club & as a result get's your panties in a twist. I raised one point over & over again, yet you choose to ignore it yet argue against it. Reading this thread is evidence of that.

I'll leave you & your head comfortably in the sand.

 

[_Johnsy]

James is getting the help he needs. The rugby league family needs to rally around him, not drag him down like the merkins in here have been trying to do.

Strangely enough we didn't hear these words from you when Norman, Carney or Pearce were facing the backlash from their issues.

 

[Rabbit toes]

James is getting the help he needs. The rugby league family needs to rally around him, not drag him down like the merkins in here have been trying to do.

 

[Maroon4life]

Are you offended????

You got chops mate i'll give you that.

The bloodlust shown in here from oppositions fans is f**king horrendous. Get over your petty tribalism.

 

[madunit]

James is getting the help he needs. The rugby league family needs to rally around him, not drag him down like the merkins in here have been trying to do.

Gee I thought you would've just said "Never f**king heard of him"

 

[Maroon4life]

Gee I thought you would've just said "Never f**king heard of him"

Never had heard of the f**ker. But keep overreacting.

 

[Spot On]

Bullshit.

One was filmed and sold to the media, the other was not. End of.

It was only recently footage of a Broncos player seemingly snorting something up his snoz was purchased by an organisation so it couldn't be shown.

Ahh, it's times like these when Andrew Gee should attempt to get a role at the Broncos again. The NRL seem to be in a very forgiving mood atm.