Australian netball legend Liz Ellis has criticised the NRL for the double standards in handling controversies involving players.
On Sports Sunday Ellis said that the recent sexual assault allegations against Jarryd Hayne were used as a "convenient" excuse not to re-sign the off-contract cross-code star.
Ellis said she believed there may have been different circumstances if Hayne was still in his hey-day.
N"Everything that you hear is both the Eels and the Dragons have gone cold on Jarryd Hayne," Ellis said.
"My problem with all of this is, it seems like all of this is an excuse.
"Parramatta went cold on Hayne beforehand, this is an excuse to not sign him.
"When he was at the peak of his powers, if he was at a contract renegotiation then and this stuff had of come up, you wouldn't have had the clubs walking away."
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