I'm happy with the way this has been handled on the part of the offender to this point in time. It's ok to say that he admitted guilt several months ago, however you need to go through the court process to see exactly what he is guilty of. The judicial system is set up to punish these sorts of offences and you need to let them go through due process first. Now that the dust has settled and the NRL has all of the facts in front of them, they can act accordingly.
I know that a lot of you guys are getting your panties in a bunch because the bloke had a good year and won a title, however that is just the luck of the draw. If he'd have stayed at the Sharks and won nothing this year, I'm sure you all wouldn't have been anywhere near as upset.
What he has done during the court process is inconsequential in the scheme of things. It's not his, Souths or the NRL's fault that the judicial system takes so long to decide a case. It would be better if this whole process could be over in a few weeks instead of a few months, but unfortunately, this is the world we live in.
Now that the results are determined, he needs to have the book thrown at him but until he'd had his day in court, the NRL and Souths were right to sit on their hands.
I'm happy now for Souths to punt the bloke and the NRL to stand him down and I've said since day one that I didn't want him at my club if he were found guilty.