Saddest thing i've ever heard..

[Dymock]

And she didn't know this when she placed herself in this position??

Spare me. :roll:

Suity

A bit of compassion mate ... we are talking about human beings

 

[Suitman]

A bit of compassion mate ... we are talking about human beings

Of course, but we are also talking about putting things into perspective.

Suity

 

[Ron Jeremy]

yeah - and f**k any kids they may have had - they deserve to have their parents split up too hey!

well it wouldn't last anyway if she believes everything she hears:crazy:

 

[Utey]

I would say that player had a pretty weak relationship lacking in any genuine trust if that's what caused his marriage to break up.

Exactly.

 

[lewiscook]

ah forget it..

i was making a comment on how the actions of a few, and the reaction by the press has had an affect on the innocent players - the whole article is full of stats and comments from players who have changed how they act in public situations because of whats happened...

That is bloody terrible.
It's amazing what the press can do to relationships.

Terrible, terrible stuff.

 

[Bazal]

Far fronm the saddest thing I've ever heard TBH Jess.

Not having a go at you, but the recent spate of players whinging about how they are treated is the most pathetic thing I've heard.

Karmichael Hunt had a whinge in one of the mags this week. He blames the media and the profile of the game for negative reporting.

Ahhh Karmy? Is that the same game that hs earned you a fortune? Is it the media's fault that you had group sex in a toilet cubicle (on some reports with a mildly intellectually handicapped woman) while you were engaged to be married?

Elsewhere people are losing jobs, broke on the street, dying and living in war zones.

I can't have any sympathy whatsoever - let alone call it the saddest thing I've ever heard.

Hunt was correct IMO. Certain factions of the media report on the game for nothing more than their own personal gain, and nothing gets you noticed more than digging the boot in to a household name. People are vultures (as this thread only confirms) and thrive on the misery and misfortune of others. Sure, there are some utter dicks like Bird...but then there are the one's like Tim Smith or the like who never hurt anyone but themselves

I'd like to ask a question. How many people here over the age of 18 HAVEN'T gone out, gotten drunk, and done something silly? Those of who HAVEN'T can then judge footy players if you feel so inclined, the rest can just shut up because they're quite simply no less hypocritical than that hag DUI Beccy.


And don't worry Jess, I think it's sad too, even if the aforementioned vultures don't. The fact that this was even a contributing factor is sad, whether it was the major reason or not.

 

[bartman]

I would say that player had a pretty weak relationship lacking in any genuine trust if that's what caused his marriage to break up.

Agree.

There has to be a lot more to a break up than someone deciding they suddenly didn't like their partner's line of work...

Sad for a person when anything breaks up but may be just that this footy player isn't able to see or admit the bigger issues for himself yet?

 

[bartman]

i was making a comment on how the actions of a few, and the reaction by the press has had an affect on the innocent players - the whole article is full of stats and comments from players who have changed how they act in public situations because of whats happened...

Surely that's a good thing though... if it helps the trust between a footy playing husband and his wife, and if it can eventually change the esteem in which the profession is held in?

If more players (the bad eggs) changed how they act in public, then this marriage would (apparently) not have broken up in the first place...

 

[bartman]

I've said before, it's time players take ownership of behaviour.

If they see a mate having too much to drink in public, pull him into line - because, as you say, the game as a whole gets tarred with the same brush.

Cast your mind back to what happened earlier at the year at Manly.

I wonder how that would have panned out had a couple of players who werent drinking tapped Watmough and Stewart on the shoulder before things got out of hand......

Very true that... if players are upset about it, the best thing they can do is look after their mates (and themselves) by pulling them aside when they begin to cross the line.

Stewart obviously didn't have a good enough mate to look after him well enough to have him home early enough to avoid the situation that is now going through the courts.

Tim Finch obviously didn't have neough good mates when he needed them, or he didn't listen to them if they did try and pull him into line. Etc etc.

 

[JessEel]

Surely that's a good thing though... if it helps the trust between a footy playing husband and his wife, and if it can eventually change the esteem in which the profession is held in?

yea, it is a good thing.

Kinda why i encouraged people to read the article really..

 

[bartman]

So the more players that take better responsibility for keeping each other in line, the better off everyone is? Cool.

 

[JessEel]

yea of course - humanity would improve if everyone took that approach! :lol:


I still think the part about the marriage breaking up is sad though..

 

[Bigfella]

Hunt was correct IMO. Certain factions of the media report on the game for nothing more than their own personal gain, and nothing gets you noticed more than digging the boot in to a household name. People are vultures (as this thread only confirms) and thrive on the misery and misfortune of others. Sure, there are some utter dicks like Bird...but then there are the one's like Tim Smith or the like who never hurt anyone but themselves

I'd like to ask a question. How many people here over the age of 18 HAVEN'T gone out, gotten drunk, and done something silly? Those of who HAVEN'T can then judge footy players if you feel so inclined, the rest can just shut up because they're quite simply no less hypocritical than that hag DUI Beccy.


And don't worry Jess, I think it's sad too, even if the aforementioned vultures don't. The fact that this was even a contributing factor is sad, whether it was the major reason or not.

No you're quite right as usual.

Everyone aged 18 has taken video of them engaging in sex acts with a geniused girl in a urinal with a couple of mates, and the media are vultures for running the story.:sarcasm:

Just tall poppy syndrome.:sarcasm:

And even better, anyone who has a different opinion to you in this thread is a vulture.:sarcasm::sarcasm:

If footy players want to be knobs - that's fine. A lot of the alleged atrocities are minor, no doubt.

But they know the rules; they accept the rewards. If they don't want to play - don't.

If they do, and they stuff up - take the consequences. The whinging about "scrutiny" and "tall poppy syndrome" doesn't apply to Hunt's situation.

 

[Bazal]

No you're quite right as usual.

Everyone aged 18 has taken video of them engaging in sex acts with a geniused girl in a urinal with a couple of mates, and the media are vultures for running the story.:sarcasm:

Just tall poppy syndrome.:sarcasm:

And even better, anyone who has a different opinion to you in this thread is a vulture.:sarcasm::sarcasm:

If footy players want to be knobs - that's fine. A lot of the alleged atrocities are minor, no doubt.

But they know the rules; they accept the rewards. If they don't want to play - don't.

If they do, and they stuff up - take the consequences. The whinging about "scrutiny" and "tall poppy syndrome" doesn't apply to Hunt's situation.

Source for the bold?

Anyway, you've clearly missed the point, what with your poor attempt to rile me up over the differing opinion crap, so come back when you understand the point...

 

[Hallatia]

yea of course - humanity would improve if everyone took that approach! :lol:


I still think the part about the marriage breaking up is sad though..

that is really sad and if it is exactly as the player said than it is also a testament to the stupidity and naivety (to buy into such views) [FONT=&quot]of his wife and her friends. If someone cannot see their partner as a human being first (before this guy's wife saw him as a rugby league player) than the marriage had other issues[/FONT]

 

[fish eel]

Very true that... if players are upset about it, the best thing they can do is look after their mates (and themselves) by pulling them aside when they begin to cross the line.

Stewart obviously didn't have a good enough mate to look after him well enough to have him home early enough to avoid the situation that is now going through the courts.

Funny thing is when I suggested players take responsibility earlier this year a few people on here took a real issue with it, arguing it wasnt the job of the responsible player

Tim Finch obviously didn't have neough good mates when he needed them, or he didn't listen to them if they did try and pull him into line. Etc etc.

'Tim Finch' :lol:

 

[bartman]

Funny thing is when I suggested players take responsibility earlier this year a few people on here took a real issue with it, arguing it wasnt the job of the responsible player

Yep, I got the same response in threads in the NRL forum, arguing that the only way forward for the game and its image was for players to take that responsibility and adjust their behaviour so it doesn't harm their employers (clubs) and their industry (league)

'Tim Finch' :lol:

Oops... that'll teach me to post from work :lol:

 

[fish eel]

Oh come on Bart don't disappoint me and tell me it wasnt deliberate!!

 

[TheParraboy]

On a more brighter note...I think


http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,,25687485-5001021,00.html

THE NRL's biggest groupie - whose cougar kiss-and-tells of the secret shenanigans of league stars has shocked the game - is about to hang up her claws once and for all.

Meet Michael Browne, the Aussie bloke who looks set to make an honest woman of NRL cougar, Charmyne Palavi.

The 22-year-old demolition man is believed to have popped the question to his league-player loving girlfriend, who hinted at the couple's engagement plans on Twitter yesterday, the Courier mail reports.

Palavi, who met her latest man at notorious NRL pick-up joint the Normanby Hotel in Brisbane last year, moved the young labourer into her Queensland home recently, sidelining her notorious player prowling activities ever since.

The single mother was one of three women who spoke out about their sexual encounters with league's biggest names in a controversial Four Corners episode earlier this year, talking openly about bedding players and the game of chasing them for sex.

Palavi has previously been linked to Queensland Origin stars Johnathan Thurston, Karmichael Hunt, Wendall Sailor and Greg Inglis.

The self-proclaimed rugby league groupie has been tweeting that she was on the hunt for engagement rings yesterday, suggesting her days of prowling are over.

 

[strider]

"honest woman" ... :lol: :lol: ... wasn't she already an honest woman once before - at the time she was chasing Thurston all over the place