These situations over the last few months quite clearly demonstrate a problem with leaving disciplinary matters to clubs. We see Cronulla and Canberra take harsher action, whilst clubs like the Roosters and Manly take the soft line. We need to have a governing body make decisions on these issues and not leave them to the clubs.
If I were to create a standard - indefinately suspend without pay any player involved in any criminal charge until the matter is resolved. If found guilty, an immediate termination of contract should occur, and if found innocent payments made for the lost time and return to the game.
It may seem harsh, but it needs to be done. These thick footballers, and many here are so far from the societal values it is absolutely scary. Especially when the same posters here will not wait for a guilty verdict of a suspected murderer, fraudster, paedophile, other rapist, before they label them as so. The game needs to fix up its image now, or face issues when other codes clean themselves up before we do.
