Yosemite Sam
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Nothing wrong with 2 men going toe to toe. Article is spot on.
http://www.news.com.au/sport/nrl/the-onepunch-rules-is-turning-rugby-league-into-a-grubby-game/story-fndujljl-1226976727873
These people are f*cking morons!!!
We wonder why NRL is considered a sport for bogans and thugs, then you hear something like this...
"I should be allowed to punch people in the face because thats how normal society works"
- The great Paul Gallen (pictured here)
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This is why players shouldnt be allowed to talk.
The NRL needs to put some seriously good Brand Managers into every club just to filter shit like this from being said by players in public....
Yep, lets go back to where players only ever speak in cliches in interviews instead.
Instead of throwing punches can't they just hit hard in defence? You get ample opportunity to do that throughout a game.
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Bird is not only right but it's good to see a player actually provide an opinion that doesn't toe the party line or sound stupid. He makes a good point and does it persuasively. Good on him.
The NRL treats the players like children on the field but lets them run omok off it. Something is seriously out of kilter.
All those fights in ice hockey certainly destroying the game...
Stupidest argument ever.Stupidest argument ever.
1. The game never condoned punching. It was always against the rules.
2. The NRL doesn't condone players tackling people off the field but that doesn't make it a contradiction to allow it on the field.
3. Society's expectations don't seem to worry them when they allow players to essentially get away with dodgy actions off the field.
2. Players know they are going to be tackled as they are professional participants in a contact sport in which tackling is a skill that is coached. Punching is not a part of rugby league.
Stupidest argument ever.
1. Yes, it has never been legal so making it a mandatory sin bin shouldn't be an issue.
2. Players know they are going to be tackled as they are professional participants in a contact sport in which tackling is a skill that is coached. Punching is not a part of rugby league.
3. The NRL can't control what players do off the field, they can on it and are responsible for it.
Making it a mandatory sin bin ruined one of the biggest games in history as a spectacle. Well done NRL. You and Helen were probably loved it. No one else did.
The NRL can and should act on off field behaviour but instead they choose to punish players for just playing the game while wife beaters, druggies and other assorted crooks are protected.
These f**kwits cry about society's expectations when it comes to on field issues that no one actually worries about but then makes excuses as to why off field behaviour that really does not meet society's expectations is not an issue for the NRL.
You should be on the arlc. You've got the same warped principles as they do.
To be more accurate punching has not been a part of RL for 12 months. For the previous 118 years punching has been in the game. Watching mark broadhurst deck some niggly little sht from queensland remains one of the greatest RL moments I have watched live!
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=62XSX_w8aQk