Tyrone May

[The_Frog]

I’m still getting over it.

Not keen at this moment to advance the discussion further.

Ill keep you posted.

No worries.

 

[The Realist]

Gower's Golf club bender was worthy of the sack too.

That was the stuff of Legend. If you were going to have a bender - that was one wild way to do it.

 

[BxTom]

It is harrassment of the worst kind.

The media set themselves as the moral compass of rugby league. Please.

Look at how Smith and Munster are treated after taking cocaine, being flimed whilst doing it.

How Burgess and others who have 'powerful friends' are treated. Then look at what is written about May. Wrong on too many levels, So wrong.

The people that depend on social media to form their opinions need to consider the following sayings;

'1. An empty drum make the most noise.

2. Social media is like a swimming pool. All the noise comes from the shallow end.

 

[Fangs]

D-Day is near for Tyrone May.

 

[The_Frog]

Given the age of the girl at the time, the circumstances (he reportedly groped her to the point she was consoled by Dawn f**king Fraser), chased 16 y.o. Mitch Pearce at the after party and the ongoing animosity over the situation, I'm pretty certain she wasn't "stepping outside" with Gowie.

Yeah I read all that too.

 

[Kilkenny]

I wish I could take back some of the things I have done in my life and I am a nobody.

I know the elite get paid the big bucks, good luck to them, living a life in the spotlight it’s not always easy.

 

[herbert henry1908]

I’m with you Kilkenny. He has done wrong in the past and it is debatable if we should have signed him post that.

But having given him a second chance, that chance should be genuine. The post should not be a breach of his contract (content anyway, not sure what processes are required for posting in either his contract or the Panthers social media policy), as you can’t tell someone how to feel.

That for me is worst part of all of this. The way that the media have positioned this post and the subsequent reactions are bordering on bullying.

This isn’t the first incident since he was given a second chance. He lied to the NRL and got a further two game suspension when he was still serving his suspension for his filming conviction.

He’s been given a genuine second chance. He’s a screw up.

 

[Aliceinwonderland]

I wish I could take back some of the things I have done in my life and I am a nobody.

I know the elite get paid the big bucks, good luck to them, living a life in the spotlight it’s not always easy.

Many many years ago I lived (for a short period of time) in a very small goldfish bowl. It was horrible. I was living in a small country town and your every move was judged, monitored and talked about.

If they couldn't find something to judge you on. They made something up. Not unlike the present day NRL media.

I can recall folks peering into my shopping trolly at the local supermarket to obviously pass (judgement) on what I'd bought. (behind my back of course)

I can also remember someone rang and complained that I worn shorts at the shops.


No amount of money makes it better. It's stalking.

the intrusion into every aspect of my life was scary and unrelenting.

 

[herbert henry1908]

If May was smart, he would’ve come out and apologised for the post. He didn’t even have to concede it was about a lack of remorse. He could’ve simply said “I see now how the post could’ve been seen that way, but it wasn’t my intention and I’m sorry if it caused any harm to my victim”

But he couldn’t even be decent and do that tiny gesture.

 

[Aliceinwonderland]

If May was smart, he would’ve come out and apologised for the post. He didn’t even have to concede it was about a lack of remorse. He could’ve simply said “I see now how the post could’ve been seen that way, but it wasn’t my intention and I’m sorry if it caused any harm to my victim”

But he couldn’t even be decent and do that tiny gesture.

Problem was Herbert is that no-one up there was stone cold sober for 4 days.

It's so very easy to be wise after the event.

The media wouldn't have let up. In my opinion May hasn't been given a genuine 2nd chance.

 

[herbert henry1908]

Problem was Herbert is that no-one up there was stone cold sober for 4 days.

It's so very easy to be wise after the event.

The media wouldn't have let up. In my opinion May hasn't been given a genuine 2nd chance.

He could’ve done it after he sobered up, that’s no excuse. And this isn’t about the media, it’s about showing you understood that the message could’ve been seen in the wrong way.

You’re right that it is easy to be wise after the event, and Tyrone May has managed to fail that basic standard.

 

[kinghippo]

May didn't have to do anything except stay quiet and collect his $250,000 a year paycheck.
The narrative that it he is not having a fair go by the social or normal media is ridiculous.

He didn't have to use social media to pass on what he was feeling, talking to people would have done the job.
His original crime was to post images against someone's will on social media and he still decided to go back there to look for vindication.

His messages put him back on trial socially and
there is no doubt society does not accept his actions or excuses.

His career will be destroyed by social backlash because that is the forum he abused and continues to try and influence.

All he had to do was stay quiet, he chose not to and deserves to be removed from the privlaged football society he has been a part of.

 

[WestyLife]

A lot of people get their opinions from the media. Must hurt to think.

The same people have defended the club against the other "outrage headlines" for lack of a better term.

 

[WestyLife]

For the first time since the Tyrone May social media post exploded so to speak I discussed the issue with my wife.

She follows all our players on just about every platform but I never previously felt the need to discuss Tyrones social media post until a short time ago and it just hasn’t come up in our day to day conversations.

I was taken aback, her views of his post are far different to mine, albeit she has followed things things much more closely on social media than I have.

She, my wife that is, thought his post was 100% inappropriate and while she doesn’t believe he deserves to be sacked for it, she sees it in a much worse light than I previously thought worthy.

Opinions. They are just that I guess. Whose right and whose wrong.

That's an easy one, wives are always right even when they're wrong.

 

[Iamback]

The same people have defended the club against the other "outrage headlines" for lack of a better term.

We have 70k followers on twitter and what maybe 100 are vocal about not just May but most Panthers related threads over there. FB and Instagram would have the same small %. Trolls of cause will jump on any post negatively regardless

Not saying the rest like him or want him in the side but most just block him out. My opinion is I want to win IF the NRL deems a player eligible to play. If those in charge thinks he will offer something then they should sign them.

I don't have to like them and will not engage with them in Members Days. Plenty of good guys to focus on

 

[herbert henry1908]

We have 70k followers on twitter and what maybe 100 are vocal about not just May but most Panthers related threads over there. FB and Instagram would have the same small %. Trolls of cause will jump on any post negatively regardless

Not saying the rest like him or want him in the side but most just block him out. My opinion is I want to win IF the NRL deems a player eligible to play. If those in charge thinks he will offer something then they should sign them.

I don't have to like them and will not engage with them in Members Days. Plenty of good guys to focus on

The point is, compared to normal when most fans will stick up for a player, in this situation lots of fans are voicing their preference for him to go. This is unusual in itself.

 

[Pantherjim.]

But opinions around his abilities as a player, or his value to our roster, is not what this issue is about.

Stupid is as stupid does, is his rather innocuous social media post on top of his previous indiscretions worthy of being sacked? I just don’t see it.

His worth as a player is an entirely seperate debate.

I have no love for May, he’s been shown to be a liability in many games, even in the GF where it mattered, but I can’t shake the feeling that the club are simply looking for an excuse to tear up his contract to free up salary cap space.

This latest infraction of his is definitely not a sackable offence.

 

[Iamback]

The point is, compared to normal when most fans will stick up for a player, in this situation lots of fans are voicing their preference for him to go. This is unusual in itself.

So if May is fired. Replaced with say Corey Norman or Curtis Scott. Those vocal critics won't start again?

That is why it is a dangerous slope to base your decision on outside noise

 

[Iamback]

I have no love for May, he’s been shown to be a liability in many games, even in the GF where it mattered, but I can’t shake the feeling that the club are simply looking for an excuse to tear up his contract to free up salary cap space.

This latest infraction of his is definitely not a sackable offence.

If $250k is correct. That is exactly why he is being punted

 

[The Silverdale Phantom]

If $250k is correct. That is exactly why he is being punted

I could be wrong, but I thought he was on show cause because of his Instagram post.