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A confused NRL player who is yet to be named has come forward and confessed his guilt in the wake of the ball-tampering saga.
No charges have been laid, as it was found out that the player was merely unfaithful to his wife and that the balls he had tampered with were the those of an opposition player during last weekend’s match.
“I guess when I saw the headlines, I panicked,” stated the player, off the record, “I thought I’d gone done [sic] something wrong. Thought I had let the lads down.”
An investigation found out that the NRL player had not cheated during a match, but was merely executing the famed ‘squirrel grip’, tampering with the balls of an opposition player. The manoeuvre has been a constant with those in the rugby league fraternity.
NRL CEO Todd Greenberg released a statement to the media detail “while many players balls had been roughed up, this was still done within the spirit of the game”.
The NRL’s Integrity Unit has been in overdrive since the recent cricket series, and concerns mount about institutionalised cheating.
“Yep, we’re all about being on the front foot in the NRL, not the least of which is player education”, continued Greenberg. “We’re astounded by the support of the clubs, in fact the Manly Sea Eagles have spared no expense by organising a $500,000 education and training program for their players”.
It’s a relief for the football code who, so far in 2018, haven’t had any player disciplinary cases involving alcohol, drugs, sexual misconduct, assault, homophobic abuse, condoning of incarcerated criminals, racial slurs, or Jarryd Hayne related headlines.
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