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Back in 2016 NRL boss Todd Greenberg came out in condemnation of Andrew Fifita in regards to his support of convicted one punch killer Kieran Loveridge.
Kangaroos selectors were ordered not to consider him for Test matches at the end of the 2016 season because “only those who distinguish themselves on and off the field should be selected to represent their country”.
Fast forward to 2018 and we have the Greg Inglis drama.
After being caught speeding and with a blood alcohol limit more than 1.5 times the legal limit, Greg Inglis fronts a press conference and states he doesn’t think he has let his country down. “I don’t think I let my country down but I think I let a lot of people down” and thinks he deserved to stay on as skipper of the Kangaroos.
“Me personally, I feel like do (deserve to),” he said.”
Saving the best for last though, both Greenberg and coach Mal Meninga came out and praised the way handled himself. “I thought he showed really strong leadership skills yesterday in coming out and fronting up [to the media], and being accountable for his actions,” Meninga said.”
Greenberg was quoted as saying “He deserves full credit for being upfront today by apologising and taking full ownership of his mistake.
Really, what did they expect him to do, come out and say that he didn’t give a toss about being done for drink driving and it was all a storm in a teacup?
Greg Inglis
The bloke didn’t want to be suspended from the tour and miss out on playing, not to mention the nice pay day that comes along with it.
Courts take a dim view of people who are found to have lied in press conferences.
Of course he was going to front the press and admit to his mistake, what other choice did he have?
It’s like praising the bloke you catch trying to knock off your house with your telly in his arms for admitting that he did try to rob you.
I’m sure Mitchell Pearce and the blokes from the Bulldogs would be filthy. They were hammered by Greenberg and other execs within the game and punished far more for doing the wrong thing when they were recorded without their knowledge for incidents that were far less serious.
Here we have a bloke who could have killed someone and everyone in the NRL is falling over themselves to downplay the seriousness of the matter and praising him, in essence for not lying about it.
You couldn’t make this stuff up if you tried. The only thing missing was the famous rugby league cliché “It’s not his go.”
Maybe the no dickheads policy should apply to coaches and administrators too.
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