Hit the road, Jack: Federal Court finds in favour of NRL

Yes. They all brought the game into disrepute because the media said so. And still do.

The media brought the game into dispute by advancing the guilt till proven innocent judgement. This is what caused the judge to determine De Belins guilt of bringing the game into disrepute. The media as judge and jury.

The customers are not leaving. Look at the crowds and tv audience. You may enjoy vilifying people without a trial. Most do not.

But it isn't quacking like a code of conduct suspension in my view. Which is the potential alternative if we don't have this mechanism. Either way, hopefully the RLPA have called NRL hq and started chats on a way forward that protects the broader RL construct (and the majority of their members) whilst minimising their areas of concern.

I understand the point you are making, but if it walks like a suspension and quacks like a suspension, it’s a suspension. He is being penalised the same way as a player suspended for foul play (roughly 7 or 8 times greater than the penalty given to the guy who broke Alex McKinnon’s neck).

I only have anecdotal so we'll have to agree to disagree. It would be odd though to classify something as a match payment if you didn't need to play the match. On the foul play, sorry I thought it was reasonably obvious that we're talking about sanctions for off field behavior but apologies for not being incredibly explicit. You know like Napa during the same offseason.

I have looked around, and as far as I can tell, that has not been the case for the last ten years. I’m willing to be corrected on that if you have a source to the contrary. Players don’t usually get fined for suspensions that arise from foul play. I can’t think of an occasion when that has happened off the top of my head. It would be very rare. Different for a club imposed sanction for a breach of club rules of course.

Yep westernred most judges are completely ignorant of jurisprudence...

Hi GH was of the understanding the part of the contract that represents the playing fee did not get paid during a suspension (there's also normally a fine)

By that same reasoning JDB has survived so why is he complaining

Players who are suspended get paid. When Curtis Scott assaulted Latrell Mitchell and broke his eye socket, he was suspended for 3 weeks and was still paid.

Yes I do. It happens quite a bit. If you have not seen anything along those lines I would say you don't take much notice. Woman working for cops set up her husband for rape charges. Cops all went along with it. Except one cop. False allegations. Woman crashed car. Bloke helped her for two hours. She made false allegations. Both these men spent time behind bars. Both lost marriages over false allegations that led to charges. Open your eyes.

You are correct

I’ve looked but it is beyond my search-fu I don’t know the actual case name to use the usual free channel

GH it's not a suspension, he's paid. Suspended players aren't, and I think the Nrl's been more supportive in other matters than his representative body. That said many professional services operate in a similar vein using the "code of conduct" as the vehicle.

Westernred No it was not just the media and the corporations it was supporters like me who have followed the game all my life. So would you employ JDB if your customers where leaving or not? I see you dodge this conveniently.

FT When you want to vilify the NRL commission who are made up of highly qualified and commercial experienced individuals that have made a decision that is in the best interest of the game then I am going to take you and any other person on. You have made statements such as them sticking in pitch forks and also that sponsors leaving the game was a myth. In other words they were lying. Pretty pathetic in my view. Thankfully the courts agreed with them. So yes I will keep up the work on anybody who I feel does not get it.

Keep up the great work Mango

Barnaby Joyce

You should because you have no idea