Swans4ever wrote:Obviously this whole thread is getting to you Raiderdave, you seem a bit frustrated with the criticism and you are falling back on old theme's I notice you didn't reply to my post - can't look yourself in the mirror and be honest with that one can you - we now know who is gutless!Raiderdave wrote:Xman wrote:http://www.perthnow.com.au/archive/beta ... 6659527642This primitive combativeness with an oval ball, which northerners term a sport, should be ashamed of itself.
Life is about teaching and educating, setting standards for others to at least make them try to understand right from wrong.
Rugby League is not helping.
It undermines parents and teachers and governments who are hell-bent on making society a safe and respectable place.
The actions this week and the response from the defenders of the sport were caveman like.
On Monday night, New Zealand Warriors player Russell Packer urinated on the ground.
That's the nicest way to put it.
To be more descriptive to emphasis the animal-like aspect of Packer's act, he stood on the field, spread his legs and pissed himself, the contents of which were seen dripping down his right leg.
Packer shook himself as a dog would do. Why? Who knows, because the deed was done.
A player in one of Australia's national codes actually pissed himself and the rest of the world laughed.
RUSSELL PACKER RELIEVES HIMSELF DURING MATCHWarriors forward Russell Packer relieves himself on the hallowed Lang Park turf during a game with the Broncos.(0:07 / 690.2KB)
Yep, Rugby League, you should be proud of that.
Packer was fined $15,000.
"When u gotta go u gotta go lol," he tweeted after the match.
Social media aside, this mentality is not 2013. It's more 2013BC.
Rugby League chiefs should be embarrassed.
Embarrassed that their code's education programs, which are run through schools and learning centres, somehow allows a player to think it appropriate to use the ground as a urinal.
They should also be embarrassed by their punishment. He doesn't even miss a game.
Then there was State-of-Origin, a kind of Olympics for all cavemen.
Wednesday night's assault of Nate Myles by Paul Gallen was lauded widely across the nation.
He set the tone, they said.
It was the cornerstone of victory, they trumpeted.
That Gallen got a one-week suspension for the combination left-right and uppercut, was even condemned by Myles, whose brain must have been rattled when he said the ''fight adds theatre to Origin''.
I know it happens, it's a contact sport played by men who like to inflict damage, but, still, it can't be tolerated.
Gallen got one week for it, and slaps on the backs from the NSW coaches, his teammates, and most likely all of New South Wales.
If it happened in the AFL, which seemed to be the question most wanted answered in the aftermath, he would be looking at 10 games on the sidelines.
And most sound observers would agree with the punishment.
LIONS SKIPPER BROWN CALLS AFL SOFT AFTER TWO-WEEK BANBrisbane Lions skipper Jonathan Brown labels the AFL "soft" compared to the NRL, after he copped a two week suspension for striking.(0:47 / 3.3MB)
It's a strange world.
Every weekend there for a while, Sunday morning newspapers carried stories about young men being punched and killed at Melbourne bars and nightclubs.
The follow-up on Monday would be his parents.
They are heart-wrenching stories. Mums and dads weep and shake and every bloody one of us looks at them and thanks God it wasn't your child or someone you knew.
Police lament at the insanity of it all.
It is insane. One-punch heroes become murderers.
And police once again implore parents and teachers and state governments to help stamp out violence.
Then Origin comes along.
Violence is not only an appeal, it's accepted as the norm.
PAUL GALLEN DISCUSSES STATE OF ORIGIN BRAWL WITH NATE MYLESPaul Gallen explains his State of Origin brawl with Nate Myles and his disappointment at being charged.(3:25 / 19.2MB)
Psychologists, I'm sure, would argue the glorification of such acts filters through the streets.
I'm also sure others would argue that it's men v men, playing for the pride of their state, and that I'm just an AFL sucker-job trying to get a backslap from headquarters.
It's not about that.
It's about identity and self-worth, about what you want people to think of you as a sport.
Rugby League failed this week.
At least the beers were cold in the NSW changerooms. Anyone got a bottle opener?
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SOO is getting too big
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fucking fumblers.. its jurnos ... its fans .... its administrators ...... are shit scared of it
& for good reason
you don't have the..... Intellect ... to get to me or any other league poster in here do you ?
maybe you should have a gander in the mirror & admit as much
you know it to be true
but can't accept it .... like the gutless Shelia you are
