Bravo Peter Beattie and the movers and shakers of rugby league who changed the rules to establish a new kind of sin bin, writes peter_fitz
Bravo Peter Beattie and the movers and shakers of rugby league who changed the rules on Thursday to establish a new kind of sin bin – dare I say under the circumstances of this week, a cardinal sin bin – whereby those players charged with offences that risk bringing a prison term of 11years or more are automatically suspended on full pay until the legal process is finished.It was a move that was long overdue, and they have nearly got it right.
"I get that the genie is out of the bottle but boy it brought home to me that the machine is well oiled and well drilled and it's catching its targets young." But nothing changes the central point. Archie is blessed to have a father who can steer his lad away from the madness. But as a society, when we have kids going to matches with their dads speculating on the gambling possibilities – and I hear such stories all the time – it is all of us that have blown it. Seriously, who the hell can argue in favour of this? We have, rightly, banned cigarette advertising because it is not fair to expose unformed minds to cancer sticks.
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