Phoenix player jailed!

Newcastle strikes again. Is it really such a crap place that one has to drink just to cope??

glass houses

Nope not forgetting, O'grady wasn't given a jail sentance.

O'Grady doesn't hear his fate until July

althought I strongly doubt jail will be his punishment.

DJ, your comment above speculating upon O'Grady's fate is possibly sub judice, no one knows what his sentence is to be.

Sorry if I sound like a party pooper, mate, but maybe the Admin and Mods of this forum might be more comfortable if you removed the post (we do know that the media and authorities look @ this forum).

I doubt a post on a forum is going to influence a magistrate in the local court.

That said, it is generally better not to comment on likely or possible sentences or other action that the court may take. Given the forum rules as set out in the Welcome thread also prohibit libel or defamation, I am editing a post from this thread that names a person.

Members of this forum should be aware that they have agreed (by agreeing to follow the rules at the point of becoming a member of this forum) that they take responsibility for any and all comments they make here. This is not a warning, it's a statement of fact.

In other words - if you say it, it's your problem.

For reference, the Administrator has put the forum rules in an easy to find spot.

Oh I agree, but the compressed age group of players of all sports leads to abnormal stats, like the one about football players of all codes getting into trouble. How many times I did things that were stupid (and/or possibly illegal) when I was 18-30 years old, I've lost count.
Add to that the fitness and available money, and time on their hands between matches, it can be a recipe for serious trouble (particularly if success happens all too fast and the management of a club is not too savvy about players' welfare off field).
An AFL player has recently been told to 'get a real job' purely so this person has an involvement outside of the hero worship they get, and to devote a deal of their time to this 'job' instead of grabbing their mate's car and driving like a maniac.
It wouldn't surprise me if many football clubs (of all codes) have some sort of program inside the club that makes the younger players undergo studies, or work a trade or something like that. Also wouldn't be surprised if a psychologist was on a club's books to be available for anyone who might start going overboard with their ego.
As a past Canterbury Bulldogs supporter, I was very disappointed when news broke a few years back about the goings on (alleged) and players misbehaving. I did know that that club had a previous career guidance scheme in place, personally I know that George Peponis was assisted in his medical studies by the club and others did get a similar benefit from what Peter Moore and that club set up. Old Bullfrog would have been turning over in his grave upon all that news breaking.
There is the 'boys wil be boys' acceptance by some, when the lads get up to no good, but this also sends the message out that everyone wants the good players to be on their books and will tolerate bad behaviour for the sake of good results on the pitch.
Paul Roos (AFL Sydney Swans) and Lawrie in our A-League should be congratulated for applying the 'no dickheads' policy as it does send a message to the players in their leagues that there's at least one club that won't tolerate bad behaviour and being a yobbo.

Well I said I doubt anything like that would happen to Paul.

My point was that the statement saying Newcastle strikes again and drove Johnson to drink was rubbish, we have our own player in a little bit of bother and we shouldn't forget that.

As dibo said, anything on here will not influence any decision on O'Grady.

Thanx for the comment DJ. Yes I understood your point for mentioning O'Grady, but you did say you 'strongly doubt', which is a bit more than just 'doubt'. That implies some knowledge or the giving of an opinion and is more a comment than a speculation.