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Message: [QUOTE="mick, post: 2147485, member: 1794"] A real tough one... I'm not going to tick any of the above because quite a few have merit. I like the idea of a curfew during the season, I really do. I think 1am is completely fair - these guys should be able to go to a pub to celebrate a win, and it's pretty clear that they wouldn't be there til 10.30 or so if they've played a night game. Two and a half hours in a pub is plenty of time. It would be hard to police, like anything else, but I feel it gives a good balance between being too strict and letting the players run wild. Like every other "normal" group of people, I also think there should be some sort of "rotating roster" for designated drivers, or at least designated sober people. One sober bloke for every five to six who are drinking could ensure that there would be some sense out there - he could encourage others to leave if/when things get a bit hairy. I think the issue of public nuisance and the reactions to it should be dependent on the severity of the situation. If one bloke has a bit too much to drink and is ejected from a pub, he should not be immediately sacked or anything else. Three strikes and you're out policy in terms of match suspension IMO - and that three strikes is to last the whole season. For more serious offences, a one-game ban along with extra training and/or counselling could be immediately implemented. If anyone has been charged by police for any incident, including public nuisance and wilful damage up to assault, they are to be immediately suspended while investigations continue. I think the hardest part about all of this is that the club just need to find a balance. I'm living proof, and so are many of us, that drinking at pubs can just be fun and does not need to result in trouble. I know they might "cop it" more from patrons than others, but they really need to take a cautious approach and keep themselves out of the limelight at clubs. Let them go and have beers together, aside from nights before the game and steer clear from sessions before training. Instill in them that it's really important that, if they are not home by 1am, they are at least then leaving the venue and hopping into a cab. Bring out the statistics - the vast majority of all pub violence happens from 1.30am onwards and steering clear of these times will help them avoid trouble. Tell them it's fine if they want to dance, drink and make out with women in these clubs. But also tell them that, if they are going to be going further than that, to find a room. Their place, her place or a motel, it doesn't matter. Try at all times to keep it one on one, please. Regardless, the situation would be balanced heavily in our favour if it was a case of a girl leaving a club together with the bloke, hopping in a cab etc. Security footage of them leaving clubs, getting into the cab, testimony from a cab driver about their behaviour etc. would greatly reduce any chance of the issue of consent being brought up. Gah, it's all so difficult. I just want them to keep their heads screwed on - it's so simple but so difficult to implement. Keep your head together, look after your mates, don't write yourself off and have fun while still keeping a bit of common sense involved. Please. [/QUOTE]

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