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Message: [QUOTE="lynx000, post: 2620888, member: 2065"] [b]re: [Confirmed] Russell Packer --> Panthers[/b] B4L, you are either being deliberately obtuse or not reading posts properly. For you I will run through it again. Packer being sent to jail was his punishment for his crime, not any penance or punishment put in place by the NRL for the damage he also caused to the game. Todd Carney was similarly dealt with by the Courts for his various indiscretions over time (all of which were less serious than that of Packer). Over and above what the Courts imposed upon him, the NRL also imposed a suspension or a refusal to register his contract until he (Carney) had also paid penance to the NRL in respect of his conduct. That involved a year in bush football and being a good citizen. The same thing has occurred with players charged with drink driving. They have been dealt with by the Courts and then either the club or the NRL have come in and given additional fines and or suspensions over and above those imposed by the Courts. I hold the view that the same should apply to Packer. He has not received any punishment from the NRL for the damage he caused to the game. He still has to pay his penance for that. Packer was forced to pay a higher price than Carney by the Court for his offence, but this is because his offence was viewed as a serious one by the sentencing magistrate in a climate where there had been an increase in alcohol fuelled violence. Your argument is fatally flawed because you are comparing the punishment meted out by the Court for a serious offence with the punishment meted out by the NRL for the damage that Carney caused to the game. You are comparing apples and oranges. He is entitled to be rehabilitated, but not by going straight back into the NRL, he owes the game some dues. [/QUOTE]

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