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Message: [QUOTE="Foordy, post: 3011253, member: 1769"] makes perfect sense actually ... at least one of the incidents happened at a rugby league match, and the NRL have jurisdiction over every match of rugby league played in this country. the NRL investigation over what happened is completely separate from the criminal investigation conducted by the police. as to the penalties issued to Haas, the thing is that he signed a contract (for big money as well), by signing the contract he agreed to certain terms and conditions, including abiding by the code of conduct and club values of the Brisbane Broncos. Haas' family put him between a rock and a hard place, and he had to make a decision between family loyalty and abiding by the terms of his contract, either way he would have to live with the consequences of his actions. while we can all be sympathetic with his plight (I'm certain that this includes the club), the club simply couldn't ignore the fact that he had breeched a basic condition of his employment, and if you let the small infractions slide, it won't be long before the player starts committing bigger and bigger infractions (there have been a several examples of this). once the infractions get too big, the club will have no other alternative but to terminate his contract, then allowing a club like the rorters come in and sign him for a fraction of his value, meaning all the clubs hard work in developing him is for naught ... and we can't allow that to happen [/QUOTE]

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