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Message: [QUOTE="Flutterby, post: 2188722, member: 1853"] 1. Friend is only on around $50,000, so a $10,000 fine is going to bite for him. He has also been ordered to undergo alcohol counselling. Not to mention what the courts will punish him with. 2. In the Stewart case he was suspended by the NRL for breaking a direct contract clause about behaviour at official NRL or Club Functions - Friend had actually caught a taxi home from the Roosters team thing and then decided to go out again to go visit his girlfriend and that driving would be a good idea. So I guess technically he was no longer at an official function when the incident happened. I also believe that if Manly had taken ANY action against Stewart (ie stand him down for 1 game, massive fine - comparative to his salary) then I think the NRL would not have come in over the top. 3. Stewart is a much bigger name and the face of the game therefore his being drunk and disorderly causes more damage to the game than any incident involving Friend, who is only really starting out in his career 4. This season the Roosters sacked the former police officer who wrote and enforced their player code of conduct and chaired their displinary committee, due to economic reasons - in hindsight, not Nick Politis' best decision 5. Brett Seymour is a repeat offender - suspension is really the logical next step where he is concerned. [/QUOTE]

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