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Message: [QUOTE="Coxy, post: 2189026, member: 1764"] I disagree Ari Gold. A football club's primary goal is far more than just win a premiership. Attracting fans, attracting sponsors, attracting high quality players etc are the goals. Yes, ultimately if you do all that well and get quality players etc you are more likely to win a premiership, but most would see that as a bonus. Clubs with a history of bad behaviour have a spiral issue: - fans get put off as Flutterby has quite correctly said - bad publicity can discourage new sponsors and lose existing sponsors - likewise bad publicity and bad reputation can discourage quality players from coming to you, or can motivate good players to leave (Steve Price anyone?) Would you sack Karmichael Hunt for getting a blowjob with a couple of his mates in a toilet? No, but in order to limit the damage as above, you: - publicly censure him with a fine and threats of suspension/contract dismissal for further incidents - modify club charter/code of conduct to put in place serious consequences if other players transgress - you reassure sponsors that this sort of stuff won't be tolerated The Sydney Roosters, and before them Manly, badly erred by saying "look, our guy has done the wrong thing, but that doesn't affect football, he's going to play". The NRL has had to step in and stop that doing a lot of damage to the club's and elite game's reputation. Cronulla have shown they are the leaders in dealing with this stuff. Their handling of the Greg Bird saga was excellent - immediately standing him down and then ensuring he would never play for them again (regardless of whether he's convicted of his charges or not, his attempts to get someone to take the rap for him, and his blatant deception of his club simply can't be tolerated) - and Brett Seymour (instant suspension). [/QUOTE]

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