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Message: [QUOTE="Kooly87, post: 3214238, member: 9326"] Look, he's said what he said, and no reasonable person could accept or condone it. It's appalling behaviour under any circumstances and he absolutely deserves to be and obviously will be substantially punished. In terms of Haas overall, I'm a believer in weighing up the good against the bad and also considering the big picture in these sort of circumstances. This is obviously not his first infraction, and that needs to be acknowledged, but he's also done plenty of good things for the club on field and no doubt off it too that obviously we don't get to see. In terms of the big picture, he's also suffered what can only be described as a devastating personal loss this year. Losing a sibling in a family like his at an age like his can honestly de-rail a person's entire life. If that happened to Payne he would not be the first and certainly won't be the last. I wouldn't in any way excuse his behaviour in light of this grief and suffering, but it certainly does help put it in some context and perhaps explain what may have lead him up to this point. I'm not one to throw the baby out with the bathwater and I think 'fucking him off' is not only bad for the Broncos, it's also bad for Haas himself and probably a dereliction in our duty of care to him as our employee. The man obviously needs help, and I mean serious help in dealing with whatever he's going through. If we as a football club are genuinely not in a place to provide that to him or to put him in touch with people who can, then even amongst all our other failings this past couple of years, I'd seriously consider that to be just about our worst. He needs to be punished for his actions, but he also needs to be offered support and a chance to work on himself and the things that may have set this all off. If he can demonstrate a willingness to work on himself and take that support, then after he has served his punishment he deserves a chance to redeem himself, because isn't that what our entire justice system is supposed to be all about? Just to be clear, I'll say it again, what he did was absolutely unacceptable and deserves a serious punishment to reflect that. However, part of that time on the side lines serving that punishment should be about making amends to the people he's wronged, both the victims and also his employer who he's now let down, as well as working on himself to get to the bottom of what is causing these issues. If he can do this sincerely and thoroughly, then I think Payne has more than enough runs on the board at the Broncos to be deserving of a chance to make things right again and repay that faith. [/QUOTE]

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