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Message: [QUOTE="Coxy, post: 2138599, member: 1764"] Hammo: you say others are so far off the point it's ridiculous. YOU my friend are the one that's off the planet. The Brisbane Broncos is a professional organisation, a business, that gets 95% of its income based on public relations. Providing a quality product (football), portraying an image of success, professionalism and respect for fans, the game and the community. These players are, when in public, representatives of the organisation. This behaviour is seen by the community at large as unacceptable conduct. Forget role models and shit, that's a different argument, this behaviour flies against the image that the Broncos have tried to portray for 21 years. The damage this incident can do to that image, which can be totalled in very real terms in dollars (reduced gate takings, merchandise sales, sponsorship, advertising revenue), is potentially very large. Albeit, probably shortish term...I generally think it'll be largely forgotten in 6 months provided no criminal charges come out of it (which, from what I'm seeing, is highly unlikely). However, the Broncos will have to manage this PR nightmare professionally. That may include sackings, but they'd only do that with the support of the NRL (ie, deregistration of the players to prevent some other club reaping the benefits of their development). More likely it's going to result in heavy fines, alcohol bans and strict probation. BHQ is probably a micro demographic, but you can see bits of the various demographics out there. The moral outrage from one corner, seems to far outweigh the michael22/hammo "woohoo, wish I could get sloppy seconds with my mates too" corner. And that's a fact the Broncos, as a company, as a rugby league club, will have to deal with. PS: Well done, you baited me :P [/QUOTE]

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