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Message: [QUOTE="Coxy, post: 2499637, member: 1764"] [b]Re: Tamou Done For DUI[/b] No, nobody's ever saying that. What people are saying is that such examples are just another thing parents have to warn their kids about. In reality, drink driving is probably not as much an issue as someone fighting on the field or arguing with the referee - because the kids who will be impressionable to the misdoings of their idols aren't old enough to drive, but they will be more than capable of emulating their behaviour towards other players and officials in whatever sport they play. I saw it as a referee at oztag. Kids come through with no respect for officials, and they use the same tone, the same mannerisms as the so-called professional captains. Absolutely it's up to the parents and coaches to snap them out of that behaviour, but it just makes it hard when you tell them it's wrong to do it, and then you see Jamie Lyon, Paul Gallen, Sam Thaiday et al in the face of officials, swearing, waving their arms around at every penalty. I certainly wouldn't expect a kid to go out tomorrow and get drunk and drive and then say "but James Tamou did it". [/QUOTE]

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