Widnes Nick Gregson Ban

[Click]

6 minutes ago, StandOffHalf said:

I mightn't like the way he expressed himself, but I think there's an element of classism here keeping people from a certain socio-economic background in line.

Yeah, those upper class public school boys that the RFL is filled with, holding the working class down...

I think there is an element of classism in your post that suggests working class people will naturally use slurs.

[StandOffHalf]

6 minutes ago, Click said:

Yeah, those upper class public school boys that the RFL is filled with, holding the working class down...

I think there is an element of classism in your post that suggests working class people will naturally use slurs.

Not all, for sure. 

[dkw]

38 minutes ago, StandOffHalf said:

I mightn't like the way he expressed himself, but I think there's an element of classism here keeping people from a certain socio-economic background in line.

Ok, so this is a wind up, goodo....

[RigbyLuger]

No working class people would be homosexual or trans or anything, and certainly not playing or involved in Rugby League, obviously.

[Dave W]

If you're going to post personal opinions on social media, do it via a personal account. 

Not one that screams "LOOK AT ME I PLAY FOR WIDNES"

It's stupidity manifest. 

[Bedford Roughyed]

24 minutes ago, Dave W said:

If you're going to post personal opinions on social media, do it via a personal account. 

Not one that screams "LOOK AT ME I PLAY FOR WIDNES"

It's stupidity manifest. 

Yes if your social media has a direct association with your employer then yes you do have to be careful what you post on social media.  Pretty much standard fair.

[RigbyLuger]

12 minutes ago, Bedford Roughyed said:

Yes if your social media has a direct association with your employer then yes you do have to be careful what you post on social media.  Pretty much standard fair.

Unless you think "free speech" doesn't come with consequences, which it does, and some obviously don't want to accept!

Edited March 28 by RigbyLuger

[dkw]

59 minutes ago, RigbyLuger said:

Unless you think "free speech" doesn't come with consequences, which it does, and some obviously don't want to accept!

Its the cry of a moron "oh they're stopping our free speech" no, they aren't, they are rightly holding you accountable for the things you say. 

[StandOffHalf]

1 hour ago, dkw said:

Its the cry of a moron "oh they're stopping our free speech" no, they aren't, they are rightly holding you accountable for the things you say. 

Ooh, ''moron''. Quite offensive there, hehe.

[Impartial Observer]

9 hours ago, StandOffHalf said:

 The fact that other players haven't been sanctioned bears that out.

A halifax player and a fev player have been sanctioned for similar offences in the last couple of years.

[StandOffHalf]

5 hours ago, Impartial Observer said:

A halifax player and a fev player have been sanctioned for similar offences in the last couple of years.

I should have said many others. I wasn't aware of the Fax player. Thanks for the useful addendum.

[JonM]

I do find it strange that a player using unpleasant words on social media results in a 3 match ban (and rightly so), but a coach circulating pictures of the same player in a noose and shouting instructions to injure specific players and where to target them results in the coach missing no games whatsoever. And there were rather more people that heard the calls to target players for injury than there were people reading the player's social media account.