o/t Matty Johns Footy Show career over : Thu May 14, 2009 5:50 pm  

Another player scandal rocks the NRL: http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/s ... 66,00.html

Another player scandal rocks the NRL: http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/s ... 66,00.html

: Thu May 14, 2009 8:26 pm  

He seems to be bearing the brunt of something that is a bit blown out of proportion. His media profile has obviously not helped him.

: Thu May 14, 2009 8:35 pm  

Isn't he in politics now? I'd vote for him!

: Thu May 14, 2009 9:48 pm  

Saint Simon wrote:

Isn't he in politics now?

He seems to have the right sort of private life for it.

: Thu May 14, 2009 11:25 pm  

How many more scandals such as this will it take to convince people the Australians aren't the uber-pros they are made out to be?

: Fri May 15, 2009 12:58 am  

Last night's episode of the Footy Show covered this quite extensively and it does seem like the aussies are starting to see this, and are looking for the incident and current coverage/outfall to be used as an ideal point to draw a definitive line in the sand and say 'no more'.

Unfortunately it seems Matty Johns, though not entirely innocent in the whole mess, is being used as a scapegoat for every incident and misdemeaner by players from the past decade+. And so it seems its not just his Footy Show career thats over but his career as a media personality on the whole.

: Fri May 15, 2009 7:32 am  

the only thing Matthew Johns did 'wrong' was sleep with a slapper while he was married which tbh alot of people do. As he had already sorted this out with his wife I really dont see the point in all this being dragged up, they should just let him and his family get on with there lives.

: Fri May 15, 2009 7:37 am  

No1 Saint wrote:

the only thing Matthew Johns did 'wrong' was sleep with a slapper while he was married which tbh alot of people do. As he had already sorted this out with his wife I really dont see the point in all this being dragged up, they should just let him and his family get on with there lives.

It is morally wrong though, and he has seemingly shown absolutely no remorse and questioned how the girl is. (That is only from what i have read, i haven't watched the footy show)

: Fri May 15, 2009 7:41 am  

No1 Saint wrote:

the only thing Matthew Johns did 'wrong' was sleep with a slapper while he was married which tbh alot of people do. As he had already sorted this out with his wife I really dont see the point in all this being dragged up, they should just let him and his family get on with there lives.

Indeed. He's been involved in something a bit sordid, but nothing illegal; there doesn't seem to be any reason to believe that the woman involved wasn't fully consenting. Obviously it's harsh on his wife, but that's between him and her. He is clearly the latest and most high profile victim of the bizarre moral crusade that the Aussie press seem to be engaged in.

: Fri May 15, 2009 7:47 am  

ST_CONROY wrote:

It is morally wrong though, and he has seemingly shown absolutely no remorse and questioned how the girl is. (That is only from what i have read, i haven't watched the footy show)

there is no reason to ask how she is, she consented to sex with a load of Rugby players so basically thats her call. Like Dux says it is between him and his wife and I would imagine he showed plenty of remorse there. From what I have read he has shown regret in the media which tbh should be enough , no reason for his employers to get involved imo as long as he is doing his job properly.