: Thu Apr 09, 2009 7:20 am  

Durham Giant wrote:

smoke dope and get a two year ban.

kick the poop out of someone on CCTV and get suspended for 6 weeks.

Plain wrong

Could not agree more

: Thu Apr 09, 2009 5:42 pm  

Rumour has it that Batley Bulldogs knew about it before the Hunslet Hawks Challenge Cup game aswell...

: Thu Apr 09, 2009 5:56 pm  

I'll probably get shot down for this but I really don't see why using recreational drugs carries such a punishment. Fair enough,it's not a good example to be setting but as they are not performance enhancing drugs it should be up to the players what they do in their own time imo.

: Thu Apr 09, 2009 6:00 pm  

manu knighted wrote:

I'll probably get shot down for this but I really don't see why using recreational drugs carries such a punishment. Fair enough,it's not a good example to be setting but as they are not performance enhancing drugs it should be up to the players what they do in their own time imo.

Agree 100%. It's a pretty stupid thing to do if you're a professional sportsman and should carry an internal punishment rather than a 2 year ban or whatever.

: Thu Apr 09, 2009 6:29 pm  

Durham Giant wrote:

smoke dope and get a two year ban.

kick the poop out of someone on CCTV and get suspended for 6 weeks.

Plain wrong

Ditto

: Thu Apr 09, 2009 7:41 pm  

Whilst I'm against recreational drug use, I do think its harsh to get punished for it in the same way as using performance enhancing drugs. The similiarity between them is only that they are both called drugs.

If a player gets arrested for assault then surely that is a bigger problem than smoking pot.

He's still stupid because he knows the rules.

: Thu Apr 09, 2009 9:17 pm  

This threads going a pretty sensible direction, normally the fun police would be riding on by now, not allowing anyone to discuss drugs.
Durham Giant makes a really good point and while i'm on it I honestly don't think any recreational drug should carry a 2 year ban on first offence.
Any decent amount of research into the subject will tell you alcohol per head is a far more dangerous drug but thats a different topic.
Performance enhancing drugs yes, recreational? doesnt affect your performance any different than if you'd had 5 or 6 the night before, in fact you'd wake up fresher on drugs

: Thu Apr 09, 2009 9:28 pm  

Durham Giant wrote:

smoke dope and get a two year ban.

kick the poop out of someone on CCTV and get suspended for 6 weeks.

Plain wrong

Spot on

: Fri Apr 10, 2009 3:36 pm  

manu knighted wrote:

I'll probably get shot down for this but I really don't see why using recreational drugs carries such a punishment. Fair enough,it's not a good example to be setting but as they are not performance enhancing drugs it should be up to the players what they do in their own time imo.

Because some recreational drugs can or did used to be able to be used as a masking agent which means that they are on the banned list. For what it is worth, the ban is the standard ban as approved by UK sport.

: Thu Apr 16, 2009 4:17 pm  

http://www.batleynews.co.uk/news/Bulldo ... 5172196.jp It turns out he might have been dealing them!

http://www.batleynews.co.uk/news/Bulldo ... 5172196.jp It turns out he might have been dealing them!