: Wed Jun 24, 2009 1:10 pm  

Do all those who think that he's a role model and so should be banned therefore think that Amy Whithouse, Pete Doherty and the rest should be barred from earning a living as musicians? Or that the works of The Beatles, Bob Marley, Charlie Parker, Led Zeppelin, Ozzy Osbourne, Ray Charles The Sex pistols and the many hundreds of other known drug users should be wiped from the face of music history?

Gareth Hock is an entertainer, and thats what he gets paid to do. There is nothing more cringe inducing than professional sprtsmen trying to paint themselves as whiter than white.









Granted, having heard Babyshambles, there is a good reason to ban Doherty. It did occur to me that if there was ever a good and valid excuse for banning someones works on the grounds of drug abuse, that was it.

Re: gareth hock : Wed Jun 24, 2009 1:13 pm  

POPMAN wrote:

kids who become young players who then thinks it's ok to dabble, can't believe folk are trying to defend drug takers...bizarre.

Thats an unfair post in view of my comments I didn,t say I approved all I said was it,s none of my business if players choose to take recreational drugs that don,t increase their playing performance.

Anyone who thinks youngsters or indeed adults will be influenced by finding out Hock has taken cocaine now that is bizarre.

: Wed Jun 24, 2009 1:24 pm  

If a person wants to take drugs for whatever reason they will do so and not because Hock or any other person in the public eye does or has done. I am in no way condoning what Hock has done but if he wants to abuse his body then thats his affair surely ,yes he should get a ban plus a hefty fine but dont agree he should be banned for life, like scooter says should everyone be banned for taking drugs in music ,sport or any other job in the public eye .

gareth hock : Wed Jun 24, 2009 1:35 pm  

Yep he could be banned for 2 seasons but if he had shoved a glass in a girls face he,d be able to resume playing after his custodial sentance was over. On the other hand if he,d been filmed repeatedly kicking someone senseless in the head after a night out he could play straight away if for example he,d been given community service.

Now I think thats odd don,t you ?

: Wed Jun 24, 2009 1:42 pm  

frankb wrote:

Thats an unfair post in view of my comments I didn,t say I approved all I said was it,s none of my business if players choose to take recreational drugs that don,t increase their playing performance.

Anyone who thinks youngsters or indeed adults will be influenced by finding out Hock has taken cocaine now that is bizarre.

Hock as a "pro sportsman", as are the pop stars et al a previous poster refers too, have influence & to deny that is fatuous. Fortunately we have a governing body they can be rightly ban offenders from the game. If the punishment was significant then more within the game would think twice.

And as have many posters have clearly stated cocaine can act as performance enhancing but whether Hock took it as such is irrelevant, its illegal and also a banned substance from our sport. Throw the book at him.

Re: gareth hock : Wed Jun 24, 2009 1:45 pm  

frankb wrote:

Yep he could be banned for 2 seasons but if he had shoved a glass in a girls face he,d be able to resume playing after his custodial sentance was over. On the other hand if he,d been filmed repeatedly kicking someone senseless in the head after a night out he could play straight away if for example he,d been given community service.

Now I think thats odd don,t you ?

Agreed, should face the same punishment my company would do to me..immediate dismisal.

Re: gareth hock : Wed Jun 24, 2009 2:11 pm  

frankb wrote:

Yep he could be banned for 2 seasons but if he had shoved a glass in a girls face he,d be able to resume playing after his custodial sentance was over. On the other hand if he,d been filmed repeatedly kicking someone senseless in the head after a night out he could play straight away if for example he,d been given community service.

Now I think thats odd don,t you ?

People seem to have accepted that these players are still playing rugby league and for me their offence is much worse as Hock is only damaging himself. I just wonder if he played for us and doing a superb job would people still feel the same .

: Wed Jun 24, 2009 2:52 pm  

Scooter nik,just look at my name,if i took any poop i would loose my job and massive pension!!! (not paid by your taxes though!) but serving our country for over 15 yrs!.i have never sniffed,swallowed or injected any poop,since i had a smoke on a spliff at 13yrs old,which made me so ill i could not swim for northern counties at Blackpool Darby baths(yes the salt water ones)Any so called proffesional sportmen know the rules,so bollox to Hock if he is guilty,he should get the two year ban and whilst banned should be tested every week if he wants to continue in RL.If he is innocent then good luck to him!You don't have to tell me about young one's as i have experience with my nephew what poop does to them,also my daughter who is a club 18/ 30 rep in Europe tells me that Northerners are the worst and she was born and brought up in Somerset.Currently in KOS if u want a cheap deal!!! Bollox its took me ages to post this!!!

: Wed Jun 24, 2009 3:16 pm  

Damn, and I thought your name was Robert David!

Point taken, but as it's your job to uphold the law, it is only fair and right that if caught breaking those laws that you should lose your job.
Gareth's job is to play RL, not to uphold the laws of the land.

IMO it's the law of the game that is wrong, not the punishment.

Surely it is a greater offence to assault someone in the street than to poison yourself?

: Wed Jun 24, 2009 3:33 pm  

bobby dave wrote:

Scooter nik,just look at my name,if i took any poop i would loose my job and massive pension!!! (not paid by your taxes though!) but serving our country for over 15 yrs!.i have never sniffed,swallowed or injected any poop,since i had a smoke on a spliff at 13yrs old,which made me so ill i could not swim for northern counties at Blackpool Darby baths(yes the salt water ones)Any so called proffesional sportmen know the rules,so bollox to Hock if he is guilty,he should get the two year ban and whilst banned should be tested every week if he wants to continue in RL.If he is innocent then good luck to him!You don't have to tell me about young one's as i have experience with my nephew what poop does to them,also my daughter who is a club 18/ 30 rep in Europe tells me that Northerners are the worst and she was born and brought up in Somerset.Currently in KOS if u want a cheap deal!!! Bollox its took me ages to post this!!! :D

Use your fingers to type instead of your truncheon!