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No fault? Hardly. Why NRL needs to stand down contentious policy

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The rule has never been perfect or even fair; nor has it changed player behaviour. It was a stop-gap reaction to an emergency. Five years on, its purpose has been served and it deserves retirement.

The NRL has already had 11 magic rounds this season, but nothing can magic away another round of criminal charges against some of those who put on the show.

It’s almost enough to make you turn to rugby union. OK, not yet. But as a fan, you sometimes feel you’re being taken for a mug and the private world of your favourite sport is laughing at you. You feel like the wife of George Burgess when he’s asking another woman to “be naughty with me”. Former Bulldogs and Tigers player Brandon Wakeham was arrested on Wednesday and charged with drug supply offences.Introduced after the ‘summer from hell’, the NRL’s ‘no-fault stand-down’ policy was meant to draw a firm line. The policy says players charged with a crime that carries a maximum sentence of 11 years or more cannot play until the criminal process runs its course.

Last week, George Burgess was found not guilty by a magistrate of the charge of sexually touching another person without consent.All forms of robbery carry maximum sentences of more than 11 years. Crimes against property, such as larceny, embezzlement, fraud, receiving stolen goods and sabotage, generally carry longer sentences than crimes against people.

 

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