a 2 year ban should mean a 2 year ban.what is it with the RL and this dispensation lark !!

This has nothing to with the rfl!. Please pay attention.

This has nothing to with the rfl!. Please pay attention.

So why have the RFL arranged the consultation?

He's been working with a personal trainer from what's been written so he won't exactly be unfit, how much of this will be down to getting him used to the Wigan way ready for his comeback?



Whether I agree or not with a 2 year ban for a recreational drug, a ban is a ban, and it should stand.

Well as for having a toke, sniff or dropping a tab its not my scene but i know many who do and have. However what i can say i NONE of them were in a job that this could get you banned from and certainly didn't have random drug testing.



Yes people are allowed to make mistakes. However if you know your job requires random drug testing and you take something that will get you banned/sacked your playing Russian roulette with your career and deserve anything you get. As for it not improving performance some limited studies have shown it can lead to faster reaction times and diminish the affects of fatigue (quite useful i'd say)

Yet we have drink drivers, violent offenders, alcoholics, people who molest animals, all in our game. None suffered a ban.



So i guess the lesson we are teaching our kids is, get drunk, beat a woman, put your penis in a dogs mouth, then drive home, but whatever you do not take certain drugs. It seems odd that this is the subject the game chooses to moralise on.

Getting drunk isn't a crime, drink driving will be punished outside of RL, alcoholism is a disease, molesting animals is just wierd and I honestly don't know what i'd do to handle the case you mean.



Drugs are illegal in RL.

It is actually.

having the cocaine in your system isnt a crime, hence the lack of Police involvement.



Some drugs are banned because we have chosen to ban them. Similarly we could choose to make alcohol banned in our sport. We could choose to punish for drink driving. We could choose to punish for violent behaviour. We have chosen not to.



Drug addiction is also a disease, and one which in a lot of cases needs specialist help as it can be physically dangerous to quit cold turkey.



Gareth Hock didnt attempt to cheat. He chose to ingest a drug, something which you, me and everyone else on the face of this planet does pretty much every day.

Speak for yourself smokey.



Wondered why you talk such bóllocks in your posts all the time though. Clearly thats why.