NRL investigating Tedesco over "squid games" comment

[Thirteen]

Lot of clowns on here making fun of typos.

[Thirteen]

Yeah no... not a great idea to snort come.

Tell Mickie Lane.

[bondi paul]

The NRL jerks were never going to let Teddy off for saying Squid Games but the ironical part to all of this is the alleged victim Vietnamese surname in the urban dictionary is derogatory.

[ConGa]

what a joke of a decision, knee jerk reaction from thin skin administration

[Paddo Colt 61]

You're nit pickin' BP. He was drunk and out of line and he is a year round employee of the NRL - enough said. The 10K will be about a week's interest on his stash.

Snorting cocaine is an excellent idea just before sex. Why d'ya think it's so popular? - "What's doing darling,? Got snow up in the room" - you'd be beating them off (and you would be beaten off enthusiastically as well). I could go on and on but who wants to hear about lust and depravity.
I hear that Dewsbury recommends it for everyone.

[bondi.boy]

NSW Blues and Sydney Roosters skipper James Tedesco has been fined $10,000 by the NRL over a late-night incident at Bondi Beach.

It had been alleged the champion fullback directed a racial comment towards a woman of Vietnamese descent which forced the NRL’s integrity unit to launch an investigation.

The Daily Telegraph understands the allegations of racism could not be proven.

However he was fined for drunken behaviour.

Well there you go.
The demon drink strikes again.
He should banish the booze from his life until his footy career is over...or forever.

The past is set in stone
The future is his to own.

5 minutes ago is history.
Pay the fine, learn from the experience, and move on.

[Chook Norris]

Lots of people still in denial in this thread. As far as we can see, the NRL did a proper investigation and one that was far more comprehensive than our club's. Still yet to see proof substantiating the tinfoil-hat comments that the girl was a souths fan.

Also, there is no allegation of racism in the NRLs statement, just that Tedesco allegedly was drunken and disorderly.

Why is that supposedly so unfathomable? How do you think you know more than what the NRL has investigated when they have so much more access to evidence and statements than what we have?

Setting aside the materiality of the allegation - and whether what was allegedly said is actually offensive or not - people should be more open to accepting that:
- it's plausible someone's behavior could be reduced to a less than acceptable range whilst on the drink
- not everything is an agenda against our club.

[King Salvo]

Lots of people still in denial in this thread. As far as we can see, the NRL did a proper investigation and one that was far more comprehensive than our club's. Still yet to see proof substantiating the tinfoil-hat comments that the girl was a souths fan.

Also, there is no allegation of racism in the NRLs statement, just that Tedesco allegedly was drunken and disorderly.

Why is that supposedly so unfathomable? How do you think you know more than what the NRL has investigated when they have so much more access to evidence and statements than what we have?

Setting aside the materiality of the allegation - and whether what was allegedly said is actually offensive or not - people should be more open to accepting that:
- it's plausible someone's behavior could be reduced to a less than acceptable range whilst on the drink
- not everything is an agenda against our club.

More of a case of the league being seen to be doing something about the "complaint" than anything else I would say since it hit the press.

The Women alleged it was a racist remark i question this myself as the show in question is not mocking Asian people and was it because it was a Korean show and she is not of a Korean background that offended her because of the history between the two countries.

I know some Koreans who would be offended if called Japanese because of historical events especially in WW2.

If it was a Vietnamese show would there be an issue?

https://thediplomat.com/2020/05/the-...es-in-vietnam/



https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Korea_in_the_Vietnam_War

[Batemans Bay Rooster]

Lots of people still in denial in this thread. As far as we can see, the NRL did a proper investigation and one that was far more comprehensive than our club's. Still yet to see proof substantiating the tinfoil-hat comments that the girl was a souths fan.

Also, there is no allegation of racism in the NRLs statement, just that Tedesco allegedly was drunken and disorderly.

Why is that supposedly so unfathomable? How do you think you know more than what the NRL has investigated when they have so much more access to evidence and statements than what we have?

Setting aside the materiality of the allegation - and whether what was allegedly said is actually offensive or not - people should be more open to accepting that:
- it's plausible someone's behavior could be reduced to a less than acceptable range whilst on the drink
- not everything is an agenda against our club.

Well said. Reading between the lines and given that a fairly significant fine has been imposed, I'd say there's a fair chance that Tedesco was out of line. And to be honest it's a bit of an embarrassment that the club investigation didn't involve speaking with the girl. If he was in the wrong hope he's learned from it.

[mattyh]

Well there you go.
The demon drink strikes again.
He should banish the booze from his life until his footy career is over...or forever.

The past is set in stone
The future is his to own.

5 minutes ago is history.
Pay the fine, learn from the experience, and move on.

so he should never enjoy a beer again ? really ...

[Tommy Smith]

Lots of people still in denial in this thread. As far as we can see, the NRL did a proper investigation and one that was far more comprehensive than our club's. Still yet to see proof substantiating the tinfoil-hat comments that the girl was a souths fan.

Also, there is no allegation of racism in the NRLs statement, just that Tedesco allegedly was drunken and disorderly.

Why is that supposedly so unfathomable? How do you think you know more than what the NRL has investigated when they have so much more access to evidence and statements than what we have?

Setting aside the materiality of the allegation - and whether what was allegedly said is actually offensive or not - people should be more open to accepting that:
- it's plausible someone's behavior could be reduced to a less than acceptable range whilst on the drink
- not everything is an agenda against our club.

This is the same NRL that fined Mitchell Pearce 250k and 8 weeks for being silly at a private party.

Which it took them like two years to admit was overzealous.

They are incompetent and frankly can go fark themselves.

So what I can gather is that the racist allegations were unproven and Teddy was fined for being, ummm, inebriated?

Apparently that's a fineable offence now! I hope he contests the decision and throws it back in their faces.

So yes, I still support Teddy 100%.

[Spirit of 66]

So what I can gather is that the racist allegations were unproven and Teddy was fined for being, ummm, inebriated?

Apparently that's a fineable offence now! I hope he contests the decision and throws it back in their faces.

.

Twice as serious as Reece Walsh snorting cocaine in a pub and as serious as that Canberra forward who got pinged for drink driving (who was only fined $10K because he was a multiple offender.)

[Chook Norris]

Well said. Reading between the lines and given that a fairly significant fine has been imposed, I'd say there's a fair chance that Tedesco was out of line. And to be honest it's a bit of an embarrassment that the club investigation didn't involve speaking with the girl. If he was in the wrong hope he's learned from it.

I questioned the club's decision to not do a thorough investigation and was laughed down by people on here. These people asked why the view of an accuser needed to be heard. Going by the logic of those people, they would be content presiding over a legal case where only one argument was heard and the other silenced. One might assume they support the Chinese legal system.

This is the same NRL that fined Mitchell Pearce 250k and 8 weeks for being silly at a private party.

Which it took them like two years to admit was overzealous.

They are incompetent and frankly can go fark themselves.

So what I can gather is that the racist allegations were unproven and Teddy was fined for being, ummm, inebriated?

Apparently that's a fineable offence now! I hope he contests the decision and throws it back in their faces.

So yes, I still support Teddy 100%.

You actually think this is the first of its kind? How do you not realise there have been various other cases where players have been fined for bringing the game into disrepute?

Time to get some perspective and stop clutching at straws.

They couldn't prove that Smith and Munster were on the coke. They were still fined for bringing the game into disrepute. Were you up in arms about their treatment too?

Yeah, I didn't think so.

[Chook Norris]

If your problem is that a player can be fined for bringing the game into disrepute without concrete evidence - then that's arguably valid.

But don't make this out to be unfair treatment - and a NRL vendetta against the Roosters - when this punishment has been dished out again and again. You'd have to be living under a rock to think this.

Munster was fined $30k for bringing the game into disrepute. Not actually taking drugs - as this could not be proven. $10k for Teddy is not outlandish, especially given his position in the game.

[rented tracksuit]

Tell Mickie Lane.

Actually, pretty sure he’s given up the coke. Not sure about the come tho!