Madge confirms Mam not getting the boot

[Big Del]

I didn't think about the lane assist when it comes to Ezra having the smash. I wonder how he managed to veer across the road like he did.

HE WAS ON DRUGS ! LOL .
I do wonder about the millions of drivers on pain killiing medications , barbituates and mental health drugs . Why there are not more people driving on the wrong side of the road . If drugs are what make you drive on the wrong side of the road ...

 

[Renegade]

Just lip service imo could be 100% legit but I've been fooled to many times by 'good guy' sportsmen to believe a word that they put out in the media

plus he's not even 18. dude knows nothing about life.

not saying there's anything wrong with drinking or not drinking, but let's wait a bit before heralding him as some sort of model professional

 

[Jason Simmons]

I really don't get why it takes so long to get the blood test results back.

I get blood tests. My doc has them within 48-72 hrs.

?

Does your doc have to present an evidentiary certificate for court that is produced and peer reviewed at the one forensic lab in the state?

 

[Mr Fourex]

No he doesn't.

I should have taken into account the level of bureaucratic bullshit that infests our legal system before asking the question.

 

[mrslong]

Another thing that could of played a part is the lane assist feature on those newer rangers, I've driven one for work and a few times it's wanted to put me into on coming traffic or into parked cars on the side of the road. I would always just turn it off because I thought it was dangerous.

Obviously Ezra should still be paying attention while driving but a small lapse in concentration or hands off the wheel and the car could shoot you off to where you shouldn't be and if you haven't got much driving experience you panic and accidents happen.

Lane assist won’t put you into on coming traffic - but it does hold you in your lane if someone veers head on into you, making it more difficult than it should be to get out of the way.

I don’t think he will be able to use that as an excuse.

 

[Kaz]

I don’t think he will be able to use that as an excuse.

They better not use the, I was called a racist name & that started the spiral.

Just sack him already.

 

[Renegade]

Lane assist won’t put you into on coming traffic - but it does hold you in your lane if someone veers head on into you, making it more difficult than it should be to get out of the way.

I don’t think he will be able to use that as an excuse.

Agreed - I have lane assist in my car and it's never put me into oncoming traffic.

 

[BRC088]

Lane assist won’t put you into on coming traffic - but it does hold you in your lane if someone veers head on into you, making it more difficult than it should be to get out of the way.

I don’t think he will be able to use that as an excuse.

AEB on both cars seem to have failed to...

 

[Gaz]

Rumour going around he was on his mobile phone. Only a “rumour” but might explain a few things.

 

[Kaz]

Rumour going around he was on his mobile phone. Only a “rumour” but might explain a few things.

A few here have speculated that.

 

[mitch222]

Bennett's mouth piece Crawley said he should be sacked and banned for the entirety of his current contract (till 2029) so as to not disadvantage us if we sack him and therefore enabling another club to pick him up cheap.

 

[BroncsFan]

Bennett's mouth piece Crawley said he should be sacked and banned for the entirety of his current contract (till 2029) so as to not disadvantage us if we sack him and therefore enabling another club to pick him up cheap.

I'm sure that would be great for a young person's mental health...

 

[theshed]

Bennett's mouth piece Crawley said he should be sacked and banned for the entirety of his current contract (till 2029) so as to not disadvantage us if we sack him and therefore enabling another club to pick him up cheap.

Yeah that’s a bit full on. One season would be more than enough imo. We should also get first offer if we think he’s rehabbed

 

[Matheos]

If he is suspended for the 2025 season, would we get cap relief? Not sure how it works?
Could be an opportunity to sign someone on a 12 month deal (ie. Ben Hunt)

 

[Kaz]

I'm sure that would be great for a young person's mental health...

I am over the mental health shit. Making excuses etc. for your mistakes.

I am sure the experts at the Broncos have spoken to him about it, before what happened & it looks like he did stuff all to address it.

And before I am attacked, I suffer from mental health.

 

[BroncsFan]

If he is suspended for the 2025 season, would we get cap relief? Not sure how it works?
Could be an opportunity to sign someone on a 12 month deal (ie. Ben Hunt)

That's pretty much equivalent to a "no fault stand down".... but they haven't really worked out as far as cap relief.

JDB was on stand down for however long and theoretically dargons had access to cap relief for him, but I think the uncertainty around timeframes for court dates, etc. makes it hard across the board.

If dragons went and grabbed someone, but then all of a sudden JDB's case is dropped then what happens with the cap?? They'd have two players on the cap all of a sudden... so it wouldnt really be fair to dump the guy you brought in, but how do you have assurance with them for how long you can contract them for.

 

[BroncsFan]

I am over the mental health shit. Making excuses etc. for your mistakes.

I am sure the experts at the Broncos have spoken to him about it, before what happened & it looks like he did stuff all to address it.

And before I am attacked, I suffer from mental health.

I'm not talking about his current state of mind... I'm talking about his state of mind if a punishment like Crawley suggested is handed down by the NRL.

Thinking more about players that took their own lives when they didn't get a gig after Toyota Cup.

It's an extreme example, but it exists and has happened when a young person's life is flipped upside down.

It could be considered that the NRL actively put these people in the spotlight, because it is beneficial to them to have stars of the game prominent in media, etc. hence requirements for mandatory media commitments, etc. therefore they have some responsibility to them.

Cutting Ezra entirely from the NRL until 2029 (as Crawley suggests), pretty much kills his career and cuts him off from support networks that NRL have available to them... going down that line would be a very high risk to the NRL, given they are aware of the consequences that can occur when you flip a young person's life like that.

Removing Ezra from the NRL doesnt automatically disassociate his name from the NRL... whatever he would do moving forward would be as "former NRL star" and that is a risk to the NRL.

 

[Kaz]

I'm not talking about his current state of mind... I'm talking about his state of mind if a punishment like Crawley suggested is handed down by the NRL.

Thinking more about players that took their own lives when they didn't get a gig after Toyota Cup.

It's an extreme example, but it exists and has happened when a young person's life is flipped upside down.

It could be considered that the NRL actively put these people in the spotlight, because it is beneficial to them to have stars of the game prominent in media, etc. hence requirements for mandatory media commitments, etc. therefore they have some responsibility to them.

Cutting Ezra entirely from the NRL until 2029 (as Crawley suggests), pretty much kills his career and cuts him off from support networks that NRL have available to them... going down that line would be a very high risk to the NRL, given they are aware of the consequences that can occur when you flip a young person's life like that.

Removing Ezra from the NRL doesnt automatically disassociate his name from the NRL... whatever he would do moving forward would be as "former NRL star" and that is a risk to the NRL.

Oh Please

If he is sacked, & can't play for years, the only person to blame is Ezra.

Obviously Ezra never took up the support networks that are available.

Walsh is more in the limelight than Ezra & so far the hasn't gone off the rails.