Nick D'Arcy

[Kaz]

I hear Carl Williams is quite a marksman. Should we let him represent Australia at shooting?

Only if the targets are humans.

 

[ronnyd]

I am good friends with the guy and went to school with him. It was a monumental f*ck up on his behalf and now he is going to pay a huge price.

For what its worth he really is a nice bloke and rarely goes out on the drink.

So why are the investigating an incident in a club/pub to years ago.

He allegedly hit someone then, over a girl.

Perfect example of the biased media. The article is full of lies. The 'victims' mother works for the paper who wrote it. There was a fight, but the article forgets to mention that the 'victim' instigated it and threw the first punch. Also forgets to mention that the guy was a 25 yr old ironman and D'Arcy was 18.

 

[BroncoMatt]

I am good friends with the guy and went to school with him. It was a monumental f*ck up on his behalf and now he is going to pay a huge price.

For what its worth he really is a nice bloke and rarely goes out on the drink.

So why are the investigating an incident in a club/pub to years ago.

He allegedly hit someone then, over a girl.

Perfect example of the biased media. The article is full of lies. The 'victims' mother works for the paper who wrote it. There was a fight, but the article forgets to mention that the 'victim' instigated it and threw the first punch. Also forgets to mention that the guy was a 25 yr old ironman and D'Arcy was 18.

No doubt there would be some bias, but he was on the drink, and got in a fight! And you and his old man keep telling us that this incident was "out of character"

 

[Flutterby]

I just don't think the AOC should be able to take the Olympics off him when he qualified

But one of the qualifying clauses in their contract is not to bring their sport or the Olympic team into disrepute, therefore they can argue he didn't qualify. Technicality I know, but that's what they'll do.

 

[The Brizz]

I just don't think the AOC should be able to take the Olympics off him when he qualified

But one of the qualifying clauses in their contract is not to bring their sport or the Olympic team into disrepute, therefore they can argue he didn't qualify. Technicality I know, but that's what they'll do.

I had no idea about this and that is a very valid point. However, at this stage he is not guilty of anything except putting himself in a bad situation. The media has made him guilty and I hate how this has happened. Let the kid have his fair day in court then the AOC should be talking about action/inaction against him.

 

[Coxy]

He's been charged, with a very serious offence, which would imply there's enough evidence there for such a charge to be laid. From the sounds of things, the only thing in debate is whether he was provoked and to what extent, but there doesn't appear to be any doubt that D'Arcy knocked Cowley in the head pretty seriously.

If that's the case, I can't imagine the AOC having any choice but to find that as bringing the sport into disrepute.

 

[The Brizz]

He's been charged, with a very serious offence, which would imply there's enough evidence there for such a charge to be laid. From the sounds of things, the only thing in debate is whether he was provoked and to what extent, but there doesn't appear to be any doubt that D'Arcy knocked Cowley in the head pretty seriously.

If that's the case, I can't imagine the AOC having any choice but to find that as bringing the sport into disrepute.

But surely they need to wait for the court, he may have been in self defense or retaliating. The media is on a witch hunt and it seems like they are pushing this along faster than it should be.

 

[Flutterby]

I've never heard D'Arcy deny it. Even in his apology today he didn't try to deny it.

 

[Coxy]

Exactly, he hasn't said he's innocent, hasn't said he was attacked or was defending himself. He's staying dead quiet because he knows he's in deep shit.

And there's a bucketload of witnesses ready to say what they saw happened.

He's going to have to hope a host of other past and present Olympians come out and confess their sins to put pressure on the AOC to dump all of them or none of them.

 

[Kaz]

Swimmer Nick D'Arcy accused of damaging Olympian's home

SWIMMER Nick D'Arcy's grip on Olympic selection has been further shaken by allegations he was part of a group which damaged the house of a Sunshine Coast family who hold a unique place in Australian Olympic history.

The Courier-Mail can reveal D'Arcy allegedly threatened dual Olympian Ray Boyd and his son Matt two years ago when angered about a friendship Matt had entered into with a woman who had previously been involved with D'Arcy.

http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,23481306-2,00.html

 

[Nashy]

Ok. Two beatings and wrecking a house. He's toast. Don't want him representing Australia.

One incident I can forgive, but three. Idiot.

 

[Kee]

This kid is gone
Poor bugger has five plates in his face for the rest of his life.Big troubles in the courts for him to get anything but a conviction for assault causing bodily harm

 

[Coxy]

Justice has been served! Care to see the wine list?
Well, at least sporting justice has been. His day in court is still to come.

http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,23 ... 77,00.html

THE Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) has voted unanimously to dump swimmer Nick D'Arcy from its Beijing Games team.

The AOC executive rejected a submission from D'Arcy and his legal team that he was fit and proper to represent his country at the Olympics.

 

[mick]

Thank f**k for that! Suffer, D'Arcy. Dunno why you dragged it out for so long, you low thug.

 

[The Brizz]

Still going he has more appealing left in him, what a f##kwit. Does he really think he will be remotely welcome on the team if by some miracle he wins his appeal.