Mitchell Pearce banned 8 weeks and fined $125,000

[Easts75]

125k, thats a lot of rack!!

[gragra]

If anyone filmed such an event at mad Monday at the end of the season, most people would laugh it off. Here in is part of the double standards. As pearce was in a private place, his major indiscretion was breaching Roosters, instructions. The penalty should have been a Rooster issue , not NRL. The fine is I believe acceptable, maybe it should be stated as 10%of the players salary so it is definitively benchmarked. The 8 games whilst excessive ,at least maybe sufficiently harsh so without alcohol we yet get the best out of Mitchells ability for the remainder of the season. I am always surprised how in the past 2 seasons the players put themselves on an alcohol bans, presumably because they know their performance improves.

[zac]

Big couple of months for the boys before the cavalry comes. Hopefully a bit like 2002 with the horror start due to injuries.

[2026]

So humping a dog is worse than overdosing on prescription drugs.

Got it!

[Bigchook]

In the nfl they get fined for on field acts. Late rough contact on a QB can result in a 100+k fine haha. This is ridiculous though. I'd love to have been a fly on the wall during this discussion to hear the NRLs rationale for the decision.

[HBK]

I think you will find the Arizona charges were dropped.

Pearce's incident definitely brought the game into disrepute more than a bit of push and shove outside a nightclub in the States.

You can argue that is because of the media scrutiny / beat-up, but the Pearce incident damaged the NRL brand more IMO...

the charges were dropped as souffs paid the victims

[Andrew Walker]

the charges were dropped as souffs paid the victims

which is the law of the land over their

[Johnie]

So humping a dog is worse than overdosing on prescription drugs.

Got it!

Also worse than beating up your parter.... Greg Inglish and Greg Bird..

[Kingbilly]

What would you say if Pearce's actions cost junior clubs registrations and considerable amounts in sponsorship ?

[bondi paul]

I am perplexed with this ruling on Pearce by the NRL - a over reaction perhaps due to the advent of social media grandstanding ? Is it a sign of the times ? There is more to this fine and ban. I would not be surprised the club or Pearce take it further via defamation by the person who sold the video and also with the media outlets. It will drag on for years. 2016 will also be another season of bias by match officials as it has become the culture within the NRL and referee board playing on the hard done by lesser than mentality socio demographic hang up about eastern suburb$ and nick politi$

[Andrew Walker]

What would you say if Pearce's actions cost junior clubs registrations and considerable amounts in sponsorship ?

Sadly most people on here Probably dont even realise this could happen in backlash Even sadder most probably dont care

[BUDDY]

The line has been drawn in the sand for future infringements.
I expect anyone getting arrested by police would now expect to be suspended for at minimum 8 weeks.

[morley101]

The NRL go their 12 weeks... they included the 4 weeks in Thailand ...

Not shocked by the NRL, just waiting on another penalty-athon this year and Maloney to have suddenly find some discipline.

[Bigchook]

What would you say if Pearce's actions cost junior clubs registrations and considerable amounts in sponsorship ?

It's not the punishment that people are arguing with. The Australian legal system is based upon proportionality (not a legal issue yet? It might be, ask Todd Carney). When looking at this punishment based upon incidents under the same banner of bringing the game into disrepute, is this punishment proportional.
Pearce's drunken indiscretions versus Robert lui versus Greg bird, versus Aaron Gray and Dylan walker versus Sutton and burgess versus Todd Carney versus Blake Ferguson versus valentine Holmes versus Ben barba versus api korisau.

Its the lack of consistency and no obvious rationale for decision making that people are outraged by.

[fletch]

some interesting comments from Maubs in his press conference today, confirmed some of the boys are still pretty filthy with Pearce and it was up to each individually to talk things out with him.