Originally posted by Flipper Hands
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Secondly, I have to agree with some of the comments about alcohol. And throw in drugs as well. Yes sports players are role models but culturally speaking heavy drinking is accepted in many western countries, and in some industries its even encouraged. I've seen it first hand, travelling to the US, England and Japan regularly for work.
I've workied in sales my whole career, currently the IT industry, before that across the financial services sector. For over 15 years I've seen hundreds of incidents involving young sales people (myself included once or twice in my younger days) that were worse than half of what we hear about in the NRL.
Attend any sales conference or head out to any bar in Sydney's CBD on a Friday night and you will see several professionals (still suited and booted after work) who have been served in excessive amounts of alcohol. Above what is deemed acceptable by RSA standards, and aren't policed at all. Many taking drugs. I reckon at least 25% of the sales people I've worked with over my career would admit to using coke at some point in their careers. All of this resulting in several young professionals behaving like idiots inside/outside these venues. And not a single one of them were sacked on Monday morning.
Binge drinking and drugs are the problem, because culturally it's encouraged, and its not isolated to just sportsmen. Until that changes we as society have to accept the consequences of stupidity
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