Jack de Belin was this week charged with sexually assaulting a 19-year-old woman in Wollongong.
The woman claims she was outside a night club and was unable to order an Uber.
Along with 27-year-old de Belin and a second man, the woman took a taxi, which she understood would be going to another nightclub.
Instead, the taxi took them to a unit at 1:30am, where both men said they needed to get changed.
She asked to use the bathroom, and as she came out, the woman says she was assaulted.
De Belin’s partner is 20 weeks pregnant with their first child.
Then there’s Dylan Walker.
The 27-year-old has been charged with common assault and assault occasioning actual bodily harm, after emergency services were called to his home in Dee Why on December 6.
His partner, Alexandra Ivkovic, suffered cuts to her shoulder, legs and feet, after an alleged argument over a video game.
It was reported that Walker pulled her hair causing her to fall backwards, as his fiance – who gave birth to their son in July of this year – attempted to flee the home.
Ivkovic, 24, has withdrawn her statement, but police say there is at least one independent witness who saw what unfolded.
Then there’s Liam Coleman and Zane Musgrove, who this month were charged with a number of offences after a night out at the Coogee Bay Hotel.
A 22-year-old woman reported an alleged indecent assault to security on the premises before reporting it to the police.
The two men have been charged with an act of indecency, aggravated indecent assault – offender in company and common assault.
Jack de Belin, Dylan Walker, Liam Coleman and Zane Musgrove all play NRL.
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Seems to be a pattern of behaviour with some people within the NRL. When are they going to sort it out?
While I don't want to sound like I'm excusing their horrific behaviour, using athletes as role models is and almost always has been a iffy at best idea.
I don't think I've ever known it to be summed up better than by Charles Barkley (see attached). https://uploads.disquscdn.c...
I respect your POV Funbun however... all the fun and no responsibility? Kids look up to certain players as sporting heroes and role models, whether they like it or not. I agree, it is not their responsibility to raise our children. But if they are happy enough to make money out of ticket sales to children and those same children are cheering them on every game, then they do have a moral obligation to uphold.
Just like any other famous person, be it a tv star, popstar, movie star. They want fans that they can make money out of? Well a public profile is part of that package, so suck it up princess.
Fun is a relative term. I'd wager that by the time whatever athlete makes it to the top of their sport, the amount of enjoyment they get out of the sport would be dramatically reduced.
I don't think there is a moral obligation on any of the people mentioned. A persons ability to play a sport, a guitar, a role in a movie or tv show and other people enjoying it doesn't mean they've signed a moral contract.
There's no way to be able to tell, but I'd say if polling was done on most people with a public profile, be it athletes, musicians, actors, whatever, maybe 10% of them would say they got into whatever because their goal was fans any money.
Fun is a relative term. I'd wager that by the time whatever athlete makes it to the top of their sport, the amount of enjoyment they get out of the sport would be dramatically reduced.
I don't think there is a moral obligation on any of the people mentioned. A persons ability to play a sport, a guitar, a role in a movie or tv show and other people enjoying it doesn't mean they've signed a moral contract.
There's no way to be able to tell really, but I'd bet if polling was done on most people with a public profile, be it athletes, musicians, actors, whatever, maybe 10% of them would say they got into whatever because their goal was fame any money.
Gonna have to agree to disagree on this one Funbun. There are certain professions and careers in life that absolutely carry with it moral responsibilities. And not all of those professions make you rich or famous. But if you knowingly go into a public role, especially one where a large part of the target audience is children, it really should be a given that your profile and audience should be treated with respect.
And for the record, I went to school with a number of Footy players who made it into the Premier League and they had fun getting there, whilst there and since retiring. And I don't think that any of them would disagree with upholding a moral code of conduct towards their fans.