Joined: Feb 09 2005 Posts: 3859 Location: Manchester
Quote: “Greg Bird will have to wait until his day in court to prove his innocence and get back his life,” said his agent Chris Orr, in a statement this morning.
“Today he has had to endure more heartache as his application to secure a visa to take up his contract with the Bradford Bulls was denied due to facing a police charge.
“Rather than fight this decision through the appeals process, Greg has decided to have his day in court and prove his innocence before reapplying.
“The Bradford Bulls will support Greg throughout this period with a view of him joining them as soon as he has cleared his name.
“Neither Greg nor the Bradford Bulls will be making any further comment until after the court case on April 27.”
chpntpsr wrote:Absolute joke, when you think of all the eastern europeans that come in thanks to our links to brilliant EU, that offer nothing to the country, compared to what Greg Bird would offer
Unfortunately though the EU trade laws mean we can't stop people from within the EU coming into the country whereas we (rightly so in most cases) can stop people coming in from outside of the EU if there is reason to do so.
With the court case hanging over him it was never going to be easy for him to get a visa unfortunately.
Joined: Dec 22 2001 Posts: 31974 Location: The Corridor of Uncertainty
chpntpsr wrote:Absolute joke, when you think of all the eastern europeans that come in thanks to our links to brilliant EU, that offer nothing to the country, compared to what Greg Bird would offer
Never mind all those plumbers and other skilled workers, it's foreign RL players with court cases hanging over them that we want in the UK eh?
If I would you I'd write to Richard Littlejohn and complain.
"If you start listening to the fans it won't be long before you're sitting with them," - Wayne Bennett.
Joined: Jan 20 2006 Posts: 1008 Location: Here and there
Highlander wrote:But I do find it troubling that a man who has only been accused of a crime and not found guilty of anything now finds himself unable to work in his preferred field presumably due to an accusation of a crime.
Hardly a big deal, we have plenty of people who are locked up in prison who haven't been convicted of anything, it's called remand.
Can't say i'm surprised tbh, and I would hope our 'support' is limited to empathy and the odd phone call, rather than involving any financial commitment. If he wins his court case and is still keen to come then all well and good.
"I'm 49, I've had a brain haemorrhage and a triple bypass and I could still go out and play a reasonable game of rugby union. But I wouldn't last 30 seconds in rugby league." - Graham Lowe (1995)
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