I think a fair punishment all round and well done rovers for not sweeping it under the carpet. I think once he is over his injury he will be playing for reserves to keep him match fit which i think is fair.
Joined: Feb 12 2009 Posts: 444 Location: East Yorkshire
willowred wrote:A very professional statement and course of action taken by the club.Ben has received his punishment and his facing the consequences now time to move on and let him get on with what he does the best, and hope to see him back playing soon
To any one who thinks this is the right decision for the club+ courts to take ,i will ask you all .Would you feel the same if the victim was a mate /member of your family ,or even yourselfs ?. I dare say your opinion would be very different. I would guess that you would want him locked up ,out of the way of the public .
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FLAG EDGE TOUCH wrote:Wouldn't coaching young, impressionable children whilst advising them of the pitfalls of violence and the harsh realities of prison be a useful thing ?
He may have problems getting CRB check which is needed to work with children.
Joined: Sep 18 2005 Posts: 8742 Location: 2017 City of Culture
andy hound dog wrote:Cop out by the club. If he wasn\'t convicted I think it would have been good of the club to stand by him and show loyalty - as it is, it's a terrible example to show kids of what little happens as a result of this kind of violence - a few months off and a dip in your substantial paypacket.
The worst part for me was the part about the club watching the video and then deciding that more action wasn't required (what WOULD have been bad enough for them???) ERY hard to justify that shocking video!
What a hero! I normally have a soft spot for KR but i'm disgusted and dissapointed TBH! I'm not just saying this to have a pop at your club.
Loving your avatar work there mate, puts you well on the way to "Hypocrite of the Year 2009".
WELTON VILLAGER wrote:To any one who thinks this is the right decision for the club+ courts to take ,i will ask you all .Would you feel the same if the victim was a mate /member of your family ,or even yourselfs ?. I dare say your opinion would be very different. I would guess that you would want him locked up ,out of the way of the public .
Turn the question around if it was a member of your family that had commited the offence would you be happy to support them and be thankfull they had note gone to jail? What I actually think is that if Rovers had got rid, the club would have opened its self up to legal action from his legal team & only to see him signed for one of our competitors.Needless to say Ben will have to do great things for me to reguard him as one of the Rovers Family.
Joined: Jul 20 2008 Posts: 1484 Location: Warrington - East Hull Lad At Heart
WELTON VILLAGER wrote:To any one who thinks this is the right decision for the club+ courts to take ,i will ask you all .Would you feel the same if the victim was a mate /member of your family ,or even yourselfs ?. I dare say your opinion would be very different. I would guess that you would want him locked up ,out of the way of the public .
What's the club going to do? Lock him up themselves. Personally, they should have given him a season ticket at the KC... that's a tad harsh though.
It's the good course of action from the club, basically giving him a suspended sentence themselves.
Let's see if Saints and Pryce and Warrington with Reardon follow suit. It was far easier to sack Hayward at Cas and therefore that decision wasn't the biggest of moves.
Stirlingshire Saint wrote: If HKR win at Saints, I will personally bare my backside on the town hall steps in Hull.
Stirlingshire Saint wrote:
In summary, HKR are made up of of a few overrated foreigners, a couple of Wigan rejects and a couple of blokes I have never heard of.
Saints by plenty, by miles even!
Stirlingshire Saint wrote: A walkover for Saints.
HKR are about as poor as it gets.
When referring to the atmosphere of the HJ...
Wire On The Telly wrote: ...
Shame it doesn't keep the sound like the full east stand of HKR. That's atmosphere.
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WELTON VILLAGER wrote:To any one who thinks this is the right decision for the club+ courts to take ,i will ask you all .Would you feel the same if the victim was a mate /member of your family ,or even yourselfs ?. I dare say your opinion would be very different. I would guess that you would want him locked up ,out of the way of the public .
As far as what Rovers have done; If you were a mate of Ben Cockayne or a member of his family or even the lad himself, would you feel that Rovers have been pretty firm with you, compared to what other clubs have done with first team players convicted of violent crimes, but not given custodial sentences?
If you think the courts got it wrong, fair enough - but it is not up to Rovers to compensate.
Joined: Jan 02 2003 Posts: 43413 Location: rlfans flying wing man
Mild mannered Janitor wrote:I hope that the service he does is not a cop out of going into schools to coach rugby. It should be something like scraping chewing gum off pavements.
Joined: Jul 15 2005 Posts: 29811 Location: West Yorkshire
RoversTrace wrote:Once again our board of directors show what a professional set up we have, no sweeping anything under the carpet, we've dealt with it very well. I love that fact they talk about Ben being one of their community and their responsibility to help him address the issues with rehabilitive support.
Well done Rovers!
So you:
Disapprove loudly of Paul Cooke's record in off-the-field matters
Fall over yourself to defend Cockayne, playing down an attack resulting in 7 broken ribs as something no worse than an everyday playground scuffle
Are adamant that no further sanctions against Cockayne should be imposed
Vigorously applaud the club for applying further sanctions.
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