Ashley Klein gambling Problems

[GNR4LIFE]

No matter what happens tonight, one state is going to be calling for his head for being corrupt. What a position to be in.

 

[Jedi_Tiger]

he needs to let the game flow kinf od let teams stand off side all night and definently not make a penalty call to either team that decides the game, that would be a disaster for nrl

 

[innsaneink]

I actually wonder if regular personality, IQ, reference, drug and alcohol testing is done on refs. Do they still do background checks, police checks etc like we do for new hires?

So much has to go wrong usually for someone to be $400k in debt.

I assume refs get a new contract every year so there probably needs to be a stricter policy.

Lastly, I also wonder if NRL does terminate him somehow, would Klein have a case against NRL regarding unfair dismissal or even discrimination?

There are just so many layers to this that it warrants a much bigger discussion as the role of the refs in the NRL unlike any other sport is so gray. They dictate the 10m and the ruck speed. The team with the best ruck speed wins..

Considering the NRL at the time said ''nothing to see here" Id say hed have a huge case against them...though I wonder how much more we dont know

 

[Oscar Martinez]

I have no reason to dispute the thing that he betted on horses etc and not NRL, however, if he lost $400k overall, my query is where was the betting taking place? How much TAB vs bookies? If bookies have their hooks into you favours are demanded.

Mate I think that you , like the majority of people who've posted on this are living in a world that hasn't existed for a couple of decades.

Corporate bookies don't offer credit, they don't collect debts or favours because the money has to be delivered up front. They're corporate entities that are no more likely to break legs than BHP.

The money Klein lost would've been his own to lose, whether he took it out of his mortgage, savings, inheritance, credit cards etc.

He would owe only his friends and family.

I actually feel sorry for the poor bugger. He has a disease.

 

[Alex Seyfarth's #1 Fan]

How come the Kotoni Staggs hit on Ponga was not a send off? It was equally as bad. Staggs came in with force, and made no attempt to lower his tackling position, and Ponga wasn't really falling so there was no reason to hit him high.

It's stuff like this which make everything seem so questionable around Klein. Like my thinking is he didn't do it cause NSW were already getting their ass kicked and a send off would 100% result in a loss.

 

[kiwitiger]

How come the Kotoni Staggs hit on Ponga was not a send off? It was equally as bad. Staggs came in with force, and made no attempt to lower his tackling position, and Ponga wasn't really falling so there was no reason to hit him high.

It's stuff like this which make everything seem so questionable around Klein. Like my thinking is he didn't do it cause NSW were already getting their ass kicked and a send off would 100% result in a loss.

Don't have to worry about Qlders, not much happening up there