Brett Stewart DUI

[happy_tiger]

It appears that Brett Stewart was arrested yesterday morning after being pulled up for DUI

Nine MSN page for full article

 

[Tigersman]

Well…..These footy players need to learn that ''RBT Means You Need A Plan B''.

 

[Tigersman]

Manly star Brett Stewart has reportedly been taken into police custody after failing a random breath test on Monday morning.

It is understood Stewart had been drinking with friends in Manly until about 1am when he caught a cab home.

But he was stopped this morning near Warriewood and returned a low range positive result.

The police released a statement saying a 29-year-old man was charged having returned a reading of 0.079.

The driver was arrested and taken to Mona Vale police station and will face court on May 7.

The club is aware of the charge and have informed the NRL Integrity Unit.

Newcastle Knights player Willie Mason recently lost his license for six months after also being caught for drink driving the day after Australia Day celebrations while on the way to training.

 

[happy_tiger]

Sounds like it might be similar to the Mason situation where he has still been over the limit the next morning

This will be an interesting one , will they punish him after wrongfully punishing him with the sexual assault case if this is true ??

 

[derailed]

What action if any did the nrl take against Mason?

Can't see much coming of this

 

[happy_tiger]

What action if any did the nrl take against Mason?

Can't see much coming of this

I understand what your saying Derailed but what is the NRL going to do when they have an accident and someone else is injured

We will see the same reaction we saw with the Jordan McLean /Alex McKinnon tackle

I think the NRL has to come out tomorrow and tell players they will be banned from playing football as long as their driving suspension is (from now on )

That is the problem , there is no deterrent to breaking the rules as far as their career is concerned

 

[southerntiger]

Didnt happen on the field or at training. IMHO the NRL has no role to play. Its a matter for the police and the court.

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[southerntiger]

Didnt happen on the field or at training. IMHO the NRL has no role to play. Its a matter for the police and the court.

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[derailed]

What action if any did the nrl take against Mason?

Can't see much coming of this

I understand what your saying Derailed but what is the NRL going to do when they have an accident and someone else is injured

We will see the same reaction we saw with the Jordan McLean /Alex McKinnon tackle

I think the NRL has to come out tomorrow and tell players they will be banned from playing football as long as their driving suspension is (from now on )

That is the problem , there is no deterrent to breaking the rules as far as their career is concerned

Happy I agree there should be some consequence but suspending players is maybe a bit far.

If a major accident did happen the NRL would have some knee jerk reaction and everything would change again.

Maybe they should develop clear cut rules for all of these off field incidents that bring bad press to the game.

Low range drink driving = $XXXX
Getting in a fight = $XXXX + sitting out 1 game
and so on

The more black and white things are the more consistent they can be with rulings rather than what we have now.

At the moment nothing like this is in place so it is hard to act differently to a similar case earlier in the year

 

[Swordy]

Didnt happen on the field or at training. IMHO the NRL has no role to play. Its a matter for the police and the court.

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Remind me if I am ever stupid or criminal enough to get done drink driving to tell my boss "no worries boss, it was on the way home from the pub and not at work, so you can't do a thing to me".

I'd be out the door in my line of work before I left the police station.

These guys want to be entertainers, want a percentage of the money from TV rights and ride the wave of NRL success, so they take the bad with it!

From the things I have seen in my lifetime, there is absolutely no excuse for drink driving, so I
hope he gets everything coming to him.

 

[southerntiger]

Rubbish. If your boss tries to sack you for a non-theft related incident that was neither in the course of your employment or affects your employment they would have little hope in lawfully sacking you.

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[clokan]

He had a few the night before, drove the following morning and blew something like 0.79\. No need for the club or NRL to get involved. Let the courts sort it out.

 

[Swordy]

Rubbish. If your boss tries to sack you for a non-theft related incident that was neither in the course of your employment or affects your employment they would have little hope in lawfully sacking you.

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I beg to differ. That may be the case with some employment, not all. My job for example will see you out the door instantly, and I have seen it many times….and the unlawful sacking issue has been raised in my workplace and does not apply. Simple.

But the fact remains, you want to put yourself out there and ride the glory and increase your asking price because you promote your club and get out there with the kids? With that comes responsibility, and if you can't accept that, then you can't accept the good.