Jimmy the jet

[cochise]

I honestly don't get the issue with going on a balcony?

You don't have to. They're the rules in place to keep the competition going and he broke them twice. You don't have to agree or understand. You just have to follow the rules.

What other rule did he break?

Same one twice

Did he go on the balcony twice?

 

[diedpretty]

If the NRL was fair dinkum they would have canned the season after the numerous breaches - whole thing is a joke - why not take the competition offshore - play the rest of the season on Hamilton Island - i'm over this BS.

 

[voice_of_reason]

If there's genuine concern for his mental health the club should send him home to Sydney and make sure someone looks after him when he gets back. Player welfare rules above winning games.

 

[Deleted member 3518]

I honestly don't get the issue with going on a balcony?

You don't have to. They're the rules in place to keep the competition going and he broke them twice. You don't have to agree or understand. You just have to follow the rules.

I gotta say mate , I ? disagree , especially with a guy who’s very open , and would have formal diagnosis’ in regard to his mental health .
This was outlined a billion times as a topic point , in general society , at the start of the pandemic , and I know Justin general conversation , that the mental health of those I’m talking to is deteriorating rapidly , in this lockdown .
I honestly feel sorry for him, because I really don’t think he would have been actively skirting the rules .

 

[Tiger-ferret]

I this bloke is a joke, whats that the third time he has breached covid restrictions. Send him back NSW and let him finish his career and have to get a real job and work for a living.

He went on a balcony.


I know - its completely unbelievable. lol

what a joke.

we could play the mental health card, play the indigenous card against Queensland and the NRL

Pascoe on prime time news saying "he went on the balcony mate"

It’s crazy. Who was he going to catch covid from, a seagull? There needs to be some common sense applied to these sort of things. If he gets suspended it’s a complete joke.

I can see him getting suspended. He’s an easy target
Fringe first grader from a struggling club. NRL needs to make a strong lead on this to appease QLD politics. The chief doctor up there has way to much power.

The St George players got 1 week, no way Roberts will be suspended.

??

 

[Rugba]

NRL is investigating potential breach of QLD Health's no-balcony directive on Gold Coast by Wests Tigers James Roberts. Understood he has been struggling in quarantine. Full story @aus_sport
https://twitter.com/brentread_7/status/1419915985482514444?s=19

So he legit just went out on the balcony… for fresh air… Jeeze the worlds gone crazy..

Fair dinkum. Rules are rules. If you want to throw a hand grenade into the competitions viability, go ahead and break them. QLD is tough on this covid thing. Everyone knows it and he is arrogant enough to thumb his nose at both those allowing the competition to run as well as all of his fellow footballers. I've stuck up for him ever since he arrived and wished him well. I now want this idiot gone.

Nrl should be kicked out.

He was also a considered a close contact of someone so wasn’t with the team .

I’m sure all other returning travellers can’t go on balconies - even without prior mental health issues they would be suffering as well .

They had to tape up their balcony doors which was noted in the papers yesterday . So he deliberately opened it up .. if he was suffering why didn’t he ask for permission .

Anyway I blame nrl and the club … if he couldn’t handle it , he should never have been sent up to qld

And if he’s having suicidal thoughts and a panic attack , which from his childhood , and abuse , he’s outlined in a few podcasts , is 100% likely, what then ?
To compare him to people entering the country ,with COVID specifically , or , coming from countries with 30,000 daily , as a minimum , is ridiculous.
The guy gets tested , almost daily , from what I understand.
The 2 week lockdown is fine , but , to have him , and those simply travelling interstate , with no symptoms , and multiple tests in the previous 2 weeks , be treated as someone returning from places like India , is draconian .

The amount of testing is the key , to why this is ridiculous .

Don’t get me wrong I think the rules are overkill , but end of that day that is the Qld government requirements as he was a close contact of a positive case ( no different to him coming from covid infested country - whom have to do test prior to flights be negative , and have regular tests as well ).

If he was having those thoughts (which from the pic it didn’t appear but looks can be decieving ) then as I said I blame the nrl and tigers, as he should not have been sent up to qld in first place If not capable of following quarantine rules .

You have to remember the nrl have been allowed to operate when many other business have not been allowed too.. if they can’t follow the requirements in place to operate (regardless of how silly they may be )they don’t deserve to continue .

 

[JC99]

I this bloke is a joke, whats that the third time he has breached covid restrictions. Send him back NSW and let him finish his career and have to get a real job and work for a living.

He went on a balcony.


I know - its completely unbelievable. lol

what a joke.

we could play the mental health card, play the indigenous card against Queensland and the NRL

Pascoe on prime time news saying "he went on the balcony mate"

It’s crazy. Who was he going to catch covid from, a seagull? There needs to be some common sense applied to these sort of things. If he gets suspended it’s a complete joke.

I can see him getting suspended. He’s an easy target
Fringe first grader from a struggling club. NRL needs to make a strong lead on this to appease QLD politics. The chief doctor up there has way to much power.

The St George players got 1 week, no way Roberts will be suspended

There's talk he'll be gone the rest of the seaso.

 

[Demps]

I this bloke is a joke, whats that the third time he has breached covid restrictions. Send him back NSW and let him finish his career and have to get a real job and work for a living.

This isn't that bad but yeah, we shouldn't offer him a deal going forward.

He simply isn't that good anymore.
Good luck to him though.

 

[Deleted member 3518]

Just as a side note , there’s no way on earth qld government would kick out the NRL . For starters it would basically be career suicide . And secondly , any chance of ever hosting a grand final or things like magic round , the all stars game etc . And say what you will those things cause a huge money injection when they’re on.
Especially with the amount of money the state is about to bleed on olympics infrastructure in the next 10 years .

 

[Deleted member 3518]

NRL is investigating potential breach of QLD Health's no-balcony directive on Gold Coast by Wests Tigers James Roberts. Understood he has been struggling in quarantine. Full story @aus_sport
https://twitter.com/brentread_7/status/1419915985482514444?s=19

So he legit just went out on the balcony… for fresh air… Jeeze the worlds gone crazy..

Fair dinkum. Rules are rules. If you want to throw a hand grenade into the competitions viability, go ahead and break them. QLD is tough on this covid thing. Everyone knows it and he is arrogant enough to thumb his nose at both those allowing the competition to run as well as all of his fellow footballers. I've stuck up for him ever since he arrived and wished him well. I now want this idiot gone.

Nrl should be kicked out.

He was also a considered a close contact of someone so wasn’t with the team .

I’m sure all other returning travellers can’t go on balconies - even without prior mental health issues they would be suffering as well .

They had to tape up their balcony doors which was noted in the papers yesterday . So he deliberately opened it up .. if he was suffering why didn’t he ask for permission .

Anyway I blame nrl and the club … if he couldn’t handle it , he should never have been sent up to qld

And if he’s having suicidal thoughts and a panic attack , which from his childhood , and abuse , he’s outlined in a few podcasts , is 100% likely, what then ?
To compare him to people entering the country ,with COVID specifically , or , coming from countries with 30,000 daily , as a minimum , is ridiculous.
The guy gets tested , almost daily , from what I understand.
The 2 week lockdown is fine , but , to have him , and those simply travelling interstate , with no symptoms , and multiple tests in the previous 2 weeks , be treated as someone returning from places like India , is draconian .

The amount of testing is the key , to why this is ridiculous .

Don’t get me wrong I think the rules are overkill , but end of that day that is the Qld government requirements as he was a close contact of a positive case ( no different to him coming from covid infested country - whom have to do test prior to flights be negative , and have regular tests as well ).

If he was having those thoughts (which from the pic it didn’t appear but looks can be decieving ) then as I said I blame the nrl and tigers, as he should not have been sent up to qld in first place If not capable of following quarantine rules .

You have to remember the nrl have been allowed to operate when many other business have not been allowed too.. if they can’t follow the requirements in place to operate (regardless of how silly they may be )they don’t deserve to continue .

The

That’s not true , that’s just political spin . The huge influx and generation of wealth by staging all those games there are the main reason the games are on .
To imply that the games are because the Queensland government are being charitable is laughable .
If it was the national ultimate frisbee league , then there’s no way that the season would continue .

 

[Pbulk]

In terms of seriousness its not great, however with the spotlight on the nrl in qld it does make a target. In normal circumstances I'd guess a suspended fine but maybe a bit more this time around

 

[hobbo1]

Just as a side note , there’s no way on earth qld government would kick out the NRL . For starters it would basically be career suicide . And secondly , any chance of ever hosting a grand final or things like magic round , the all stars game etc . And say what you will those things cause a huge money injection when they’re on.
Especially with the amount of money the state is about to bleed on olympics infrastructure in the next 10 years .

Qld government has offered the nrl 20mill to host the final series

 

[Tiger-ferret]

Just as a side note , there’s no way on earth qld government would kick out the NRL . For starters it would basically be career suicide . And secondly , any chance of ever hosting a grand final or things like magic round , the all stars game etc . And say what you will those things cause a huge money injection when they’re on.
Especially with the amount of money the state is about to bleed on olympics infrastructure in the next 10 years .

I’d like to think this but the rhetoric coming from the chief doctor in the recent past is concerning…for her to basically say “she’s close to kicking the NRL out” (Jul 23rd) boggles my mind.

 

[Holden]

I had no idea their doors are taped up.... God bless Jimmy, out of onfield performance fam as another human being, heart goes out to him.

i hope the tigers take it easy on him regardless what the NRL decide to do.

 

[cochise]

NRL is investigating potential breach of QLD Health's no-balcony directive on Gold Coast by Wests Tigers James Roberts. Understood he has been struggling in quarantine. Full story @aus_sport
https://twitter.com/brentread_7/status/1419915985482514444?s=19

So he legit just went out on the balcony… for fresh air… Jeeze the worlds gone crazy..

Fair dinkum. Rules are rules. If you want to throw a hand grenade into the competitions viability, go ahead and break them. QLD is tough on this covid thing. Everyone knows it and he is arrogant enough to thumb his nose at both those allowing the competition to run as well as all of his fellow footballers. I've stuck up for him ever since he arrived and wished him well. I now want this idiot gone.

Nrl should be kicked out.

He was also a considered a close contact of someone so wasn’t with the team .

I’m sure all other returning travellers can’t go on balconies - even without prior mental health issues they would be suffering as well .

They had to tape up their balcony doors which was noted in the papers yesterday . So he deliberately opened it up .. if he was suffering why didn’t he ask for permission .

Anyway I blame nrl and the club … if he couldn’t handle it , he should never have been sent up to qld

And if he’s having suicidal thoughts and a panic attack , which from his childhood , and abuse , he’s outlined in a few podcasts , is 100% likely, what then ?
To compare him to people entering the country ,with COVID specifically , or , coming from countries with 30,000 daily , as a minimum , is ridiculous.
The guy gets tested , almost daily , from what I understand.
The 2 week lockdown is fine , but , to have him , and those simply travelling interstate , with no symptoms , and multiple tests in the previous 2 weeks , be treated as someone returning from places like India , is draconian .

The amount of testing is the key , to why this is ridiculous .

Don’t get me wrong I think the rules are overkill , but end of that day that is the Qld government requirements as he was a close contact of a positive case ( no different to him coming from covid infested country - whom have to do test prior to flights be negative , and have regular tests as well ).

If he was having those thoughts (which from the pic it didn’t appear but looks can be decieving ) then as I said I blame the nrl and tigers, as he should not have been sent up to qld in first place If not capable of following quarantine rules .

You have to remember the nrl have been allowed to operate when many other business have not been allowed too.. if they can’t follow the requirements in place to operate (regardless of how silly they may be )they don’t deserve to continue .

The club is supporting through Quarantine, they actually tried to get someone to go in with him but it wasn't possible

 

[bathursttiger1]

Just as a side note , there’s no way on earth qld government would kick out the NRL . For starters it would basically be career suicide . And secondly , any chance of ever hosting a grand final or things like magic round , the all stars game etc . And say what you will those things cause a huge money injection when they’re on.
Especially with the amount of money the state is about to bleed on olympics infrastructure in the next 10 years .

Qld government has offered the nrl 20mill to host the final series

The Premier will over ride Dr Jeannette Young, if it means hosting the NRL finals.

 

[Chicken_Faced_Killa]

I feel for James with this. He has well documented mental health issues and to be locked up on his own can’t be good for him at all. I’m surprised he went up there at all. Hopefully sanity prevails and the whole picture is taken into consideration. He just went on a balcony, leave it be

 

[happy_tiger]

I guess when you know his background and issues ...you wonder why we brought him up here ...just asking for trouble ...something we are experts at .....

 

[the_third]

I honestly don't get the issue with going on a balcony?

Player families were passing food across balconies, stupid thing is they are allowed to eat together and share a common room.

the jet went out for air

 

[the_third]

NRL is investigating potential breach of QLD Health's no-balcony directive on Gold Coast by Wests Tigers James Roberts. Understood he has been struggling in quarantine. Full story @aus_sport
https://twitter.com/brentread_7/status/1419915985482514444?s=19

So he legit just went out on the balcony… for fresh air… Jeeze the worlds gone crazy..

Fair dinkum. Rules are rules. If you want to throw a hand grenade into the competitions viability, go ahead and break them. QLD is tough on this covid thing. Everyone knows it and he is arrogant enough to thumb his nose at both those allowing the competition to run as well as all of his fellow footballers. I've stuck up for him ever since he arrived and wished him well. I now want this idiot gone.

Nrl should be kicked out.

He was also a considered a close contact of someone so wasn’t with the team .

I’m sure all other returning travellers can’t go on balconies - even without prior mental health issues they would be suffering as well .

They had to tape up their balcony doors which was noted in the papers yesterday . So he deliberately opened it up .. if he was suffering why didn’t he ask for permission .

Anyway I blame nrl and the club … if he couldn’t handle it , he should never have been sent up to qld

And if he’s having suicidal thoughts and a panic attack , which from his childhood , and abuse , he’s outlined in a few podcasts , is 100% likely, what then ?
To compare him to people entering the country ,with COVID specifically , or , coming from countries with 30,000 daily , as a minimum , is ridiculous.
The guy gets tested , almost daily , from what I understand.
The 2 week lockdown is fine , but , to have him , and those simply travelling interstate , with no symptoms , and multiple tests in the previous 2 weeks , be treated as someone returning from places like India , is draconian .

The amount of testing is the key , to why this is ridiculous .

Don’t get me wrong I think the rules are overkill , but end of that day that is the Qld government requirements as he was a close contact of a positive case ( no different to him coming from covid infested country - whom have to do test prior to flights be negative , and have regular tests as well ).

If he was having those thoughts (which from the pic it didn’t appear but looks can be decieving ) then as I said I blame the nrl and tigers, as he should not have been sent up to qld in first place If not capable of following quarantine rules .

You have to remember the nrl have been allowed to operate when many other business have not been allowed too.. if they can’t follow the requirements in place to operate (regardless of how silly they may be )they don’t deserve to continue .
The

That’s not true , that’s just political spin . The huge influx and generation of wealth by staging all those games there are the main reason the games are on .
To imply that the games are because the Queensland government are being charitable is laughable .
If it was the national ultimate frisbee league , then there’s no way that the season would continue .

they wouldn't even need to pass things up a balcony. just strap it to a frisbee