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It was a waratah who made the comments. A bloke representing NSW. Unless you are a hardcore rugby nut, you are just going to read the headline and think rugby players are homophobes... where do you think all the generalisations of rugby league players come from. Read up on brett stewart if you...

I agree that it isn't right to tell the parents of your mate that their son didn't develop a robust enough character. I agree that it is a sad world that bright kids are taking their lives. I am sorry for what happened to you and your friends. It is this sort of thing that makes me feel that...

HJ if you are making a point about suicide and sexuality, that is indeed a very sad statistic. If you are trying to suggest a hypothesis to what drives that statistic, then fair enough I will leave you to elaborate on that if you like. I simply don't have any answers here or anything of value...

bullrush I appreciate your comments and agree with a lot of your sentiment. But I don't think suggesting building character as a positive way to move forward in any situation whether its abuse or whatever life throws at you is the same as telling a woman to dress appropriately or be harassed...

I am sure 100% of people in the world would rather not be barraged with anything negative if given the option. But by the same token most people I know (if not all) homosexual or heterosexual or somewhere in between imo have the strength of character to rise above (and not be hurt) by being...

tbh I am not offended stick and stones and all of that. and I consider myself young not middle aged. and the colour of my skin is not important.

I stand by my point that one should try not to be insulted or hurt when someone else says something hurtful. that doesn't diminish the fact that these things that are said are hurtful, just don't let it bring you down to their level. on the matter of saying disparaging remarks, remarks such...

No, in that build you character strong enough that you are able to persevere and not be hurt by offensive things people might say to you and about you. Be smart enough to realise that those things arise from their issues and you need not be dragged down by them. Again I am against...

I am against homophobia and any sort of marginalising anyone. If someone is marginalising you because you have a different sexual preferences to them , or for any other reason know that they are the one with issues, you are awesome and you are able to live your life without trying to bring...

That is certainly a positive view of rugby league.;) Did Todd Carney piss in your mouth? What would be interesting would be a bit of a bio as to your background/environment that gave rise to such an opinion? I personally think of it as a physically demanding simple game. Where one team tries...

Good on the AFL, perhaps you should starting putting more support into the AFL since you appreciate that game so much. Rugby League does not have the religious attendance culture of the AFL, it also plays far more games in unfriendly time slots like Monday night which the afl tries to avoid...

from what I saw it looked like a good game of footy. Nobody going to a mnf game thinks there is going to be a big crowd yet they go anyways to enjoy themselves. If you are going to the game to enjoy the "lots of people singing and dancing crowd atmosphere" then perhaps you should start...

that said I agree, re the amount of sport being on, increasing the competition decreasing the eye balls to go around. That said this is a good thing from a consumers point of view.

Its a very good crowd. but comparing it with a Monday night encounter is apples and oranges.

Nobody thinks rugby league is going gang busters, read the leagueunlimited threads on crowds / memberships etc. As for TV the live sunday telecast has apparently increased their numbers. Rugby Unions issues are different, as the world changes it does not appear to want to change with it...

to be fair I didn't think the parents who put their kids into junior rugby union where that stretched that an extra $30 or whatever the figure is, is going to change what sport they put their kids into. IMO junior participation comes down to two things. - availability and structure - there has...

The AFL and NRL contracts 200M per season includes fox. That appears to just be one provider. If it is similar to Australia where they have a fta contract and cable contract it might work out all similar once everything is included.

TBH I agree with what omar is selling, less is more. It works for the NFL. IMO the NRL could do with chopping their season down by 3 or 4 rounds and if they need the fixtures for tv cash add more teams. The difficulty with rugby is I am not sure that there is certainty behind where they...

I hear you and you make many points that have merit, but I think it should be clarified when rugby league started it was pretty much the same game (if not exactly the same game) as rugby union. It was just a different organisation running the show. They were both playing "rugby" persay.

I think I read somewhere that Australian Rules was looking to establish and dominate in NSW and QLD way back when, but the emergence of league saw off that threat. Keeping in mind that rugby and AFL was played way back when in all the colonies without the same sort of dominant landscape you...