Matthew Johns Sex Scandal
It seems that all that matters in sport at the moment is the Matthew Johns “sex scandal”, at least here in Australia.
This all comes from an incident seven years ago in New Zealand. Johns was part of the Cronulla Sharks rugby league team that was on a tour. The ABC show Four Corners blew the lid on this. It has been reported that he went back to a room with another player and a 19-year-old women. Then they were joined by a group of players. I read somewhere that they climbed in through a bathroom window.
Matthew Johns has now paid a big price for that incident. He has been sacked by the Melbourne Storm, and has been stood down without pay from his duties at Channel Nine.
Do you think it is fair that he has been singled out in this incident? I wonder what is the motive behind bringing it to light seven years after the event took place.
The New Zealand Police have released a press release to once again rule out re-opening the case.
Here is some of that release regarding the case. “Despite recent media and public interest into allegations surrounding members of the Cronulla Sharks team following their visit to New Zealand in 2002 Christchurch Police do not intend to reopen the investigation. No new information has come to hand since the matter was investigated seven years ago.”
A current rep player has come out and said he believes group sex among NRL players will continue and he feels that it is not something that players should not be told not to do. The player was speaking on the condition of anonymity was quoted as saying “We already have so many rules: we can’t drink on these days, we can’t go to these places, now we can’t have group sex. About the only thing we can do these days is go to club functions, and just hang around other players. That’s just isolating us more from the rest of the world, and it could lead to even more violent acts.”
With all that is going on at the moment what do you think of the players attitude?
I am not saying what Johns did is right or wrong, I can’t as I was not there, but I do think it is unfair that he has been singled out. Where are the other players?
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