Has "Political Correctness in sport" gone mad???? (Maybe that's not the right way to put it but...)
Should one moment of madness/passion potentially cost a young athlete their career???
Examples... Our Danny (football/soccer - we all know what happened there) and now Nick D'Arcy.....(swimming - and only time will tell what went on there)
I know that in both instances, they did the wrong thing & they are totally different offences, in Danny's case, there is no doubt that it was a moment of passion!
But should their careers and the opportunity to represent their countries be put on the line because of one moment of madness?
It'll be really interesting to see the outcome in Nick D'Arcy's case. (How will his offense - punching someones face in at the pub, be treated in comparison to Danny's). We've already seen the comparisons within our sport, (Bogan Joel & his "sack wack" - virtually no penalty at all - v Danny & his "high five" - potentially career ending penalty) I think it'll be interesting to see how this latest offense is handled given that they both have their Olympic Careers on the line.
Should one moment of madness/passion potentially cost a young athlete their career???
Examples... Our Danny (football/soccer - we all know what happened there) and now Nick D'Arcy.....(swimming - and only time will tell what went on there)
I know that in both instances, they did the wrong thing & they are totally different offences, in Danny's case, there is no doubt that it was a moment of passion!
But should their careers and the opportunity to represent their countries be put on the line because of one moment of madness?
It'll be really interesting to see the outcome in Nick D'Arcy's case. (How will his offense - punching someones face in at the pub, be treated in comparison to Danny's). We've already seen the comparisons within our sport, (Bogan Joel & his "sack wack" - virtually no penalty at all - v Danny & his "high five" - potentially career ending penalty) I think it'll be interesting to see how this latest offense is handled given that they both have their Olympic Careers on the line.