Rugby league great Willie Mason has called for footy players with a history of violence against women to be banned from professional sport for life.<\/p>\n
Speaking on the ABC, the former Australian and NSW star revealed he had witnessed a video of an NRL player's revolting act that "made him sick".<\/p>\n
Mason, along with Ian Roberts, Todd Carney, Dean Widders, Jude Bolton, Brock McLean, Dan Jackson were asked a series of questions regarding several confronting topics.<\/p>\n
Mason got a bit heated when he was asked: Why do so many of you treat women like s—t?".<\/p>\n
Mason: "There's over 1000 people that play this game. You're talking about five people."<\/p>\n
The former Bulldogs star said he doesn't agree with players being allowed to play the game if they've been convicted of domestic violence.<\/p>\n
Mason then recalled a video of an NRL player degrading a woman during a sexual act, suggesting it was unfair that Carney's NRL career was destroyed by his infamous 'bubbler' clip.<\/p>\n
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"That guy who filmed that girl, putting his foot on her head, spitting on her," Mason said.<\/p>\n
"The disrespect I saw in that video made me sick and I see some pieces of s— playing our game right now.<\/p>\n
"Todd Carney, on the other hand, just p—ed his own mouth and got his contract ripped up, and I don't think that's fair.<\/p>\n
"I just don't think the repercussions are big enough."<\/p>\n
Mason said players convicted of domestic violence should be banned from professional sport for life.<\/p>\n
"If you do anything like that you're sacked," he said.<\/p>\n
"Not have six months off and you're welcomed back in the back door and playing NRL. No, you're done.<\/p>\n
"If you were like that and in a club and you said something to a woman that I didn't like, then I would call them a f—wit."<\/p>\n
Former Eels, Roosters and Souths star Dean Widders echoed Mason's comments: "If you hit a woman and stuff like that, well, there should be a black mark through your name straightaway.<\/p>\n
"There's a lot of times where people will accept things because a person can throw or kick a football better than someone else.<\/p>\n
"And I think we've got to look past those achievements in the sporting arena and look at the behaviour of some of the people and just go, 'Well, that's not acceptable'."<\/p>\n
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