{"id":76137,"date":"2021-05-26T01:33:43","date_gmt":"2021-05-26T01:33:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=76137"},"modified":"2021-05-26T02:58:53","modified_gmt":"2021-05-26T02:58:53","slug":"100k-fines-for-high-shots-backed-by-hardman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=76137","title":{"rendered":"$100k fines for high shots backed by hardman"},"content":{"rendered":"

Former rugby league hard man Ian Roberts believes the NRL needs to punish players<\/a> like never before if it is serious about stopping head knocks<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Roberts – who was concussed countless times in a long and distinguished career in the 1980s and '90s – is an expert on the subject.<\/p>\n

Medical reports have revealed that Roberts, now 55, has scarring on the brain as a consequence of his many battles in the front row.<\/p>\n

And he says the NRL's clampdown<\/a> – although criticised by some as over the top<\/a> – is not strong enough and not the answer.<\/p>\n

"You've got to fine these blokes like they have never been fined before," the former Souths, Manly, Cowboys and Kangaroos prop told Wide World of Sports.<\/p>\n

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"Any avoidable contact to the head has to be penalised where they feel it most – in the hip pocket.<\/p>\n

"Sin-bins and send offs are only creating an unfair advantage, plus they ruin the game for supporters.<\/p>\n

"If you started fining the players financially – and when I say financially I'm talking a percentage of their salary between five and 15 per cent – players would soon adjust that style of play.<\/p>\n

"They would be looking at somewhere between $10,000 to $150,000 for a offence.<\/p>\n

"Instead of the old six weeks for head high shots, fine them say $100,000. They won't do it a second time."<\/p>\n

Roberts – widely respected throughout the game as the first player to openly declare himself to be gay during his career – wants the NRL to also take a stronger stance on bad behaviour off the field.<\/p>\n

"I believe they should be fined for serious off field incidents anywhere between five and 15 per cent.<\/p>\n

"Hit them in the pocket, deep in the pocket and I'm sure they'll take notice then," he said.<\/p>\n

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Former rugby league hard man Ian Roberts believes the NRL needs to punish players like never before if it is serious about stopping head knocks. […]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76137"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=76137"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76137\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":76139,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76137\/revisions\/76139"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=76137"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=76137"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=76137"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}