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Re: Curtis Scott banned three matches and fined $15,000 after nightclub fight
the only thing that comes to mind is they didn't sack wighton for throwing about 10 punches caught on CCTV so didnt want the media/public backlash of double standards.
They may have also felt the possibility of sacking him could end up with lawyers involved arguing the double standards of the Wighton case.
Best case scenario from here since it looks like we are not sacking him is we sit Curtis down , tell him he'll never play first grade here again and look to come to a mutual agreement on a release, probably end up paying some freight but i'd rather that than keeping Scott on his full wage and blocking the likes of Timoko and HSS from first grade
They may have also felt the possibility of sacking him could end up with lawyers involved arguing the double standards of the Wighton case.
Best case scenario from here since it looks like we are not sacking him is we sit Curtis down , tell him he'll never play first grade here again and look to come to a mutual agreement on a release, probably end up paying some freight but i'd rather that than keeping Scott on his full wage and blocking the likes of Timoko and HSS from first grade
Re: Curtis Scott banned three matches and fined $15,000 after nightclub fight
I thought the footage was actually worse than the Jack Wighton event where Jack just seemed to drunkingly provoke and half attempt a head butt for a 10 week suspension.
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This surely couldnt be a thing?kiwi raider wrote: ↑July 15, 2021, 10:54 am the only thing that comes to mind is they didn't sack wighton for throwing about 10 punches caught on CCTV so didnt want the media/public backlash of double standards.
They may have also felt the possibility of sacking him could end up with lawyers involved arguing the double standards of the Wighton case.
Best case scenario from here since it looks like we are not sacking him is we sit Curtis down , tell him he'll never play first grade here again and look to come to a mutual agreement on a release, probably end up paying some freight but i'd rather that than keeping Scott on his full wage and blocking the likes of Timoko and HSS from first grade
Granted im no lawyer, but each contract is surely treated as an entirely its own entity. If a party breaches the terms of a contract, logically i would think its entirely at the discretion of the other party if they want to terminate... and electing to not terminate the contract but continue to work with that party surely doesnt mean you're legally obliged to extend that to other contracts.
Im sure someone who actually knows some contract law can tell me im wrong, but i'd be stunned if there was any legal reasons for this.
I mean this stuff happens all the time across many codes in many countries and i can't recall a single time where a player has lodge legal challenges...
When there is legal challenges for wrongful termination, as far i remember it is usually on the grounds of the "due process". So as long as he did indeed breach his contract, which I am fairly certain he did, and we follow due process, we should have been fine, bar any PR fall that comes from media people linking Scott and Wighton incidents. (which i think would be at worst a 24-48 news cycle, because frankly no one on a national level gives a **** about the Raiders, or Curtis Scott)
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Re: Curtis Scott banned three matches and fined $15,000 after nightclub fight
I am a lawyer and can confirm that an argument of "But you didn't sack jacky boi" would get laughed out of the building. What building exactly I am not sure. Probably a building in Queanbeyan.Botman wrote: ↑July 15, 2021, 11:43 amThis surely couldnt be a thing?kiwi raider wrote: ↑July 15, 2021, 10:54 am the only thing that comes to mind is they didn't sack wighton for throwing about 10 punches caught on CCTV so didnt want the media/public backlash of double standards.
They may have also felt the possibility of sacking him could end up with lawyers involved arguing the double standards of the Wighton case.
Best case scenario from here since it looks like we are not sacking him is we sit Curtis down , tell him he'll never play first grade here again and look to come to a mutual agreement on a release, probably end up paying some freight but i'd rather that than keeping Scott on his full wage and blocking the likes of Timoko and HSS from first grade
Granted im no lawyer, but each contract is surely treated as an entirely its own entity. If a party breaches the terms of a contract, logically i would think its entirely at the discretion of the other party if they want to terminate... and electing to not terminate the contract but continue to work with that party surely doesnt mean you're legally obliged to extend that to other contracts.
Im sure someone who actually knows some contract law can tell me im wrong, but i'd be stunned if there was any legal reasons for this.
I mean this stuff happens all the time across many codes in many countries and i can't recall a single time where a player has lodge legal challenges...
When there is legal challenges for wrongful termination, as far i remember it is usually on the grounds of the "due process". So as long as he did indeed breach his contract, which I am fairly certain he did, and we follow due process, we should have been fine, bar any PR fall that comes from media people linking Scott and Wighton incidents. (which i think would be at worst a 24-48 news cycle, because frankly no one on a national level gives a **** about the Raiders, or Curtis Scott)
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Re: Curtis Scott banned three matches and fined $15,000 after nightclub fight
Old mate has finally taken it to the police.
Kokomo's patron makes formal police complaint about Curtis Scott punch
The man punched by embattled Raiders player Curtis Scott at a Canberra nightclub has made a formal complaint to police, who say their investigation into the incident is "continuing". It is understood the man, who suffered a broken nose, gave investigators a signed statement last Friday.
Read more: https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/ ... /?cs=14264
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Kokomo's patron makes formal police complaint about Curtis Scott punch
The man punched by embattled Raiders player Curtis Scott at a Canberra nightclub has made a formal complaint to police, who say their investigation into the incident is "continuing". It is understood the man, who suffered a broken nose, gave investigators a signed statement last Friday.
Read more: https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/ ... /?cs=14264
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Re: Curtis Scott banned three matches and fined $15,000 after nightclub fight
I think there might be something in that. Ricky Stuart's comments yesterday indicated no enthusiasm for selecting him, clearly.Roger Kenworthy wrote: ↑July 15, 2021, 10:48 am My only thought is that they must have received legal advice that they don't have grounds for termination. Explains the lull in news regarding how the club is dealing with it.
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Yeah we could be back on here.
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The issue in employment contracts is that employers often have to demonstrate a history of warnings over incidents - and they need to be documented etc etc. It may have been judged that there is not enough in the incidents, or that breaches haven't produced formal warnings etc.Botman wrote: ↑July 15, 2021, 11:43 amThis surely couldnt be a thing?kiwi raider wrote: ↑July 15, 2021, 10:54 am the only thing that comes to mind is they didn't sack wighton for throwing about 10 punches caught on CCTV so didnt want the media/public backlash of double standards.
They may have also felt the possibility of sacking him could end up with lawyers involved arguing the double standards of the Wighton case.
Best case scenario from here since it looks like we are not sacking him is we sit Curtis down , tell him he'll never play first grade here again and look to come to a mutual agreement on a release, probably end up paying some freight but i'd rather that than keeping Scott on his full wage and blocking the likes of Timoko and HSS from first grade
Granted im no lawyer, but each contract is surely treated as an entirely its own entity. If a party breaches the terms of a contract, logically i would think its entirely at the discretion of the other party if they want to terminate... and electing to not terminate the contract but continue to work with that party surely doesnt mean you're legally obliged to extend that to other contracts.
Im sure someone who actually knows some contract law can tell me im wrong, but i'd be stunned if there was any legal reasons for this.
I mean this stuff happens all the time across many codes in many countries and i can't recall a single time where a player has lodge legal challenges...
When there is legal challenges for wrongful termination, as far i remember it is usually on the grounds of the "due process". So as long as he did indeed breach his contract, which I am fairly certain he did, and we follow due process, we should have been fine, bar any PR fall that comes from media people linking Scott and Wighton incidents. (which i think would be at worst a 24-48 news cycle, because frankly no one on a national level gives a **** about the Raiders, or Curtis Scott)
Given there is now a formal complaint about the latest incident, that may change things.
Re: Curtis Scott banned three matches and fined $15,000 after nightclub fight
Must be a Raiders supporter.-TW- wrote: ↑July 15, 2021, 11:58 am Old mate has finally taken it to the police.
Kokomo's patron makes formal police complaint about Curtis Scott punch
The man punched by embattled Raiders player Curtis Scott at a Canberra nightclub has made a formal complaint to police, who say their investigation into the incident is "continuing". It is understood the man, who suffered a broken nose, gave investigators a signed statement last Friday.
Read more: https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/ ... /?cs=14264
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Re: Curtis Scott banned three matches and fined $15,000 after nightclub fight
yea i don't think so either, i'm just searching for reasons as to why we haven't taken this opportunity to punt an overpaid underperforming player who's obviously a bit of a douche when its seemingly been handed to us on a plate. there must be something behind itBotman wrote: ↑July 15, 2021, 11:43 amThis surely couldnt be a thing?kiwi raider wrote: ↑July 15, 2021, 10:54 am the only thing that comes to mind is they didn't sack wighton for throwing about 10 punches caught on CCTV so didnt want the media/public backlash of double standards.
They may have also felt the possibility of sacking him could end up with lawyers involved arguing the double standards of the Wighton case.
Best case scenario from here since it looks like we are not sacking him is we sit Curtis down , tell him he'll never play first grade here again and look to come to a mutual agreement on a release, probably end up paying some freight but i'd rather that than keeping Scott on his full wage and blocking the likes of Timoko and HSS from first grade
Granted im no lawyer, but each contract is surely treated as an entirely its own entity. If a party breaches the terms of a contract, logically i would think its entirely at the discretion of the other party if they want to terminate... and electing to not terminate the contract but continue to work with that party surely doesnt mean you're legally obliged to extend that to other contracts.
Im sure someone who actually knows some contract law can tell me im wrong, but i'd be stunned if there was any legal reasons for this.
I mean this stuff happens all the time across many codes in many countries and i can't recall a single time where a player has lodge legal challenges...
When there is legal challenges for wrongful termination, as far i remember it is usually on the grounds of the "due process". So as long as he did indeed breach his contract, which I am fairly certain he did, and we follow due process, we should have been fine, bar any PR fall that comes from media people linking Scott and Wighton incidents. (which i think would be at worst a 24-48 news cycle, because frankly no one on a national level gives a **** about the Raiders, or Curtis Scott)
Re: Curtis Scott banned three matches and fined $15,000 after nightclub fight
Yeah as GE said, there didnt seem much enthusiasm from Stuart when asked about him.
Its very confusing to me.
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Re: Curtis Scott banned three matches and fined $15,000 after nightclub fight
Looks like Curtis Scott's manager Sam Ayoub is looking for other clubs for Curtis Scott, the Knights the latest rumour. The source is Phil Rothfield's column in The Sunday Telegraph: http://ow.ly/R62050Fy4j3
Looks like the club doesn't want to sack Curtis Scott, but they don't want to play him in green again either.
Looks like the club doesn't want to sack Curtis Scott, but they don't want to play him in green again either.
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Canberra Raiders centre Curtis Scott begins isolation
Canberra Raiders centre Curtis Scott has taken the first step towards getting his NRL career back on track. The 23-year-old's returned to Canberra and was in isolation in his house until the end of next week.
It would allow him to then return to training at Raiders HQ, but at this stage there were no plans for him to join the Green Machine in their Queensland bubble - casting doubt on his future at the club.
Read more: https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/ ... /?cs=14239
Raiders looking at the possibility of staging a NSW Cup level contest against the Newcastle Knights for players still training in Canberra.
Canberra Raiders centre Curtis Scott has taken the first step towards getting his NRL career back on track. The 23-year-old's returned to Canberra and was in isolation in his house until the end of next week.
It would allow him to then return to training at Raiders HQ, but at this stage there were no plans for him to join the Green Machine in their Queensland bubble - casting doubt on his future at the club.
Read more: https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/ ... /?cs=14239
Raiders looking at the possibility of staging a NSW Cup level contest against the Newcastle Knights for players still training in Canberra.
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Re: Curtis Scott banned three matches and fined $15,000 after nightclub fight
People are circulating some of his support of the morons who had that dumb **** "protest" yesterday in Sydney. That should finally get him his contract termination you would hope?
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Dunamis posted something similar, but I agree, I have no patience for people who want to try defend animal cruelty and the actions of those protesters yesterday
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That idiot who punched a horse is now a nationwide disgrace.
What a disgusting act.
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You do know he didn’t punch the horse right? Have you seen the actual footage or are you believing what the media says word for word?
Re: Curtis Scott banned three matches and fined $15,000 after nightclub fight
Pushes it away with a clenched fist, so yes the picture overblows the act somewhat.Peter wrote:You do know he didn’t punch the horse right? Have you seen the actual footage or are you believing what the media says word for word?
But it's still **** form to be mistreating animals.
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Wow! I can’t help think that if Mr Scott did the exact opposite to every impulse and intuition he has the lad would make outstanding decisions.
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It wasn't "support" it was the media never shows the full story.Ultima wrote:People are circulating some of his support of the morons who had that dumb **** "protest" yesterday in Sydney. That should finally get him his contract termination you would hope?
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The image I seen looked pretty damning....have to admit I didnt see footagePeter wrote:You do know he didn’t punch the horse right? Have you seen the actual footage or are you believing what the media says word for word?
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Makes me think of old mate that punched a roo because it threatened his dog or something.-TW- wrote:Pushes it away with a clenched fist, so yes the picture overblows the act somewhat.Peter wrote:You do know he didn’t punch the horse right? Have you seen the actual footage or are you believing what the media says word for word?
But it's still **** form to be mistreating animals.
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Curtis Scott banned three matches and fined $15,000 after nightclub fight
Now we wait for to see who’s the first NRL player to use the “Pushing some bloke away with my clenched fist” defence when the next nightclub brawl happens.
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The problem with moving Scott on is that nobody wants him. I can't understand any logical reason for an NRL or ESL club to pursue him. He's high risk and low reward.
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If there is an upside to any of this, I think going forward whenever any of us have a bad day at work…. And I mean a stinker…. One of those days where nothing goes right and you wonder how you will get through…. Well, we can all just pause and think - this might be tough, but at least I’m not Curtis Scott’s manager!
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The Tigers will probably sign him.Roger Kenworthy wrote: ↑July 25, 2021, 5:04 pm The problem with moving Scott on is that nobody wants him. I can't understand any logical reason for an NRL or ESL club to pursue him. He's high risk and low reward.
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I hope they do, I think they're giving BJ the boot at the end of this year
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Player/coach?Azza wrote: ↑July 25, 2021, 5:37 pmThe Tigers will probably sign him.Roger Kenworthy wrote: ↑July 25, 2021, 5:04 pm The problem with moving Scott on is that nobody wants him. I can't understand any logical reason for an NRL or ESL club to pursue him. He's high risk and low reward.
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Love the mental gymnastics some people go through to justify ****. What exactly do you think the definition of a punch is? He has a closed fist, he moved it towards the horses head and made contact. Just because he is really crap at punching doesn't make it less of a punch. The horse is considered a police officer, do you really think that's OK either way? What are you even trying to defend here?
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I saw the video. It was most surely not a punch. Either way I hope the grub gets the book thrown at him.Ultima wrote: ↑July 26, 2021, 11:24 amLove the mental gymnastics some people go through to justify ****. What exactly do you think the definition of a punch is? He has a closed fist, he moved it towards the horses head and made contact. Just because he is really crap at punching doesn't make it less of a punch. The horse is considered a police officer, do you really think that's OK either way? What are you even trying to defend here?
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I agree NR, with the caveat that if the incident occurred on the weekend of Magic Round then it was a punch and he would get 25 years jail time. Any other time it was as you have described.Northern Raider wrote: ↑July 26, 2021, 12:16 pmI saw the video. It was most surely not a punch. Either way I hope the grub gets the book thrown at him.Ultima wrote: ↑July 26, 2021, 11:24 amLove the mental gymnastics some people go through to justify ****. What exactly do you think the definition of a punch is? He has a closed fist, he moved it towards the horses head and made contact. Just because he is really crap at punching doesn't make it less of a punch. The horse is considered a police officer, do you really think that's OK either way? What are you even trying to defend here?