Re: Anthony Watmough loses licence after clocking 133km in an 80km zone.
Fonz link said:
Ok i'll bite! ;-) Is it on the front page or in the in court section?
Front page usually and one of the 3 stories that are usually on the newspapers website.
We have had a bigger issue with a policeman being bashed by a group of youths and several dog attacks in the last few days so there has been no mention. But given the police do a monthly blitz in the region, I would say we will be back to these stories in the next few days.
However what you need to understand is that Choc has a history of poor choices and news worthy misdemeanors, on top of this there is a clear agenda with newspapers targeting NRL players who misbehave, and lets face it, it does sell papers and gives Journos an easy thing to write about for days.
So even if you don't think this was news worthy, it is unfortunately, and had this not been Watmough and instead someone who has a better reputation, whether it is a Manly player or not, you would likely have a small subsection in the newspaper. But this is clearly another incident involving a player who has a history of negative incidences.
It was a silly dangerous and stupid thing to do, especially given the climate of sports journalism and the reputation of NRL players that currently exist.
Lets put it in NRL judiciary terms....
It was Careless, or reckless and deserved attention