Footballers Sacked

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Originally Posted by Aliantha

Aside from that, for me there's the whole role model thing. Look at Andrew Johns. He admitted to taking ecstasy and other drugs and avoiding NRL drug tests for 10 years and yet he's not been prosecuted in law, and he's a retired player however, because his profile is so high, and he was such a great player, there have been no formal consequences. I think a little public shame is called for. Now Bellamy wants to hire him as assistant coach for the blues next year? Fuck that! He's a drug cheat and he broke the law. He should be jail.

But this also demonstrates that it is possible to take recreational drugs and still be great at what you do. Whether it be rugby league, Aussie rules (Ben Cousins, wasn't it?) Olympic snowboarding... or regular life.
Damn, that's inconvenient when you're trying to tell the kiddies that Drugs Are Bad.