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Posted March 26, 2020 22:30 · last edited March 27, 2020 08:13

charger1 wrote:

He should get the boot, conditions were put in place to protect himself and those around him.This is a huge act of stupidity that potentially could have put lives at risk not only drink driving but lives from this VIRUS that we are trying to protect others from.The Phoenix should act swiftly and sack both he and Sail.Forget what the Aussie courts will do Its what Dome should

I do not see it as a black and white issue of "not guilty, leave him alone" vs. "sack him right now and never let him back into Oz" type of thing.  Most offences have a degree of seriousness to them and even if you are found in breach of a rule, there is still a question of degree and potential danger to the public involved.

There is a difference between a tourist publicly stating (on TV as it happened) on his arrival to NZ "they would have to find me first" and Payne and Sail busting out of the facility for a drunken golf cart joyride at 1am knowing the season was postponed and the team was flying out that morning. I suspect Payne would be pilloried in Sydney press if he was sober.

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Unknown editor edited March 27, 2020 08:13
charger1 wrote:

He should get the boot, conditions were put in place to protect himself and those around him.This is a huge act of stupidity that potentially good have put lives at risk not only drink driving but lives from this VIRUS that we are trying to protect others from.The Phoenix should act swiftly and sack both he and Sail.Forget what the Aussie courts will do Its what Dome should

I do not see it as a black and white issue of "not guilty, leave him alone" vs. "sack him right now and never let him back into Oz" type of thing.  Most offences have a degree of seriousness to them and even if you are found in breach of a rule, there is still a question of degree and potential danger to the public involved.

There is a difference between a tourist publicly stating (on TV as it happened) on his arrival to NZ "they would have to find me first" and Payne and Sail busting out of the facility for a drunken golf cart joyride at 1am knowing the season was postponed and the team was flying out that morning. I suspect Payne would be pilloried in Sydney press if he was sober.

Unknown editor edited March 26, 2020 22:34
charger1 wrote:

He should get the boot, conditions were put in place to protect himself and those around him.This is a huge act of stupidity that potentially good have put lives at risk not only drink driving but lives from this VIRUS that we are trying to protect others from.The Phoenix should act swiftly and sack both he and Sail.Forget what the Aussie courts will do Its what Dome should

I do not see it as a black and white issue of "not guilty, leave him alone" vs. "sack him right now and never let him back into Oz" type of thing.  Most offences have a degree of seriousness to them and even if you are found in breach of a rule, there is still a question of degree and potential danger to the public involved.

There is a difference between a tourist publicly stating (on TV as it happened) on his arrival to NZ "they would have to find me first" and Payne and Sail busting out of the facility for a lonely golf cart joyride at 1am knowing the team was flying out that morning.

Unknown editor edited March 26, 2020 22:32
charger1 wrote:

He should get the boot, conditions were put in place to protect himself and those around him.This is a huge act of stupidity that potentially good have put lives at risk not only drink driving but lives from this VIRUS that we are trying to protect others from.The Phoenix should act swiftly and sack both he and Sail.Forget what the Aussie courts will do Its what Dome should

I do not see it as a black and white issue of "not guilty, leave hime alone" vs. "sack him right now and never let him back into Oz" type of thing.  Most offences have a degree to them and even if you are found in breach of a rule, there is still a whole range of degrees of seriousness.   There is a difference between a tourist stating on arrival to NZ "they have to find me first" and Payne and Sail busting out of the facility for a lonely golf cart joyride at 1am knowing the team was flying out that morning.