I've tried. I really have, but I'm afraid that I cannot feel any shock or disappointment whatsoever at something said by any player in the heat of a RL game.

And to employ the services of a lip reader, simply brings our game down to a new low in stupidity.

I think it's about time us that were born out of wedlock had equal rights and a law passed to protect our sensibilities. I am tired of people considering us fair game in the heat of the moment expletives...

I am struggling to get my head round this one.
Brough calls the ref a fecking cheating wonker live and in full view of the sky cameras and nothing gets said.
Zac may have used the word puff that by all accounts is acceptable amongst the gay community as is the word queen.
Gays use these terms frequently.
If Brough is not bringing the game into dispute or is questioning the refs integrity.
Why then is Zac copping so much stick?
Either both cases are equitable and deserve investigation or both cases should be ignored.
Has anyone thought that Zac might have been praising the Saints player by calling him a puff?
After all Puff is a magic dragon and those skills on a rugby field should not be sniffed at.
I'll get my coat.

These are my thoughts.

Agreed, it's highly offensive and it's wrong to assume only people born out of wedlock are offended by such remarks in the same way as assuming only homosexuals are offended by homophobia. I know many people who have stopped watching rugby league after danny brough was caught on camera calling the referee a ''cheating b*stard''. I'd like to know why there was no investigation into this by the RFL, as i was deeply offended. But I shall scan all future sky games, look for expletives, upload videos and complain to the RFL demanding an investigation.

If Hardaker had been in a gay bar with his boyfriend, you may have a point.

Black guys often call each other n**ger. Try driving down Chapeltown Road shouting that out of the window of your car and let me know if you get home safely.

40 years ago certain words to describe those of a non-white race were in common usage, as were words such as [is[/ipaz or mong to describe those less fortunate than most. They are now not generally used. Hopefully similarly used terms to describe those of a different sexual persuasion to what is generally viewed as the "norm", may also pass into lexicography history.

Although there are some on here that I seriously doubt would ever get it

A Hull fan preaching socially acceptable etiquette! I've heard it all!

Are you suggesting that it's not the word that's the problem, it's the person that says it? It seems to me that you are making out that it's OK for some people to use a particular word depending on their Colour / Sexual Preference / etc.

How the hell can you legislate for that?

So you are saying it is alright to question the integrity of a referree in as much as he might be bent ( wrong choice of the word there no doubt) or he is cheating to favour another team?
And that is not bringing the game into disrepute?
All in full view of the Sky viewrs.
As opposed to something Zac might have said that might upset a minority group of people who frequently use that word.
Would it help if Zac came out and said he was gay and it is now acceptable to use that language?