Quote: bramleyrhino "It doesn't. The clubs understand the personal circumstances of their employees better than the RFL, they already file paperwork with relevant authorities for their players - adding a simple process at club level should not cause this level of trouble.'"
I didn't say fill in the forms for them but to create a blueprint process rather than let everyone spend time learning what could have been documented before they needed to do it. THEN let the clubs follow the process using their knowledge of the players. For instance not every club knows the criminal past of their players as some players may have spent convictions that they 'forgot' about. Also it can take weeks/months to get the paperwork to prove that a conviction is, indeed, spent, as you may have to go to the courts to get it. As the criteria seems to include being charged, not just convicted, someone could work out the documentation that would be needed in such a case where the player was charged but no further action was taken,etc. One doesn't need the details of the players, nor have the insight of mystic meg to work this stuff out in advance and run a workshop with clubs, or just document and circulate to pass on the knowledge and to get feedback to improve the process.
P.S. I doubt that the clubs do know about these issues that create difficulties. A friend of mine is coach at a side that went to Canada and they didn't know, and from what he was told by coaches from other clubs, neither did the other clubs.
