Zac Hardaker facing another enquiry over homophobic abuse: m.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-league/29030926?SThisFB So it looks like the RFL will investigate him. Leeds fans can call it a witch hunt and the players can say it's part of the game all they want, when this type of news story is appearing on national news sites it's damaging to our game and has to be stamped out.

Zac Hardaker facing another enquiry over homophobic abuse: m.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-league/29030926?SThisFB So it looks like the RFL will investigate him. Leeds fans can call it a witch hunt and the players can say it's part of the game all they want, when this type of news story is appearing on national news sites it's damaging to our game and has to be stamped out.

So, blowing a kiss (that we all saw.....) followed by calling somebody (allegedly) a "f*****g puff" is homophobic?? By the letter-of-the-law I suppose it is, but, and by all means correct me if I speak out of turn here, are we just over-sanitizing the game??

C'mon...................

Saying that is homophobic, if a kid were to say that in a schoolyard nowadays they'd be in trouble for it. So as a professional sportsman, who is supposed to be a role model, you'd expect to be disciplined too.

It's the matter of if he said it or not, he could've said something else. Nothing wrong with the blowing a kiss thing on its own, depends on the context.

It's a big IF as well, if someone on the pitch filed a complaint there's a good chance he'll be banned again.

He should be banned for rubbish sledging. ...

I didnt see at the time who it was directed at, but my first reaction was "for goods sake grow up".
The it dawned on me he used the word puff.....
I must admit that I myself have used that word but it was the late 1970's and I was about eleven years old

for those that think the game has gone soft close your eyes and picture dress Drummond doing that. ..... no you can't can you. ..

eight matches for being a disgrace to the game

I' really am torn on this subject, in this day and age, everything is deemed offensive to somebody, hence why it's only straight, white able-bodied males are the only legitimate targets for poking fun at. IS he prejudiced against homosexuals? No idea, it's a masculine, testosterone-filled sport that he plays, his view on non-masculine males might be that they're 'puffs', 'f*gs' or whatever, terms he could just be using as figures of speech, albeit politically incorrect figures of speech. I think that the bottom line is that you cannot say things like that (if he said it, looks like 'puff' to me, though), not in public and hope to get away with it. The gouging (which i thought was deliberate by the shape of his finger) was far worse than a hurled insult though.

At the end of the day though, we're all just jealous haters, looking for something to have a go at Leeds because they're 6 times Super League champions.

Apparently

+1.

People can argue it's "PC gone mad" all they want, there's no room for homophobia in this day and age.

If homophobic abuse is political correctness gone mad then why not allow some racist abuse back as well?

What about go up to the fans in the wheelchair enclosure and give them a bit of jip for their disability?

Exactly.

"Political correctness gone mad" - one of the most odious phrases in the world. It's offensive to a minority, ergo it's unacceptable, and there's no place in civilised society for it. It's got bugger all (pardon terminology) to do with masculinity. Time's change. One would *hope* that means we're getting more enlightened...

spot on

he really is an odious little weasel isnt he.

I mentioned "PC gone mad" cos a lot of posts on the Leeds board and social media are saying that, or wtte.

It really disheartens me that other fans of my beloved sport can be so backward.

Homophobic undertone or not, it's stupid.

When I was 11 I got bit by a dog, from that point forward I stayed away from the dog and didn't risk getting another bite.

If nothing else, Hardaker is ridiculously idiotic for not thinking twice and learning his lesson.

Can't even continue reading the Leeds thread on it. Mind you I should've known, Yorkshire's still a good few decades behind the rest of us. (Speaking from experience)

when are they bringing out the T-Shirts ala Suarez