Yes, but that's a civil argument, not a sporting one, which is why I was careful to qualify my statement with "in terms of relevance to RL" and "by the sporting authorities".

I wouldn't have had a problem with separate civil punishment for Hock, for example, but that's a matter for the CPS, not the RFL.
You can't just single out sportsmen for a lifetime ban for drugs, it would have to be everyone.

Very true, although, you could say in a weird sort of way that the owen hart tradgedy was kind of related to this issue, obviously owen was a true wrestler, not a vince mcmahon 'hoss' style monster. Because that sort of thing got vince's dick hard, owen had to revert to his blue blazer gimmick to get tv time and ahead in the business, which as we know, sadly led to his death.

Yeah your right there, sorry pal!