Quote Humphrey="Humphrey"Well why do we have to be the team that has to take the moral high ground and lose out? Knowing our luck he'll probably score the winning try against us that'll stop us reaching the play offs or something similar. If we allow Greg Johnson to play for us well i cant see why we should have different standards for Cockayne'"
Because it's the right thing to do? Sometimes there's value in that.
As for Johnson - I had misgivings at the time he was signed and if you recall, I was a vociferous opponent of those Shudds fans who claimed they were doing us a favour by 'giving' him to us; they weren't, they were releasing a fringe player who could prove to be a PR nightmare and in the event, was, but for us not for them - shortly after he signed, the Wakefield Express ran a front page picture of the girl who had been assaulted with a pretty inflammatory headline that did WTW no favours at all.
However, in this country we're innocent until proven guilty, so I kept my powder dry; if he's since been found guilty, then we should take strong action both to do the right thing and be seen to be doing the right thing.
I realise I may come across as a bit holier than thou in all of this - maybe that because I am; I want my club to have standards and scruples that it won't compromise.