NRL must fine clubs dock points over players

The raft of allegations concerning sexual assault and violence by NRL players over the last month? I can't keep track. You can't keep track. But writing in Mamamia.com this week, Jessie Stephens nailed it: "If this were any other demographic in the country; 'African gangs', Muslims, refugees, our Indigenous population, then we would be in a hysterical state of moral panic. Prime Ministers would be making speeches. Policy would be reconsidered. We'd be clutching our pearls
and locking our doors. But NRL players can do what they like." The move by Todd Greenberg this week to deregister Sharks  coach Shane Flanagan and Tigers CEO Justin Pascoe for allegedly breaching NRL suspension provisions and salary cap regulations is a signal: We are serious about this. Get it right. The NRL needs to get even more serious about the appalling track record of NRL players when it comes to the treatment of women. In criminal law, a conviction requires proof "beyond reasonable doubt".