A paradox that I cannot get my head around?

[Poster]

sorry but I am not into links but go to UK Sport anti doping look up RL and find the report in Feb this year,

in essence he had and excemption for the use of an inhaler,Salbutamol, on testing he was found to have a higher concentration in his system than might reasonably be expected from the six puffs he had used, the findings showed that the concentration would have resulted from about 54-68 usages .the RFL after some consultation considered that there was no case to answer because of his exemption and the apparent confusion over the dosage permitted by it.
this view was appealed by the World Anti Doping Agency which finally resulted in him receiving a Formal Warning and Reprimand from the RFL

[ultimate warrior]

ultimate warrior - I didn't know that the club were so supportive of Clarke. Maybe at that time there weren't resources such as this, and I just got the press version.
When he was released from prison why weren't we still behind him though?

Poster - what happened with Ian Sibbit? remember him going down under for a while but what was the case? Was a great prospect as I remember? Mate of mine knew him here before he went and talked about how blown away he was by the training methods in Oz compared to over here.

When he was released from prisson he was still supported by the club. It was felt by htose in charge, that due to the severity of the incident, it would not be right for him to play for the club. At this point they helped him find a new club so that he could resurect his carrer. The only reason I know this is because John is a friend that I have known very well from our days at school together. The club stood by him in this way, as the attack was so out of character for him.

[GeoffN]

However, whilst deploring the use of drugs I cannot fathom why

Two Great Britain internationals, Leon Pryce and Stuart Reardon, recently avoided jail after pleading guilty to serious assault charges. Hull KR's Ben Cockayne has just returned to playing after serving a community service order for his assault conviction. In Australia, the Catalan Dragons' captain, Greg Bird, has been sentenced to 16 months for glassing his girlfriend

Merits such a limp wristed response by the RFL and the clubs concerned. The only difference seems to be that the politicians / UK Sport have not demanded action.

Which is worse Gareth Hock taking cocaine or the violent assaults by messrs Reardon, Pryce, Cockayne and Bird who bar Reardon will all be playing RL this week and for the next 2 years.

Surely that cannot be right?

Phil Clarke's SKY column

Gareth Hock looks like he may receive a two-year ban because of cocaine and yet some players recently convicted of things like GBH get off relatively lightly.

The discipline of the RFL is often criticised for being too harsh or too lenient on players for high tackles but should the RFL need to act more when players commit more serious offenses that receive criminal convictions? You can miss eight weeks for a high tackle yet next to nothing for GBH.