According to Weidler, Josh Addo-Carr has booked himself into a rehabilitation clinic on the Central Coast.
What does this mean?
An admission of guilt?
Well it looks like the club and Josh have come to an arrangement in the admission Josh needs help, and unlike when he was caught previously at the dogs, it seems this time he's gotten on the front foot to try and save his career
The life and times of being a Parramatta Eels supporter. We can't stand for this bs
Also, The Chinese car maker JAC have dumped Joash as an ambassador for the company.
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Pre season. Its useless waisting that manoeuvre too early. First steps will likley be kicking a ball with some kids at the Koori punch-ons , sorry Knockouts. Let's just hope we aren't subject to the story about converting to Islam like Mundane , Fergo , Haas and SBW did for extreme damage control.
Actually didn't Mitch Pearce also pull this stunt lol.
Got it. Man of the people play first.
Maybe JAC will pick up JAC when he gets his licence back?
PR 101.
Pretty sure Ben Cousins had this script in his pocket most of the time. On a personal level it annoys me because it's clearly a PR tactic to avoid responsibility. On a professional level I can see that it works and it's the only way forward in these situations short of publicly lashing the person in question.
JAC will come out a "new man", he will probably do some charity work to help others with their demons. And he'll be put on a "final strike" situation and given a corporate Uber account (given he'll also have no license for 12 months he'll need it).
I'd say given this move he will see out his contract with us.
And for everyone seriously disappointed in him... seriously? Did you ever look at JAC and think "now there's a really smart thinker and good planner"? He is fast and runs into people head first for a living. These kind of dumb decisions are always going to be more common in NRL players than the general population.
The big variable is impairment vs trace. If they detected it a day or 2 after he induged then its an unjust form of governmental control. Its like if you had a drink a couple of days back but they can still detect a trace of alcohol so you get charged for DUI even though you were totally unimpaired.
You're right, he may have been unimpaired with only a minute amount in his system, but Josh would have known driving within a few days of using poses a risk to his livelihood.
Its like a P player, they have to abide by the laws of zero alcohol, although they may have very low levels. That can't be argued in court
The reason for disappointment from some is how he did once before, he got the boot and we took him on and this is the repayment. More so.
Well put Cappy, I am with you, I am empathetic person and I also think he has more than 1 year as a player.
We should aknowledge some of his strengths this year, he played many matches with those rib injuries and I noticed as recent as his last game, he was still very heavily strapped in that region.
Give the poor bastard a centre and the combined class of Moses and Luai, he could still be a sensation.
Shit after the season we have just finished, I would be surprised if any of our players were not on the gear.
The other thing is that the one's that were/have been guilty that did not get picked up randomly can all start thanking their lucky stars. Lessons will be learnt for a short time anyway.....
When it comes to tools in the shed, a high percentage of Rugby League Players would definately not be left in the sharpe section.
Love the journalism... 'Josh Ado-Carr books himself into rehab'.
More like his manager dragged him kicking and screaming into rehab.
It sounds similar to him wearing high vis for the camera crew.
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