Official Andrew Fifita

Underpants said:

So we feel sorry for Loveridge....let him walk free ? He ****ed up, Fifita should have kept his support for this murderer out of the public arena, you know, stick to playing league if he can. This will blow up in his face....bad luck hey ?

And I have 6 posts...****ing big deal....my opinion is as valid as your high and mighty one.

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Finally ,

Source : Brisbane times
http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/rug...he-isnt-breaking-the-law-20160901-gr6g0z.html

Fifita is not my cup of tea as a person, give me a James Maloney any day, but using consorting laws to stop him visiting a friend in prison is absurd.

Loveridge is a low life thug, however he is going to be back in the community in ten years. What is going to become of this guy if he is not allowed to have any friends? In and out of gaol would seem the most likely outcome.

BlackWhiteBlue said:

Dude getting a warning from police for being associated doesnt mean that fifita has committed an offence. It doesnt mean he is up to no good. It means police are wary of contact between people. Same as the issue i recently had. If fifita is clean h has nothin to worry about.

And fyi fifita did not make this public

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That isn't really true though. Scrawling FKL on your arm is obviously going to invite attention.

The only thing you can say from an NRL point of view is that he probably shouldn't have that written on his arm. That's it. If my best mate king hits some bloke and goes to prison, I'd probably tell him he's a friggin' idiot, but I'd go and see him in prison for sure.

Andrew is free to be friends with whomever he likes ... BUT he is also also an employee, a public figure and a role model. Having that written on his arm is a bad look for Andrew, the Sharks and the NRL. He shouldn't have done it.

burgess1978 said:

The only thing you can say from an NRL point of view is that he probably shouldn't have that written on his arm. That's it. If my best mate king hits some bloke and goes to prison, I'd probably tell him he's a friggin' idiot, but I'd go and see him in prison for sure.

Andrew is free to be friends with whomever he likes ... BUT he is also also an employee, a public figure and a role model. Having that written on his arm is a bad look for Andrew, the Sharks and the NRL. He shouldn't have done it.

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This is the issue though. The police appear to have the power to stop him being friends with whomever he likes.

At the very least these laws are being abused by the Police on behalf of the NRL. Without knowing anything about the details of these laws my gut reaction is that they have no place in a free society.

CrankyShark said:

This is the issue though. The police appear to have the power to stop him being friends with whomever he likes.

At the very least these laws are being abused by the Police on behalf of the NRL. Without knowing anything about the details of these laws my gut reaction is that they have no place in a free society.

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Agreed, but my point is that from an NRL point of view, their only grievance should be with the FKL and not with whether or not he has actually broken the law (since it is not suggested hat he has).

CrankyShark said:

This is the issue though. The police appear to have the power to stop him being friends with whomever he likes.

At the very least these laws are being abused by the Police on behalf of the NRL. Without knowing anything about the details of these laws my gut reaction is that they have no place in a free society.

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Are you implying the police are taking directives from the NRL?

Just don't write that **** on your arm this weekend, and that's the end of it.

HaroldBishop said:

Are you implying the police are taking directives from the NRL?

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Yes. That is what Andrew Webster wrote in today's SMH.

Mr Ryan said:

Just don't write that **** on your arm this weekend, and that's the end of it.

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Yep.

CrankyShark said:

Yes. That is what Andrew Webster wrote in today's SMH.

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I'd love someone from the police to confirm it.

Howecome the entire Parra playing squad or the Saints squad haven't been hit by these laws then?

They have former criminals in their team.

It's a joke and the police are most certainly using these laws in pretty strange circumstances.

I'd like to see them prove what FKL means anyway

sharkstragic said:

I'd like to see them prove what FKL means anyway

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It stands for **** Kevin Locke.

I'm beginning to think Fifs is more trouble then he is worth.

i suggest everyone read andrew websters article then shut the **** up afterwards

snowman said:

he did keep it out of the media you imbocile

the media and police are the ones promoting it

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Wow, writing in BIG capital letters on your arm F.K.L repeatedly is "keeping it out of the media"?

You're a smart guy

snowman said:

i suggest everyone read andrew websters article then shut the **** up afterwards

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Posted that link a little earlier

Media even quizzing Bill Shorten on whether he thinks Fifita should be allowed to play.

Putting FKL on his wrist was probably a message sent to a friend in need and intended to be done in a way that only the friend would only understand, a symbol of public support without spelling it out.

Then we get the code breakers in action and suddenly he's supposed to be advertising his support for murder?

Fifs doesn't usually handle pressure like this very well (and who would). This has the potential to derail his season, and ours while we're at it.

Last year it was the media blowing the junior ref altercation out of all proportion.

Rusty, Snowman is right.

If the media and police don't get involved and charge him - then what the **** would you have thought KFL meant? It only has any meaning to him. And now because his actions have been brought into light by the media and before that the police being the trigger, the public will speculate to its meaning and intention.

I'm not saying his actions are smart. Far from it. I've personally never understood this generations wanton lust to promote everything they do or say to the world... Could have kept it as simple as a post try celebration with only those 2 knowing the meaning.

But you can't tell me that a bloke who has (possibly) misplaced loyalty to a mate who's in prison warrants being charged with consorting with criminals.

How many other people in walks of life go and visit their mates or family in jail? Why don't they arouse suspicion?

Unless there is another side to this story that comes to light, it's a massive ****ing beat up. I do question though why he has been targeted by the police which is worrisome.

Fifita is definitely a loose cannon, not the sharpest tool in the shed, insert any number of polite attacks on his IQ here. Like that's any different for most footballers......

gando2230 said:

Sharks could come out with a statement throw it back at the media along the lines "Andrew is supporting a mate which is going through a hard time"

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Its nothing compared to what Thomas Kelly's family is going through.

What if a rugby league player from a different club wrote on his arm F.M.B (for Free Martin Bryant) and paid cute visits to him in prison and the clubs response was "supporting a mate going through a hard time"? This is the same thing but on a smaller scale.

Consorting with savage criminals who king hit and kill innocents and publicly supporting them isnt "support a mate going through a hard time", it shows a serious lack of compassion, judgement and ethics.