Comes across?
So there you go ladies and gentlemen.... If you're concerned about your job and your future you're free to crash into someone's car, run away and you'll just cop a $600 fine.
"AFL player Jack Watts has been fined and avoided conviction after crashing into a car and fleeing the scene.
Watts, 30, did not appear in court on Tuesday because of travel restrictions from his new home in Melbourne.
Darren Russo, for Watts, entered guilty pleas to two counts of failing to provide information and one count of driving without due care on behalf of his client.
Watts was playing for Port Adelaide at the time of the crash and had previously played more than 100 games for Melbourne.
Mr Russo told the court his client had been stressing about the future of his football career and not paying attention when he crashed into the side of a parked car in Fulham on September 30 last year.
The court heard Watts had “panicked” after the crash and fled the scene."
my favourite comment from the article
“The law requires reporting within a certain period of time and (Watts) broke that law.
“But at least he obeyed the spirit of the law eventually.”
Or being an Olympics aspirant in the cycling road race?
This is actually a disgrace. If I did this tomorrow, do you think I will escape conviction and only get a pitiful fine? Hell a speeding ticket is more than that.
"AFL player Jack Watts has been fined and avoided conviction after crashing into a car and fleeing the scene.
Watts, 30, did not appear in court on Tuesday because of travel restrictions from his new home in Melbourne.
Darren Russo, for Watts, entered guilty pleas to two counts of failing to provide information and one count of driving without due care on behalf of his client.
Watts was playing for Port Adelaide at the time of the crash and had previously played more than 100 games for Melbourne.
Mr Russo told the court his client had been stressing about the future of his football career and not paying attention when he crashed into the side of a parked car in Fulham on September 30 last year.
The court heard Watts had “panicked” after the crash and fled the scene."
my favourite comment from the article
“The law requires reporting within a certain period of time and (Watts) broke that law.
“But at least he obeyed the spirit of the law eventually.”
"AFL player Jack Watts has been fined and avoided conviction after crashing into a car and fleeing the scene.
Watts, 30, did not appear in court on Tuesday because of travel restrictions from his new home in Melbourne.
Darren Russo, for Watts, entered guilty pleas to two counts of failing to provide information and one count of driving without due care on behalf of his client.
Watts was playing for Port Adelaide at the time of the crash and had previously played more than 100 games for Melbourne.
Mr Russo told the court his client had been stressing about the future of his football career and not paying attention when he crashed into the side of a parked car in Fulham on September 30 last year.
The court heard Watts had “panicked” after the crash and fled the scene."
my favourite comment from the article
“The law requires reporting within a certain period of time and (Watts) broke that law.
“But at least he obeyed the spirit of the law eventually.”
"AFL player Jack Watts has been fined and avoided conviction after crashing into a car and fleeing the scene.
Watts, 30, did not appear in court on Tuesday because of travel restrictions from his new home in Melbourne.
Darren Russo, for Watts, entered guilty pleas to two counts of failing to provide information and one count of driving without due care on behalf of his client.
Watts was playing for Port Adelaide at the time of the crash and had previously played more than 100 games for Melbourne.
Mr Russo told the court his client had been stressing about the future of his football career and not paying attention when he crashed into the side of a parked car in Fulham on September 30 last year.
The court heard Watts had “panicked” after the crash and fled the scene."
my favourite comment from the article
“The law requires reporting within a certain period of time and (Watts) broke that law.
“But at least he obeyed the spirit of the law eventually.”
He did try and change that in his last year, but by that point the whole situation was far too gone for it to make a difference. Hopefully he's learnt from it. It's why I'd be hesitant if I was a team like Collingwood with a bunch of younger players, I'd want to have some strong support around him in that regard, but then you almost create a division among the coaching ranks that may not be healthy either.
He certainly isn't that good.
