The title was a banner at Subiaco on Saturday night. It is an interesting concept – Australians put their sporting stars up on a pedestal and when they fall – in whatever way they fall the media and a lot of the public are very quick to shoot them down. People cry they are role models they should know better. In many ways I agree with this sentiment however they are humans and they can be easily tempted into doing the wrong thing – just as any other human is tempted into doing the wrong thing. We don’t know the whole Ben Cousin’s story, all we know is he was addicted to a substance which required him to go into rehab in United States. It sure didn’t appear to affect his performance and he was never found to have drugs in his system.

Even though I am not a West Coast fan – I say good luck Ben and I applaud you for what you have overcome, I hope you can get on with your life and continue to be an excellent footballer – we would love you in the Crows but I can’t see it happening.

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