Initially I was all for banning this bloke after seeing the damage that he did to Simon Cowley after the qualifying sessions (and the extended drinking session) However,the more info that’s made available ,the more I can see some extenuating circumstances. Seems that he was mouthing off after drinking 12 pots (or schooners) when Simon Cowley told him to settle down and slapped D’Arcy’s face.Whilst it was initially alleged that D’Arcy punched Cowley it now turns out to have been a single blow with his elbow that did all the damage. When you realise that D”Arcy is the 200 metres Butterfly champion, you can understand the upper arm and shoulder strength that he would have developed over the years.Not surprising that one ill judged action ,fuelled by way too many beers could have caused such damage to Cowley’s face. He’ll be lucky to stay out of prison I guess, but maybe his actions weren’t so bad as originally suggested.

Let him go, if they can let Michael Diamond go to the Games while awaiting trial they can let this guy go, he hasn’t been convicted of anything yet.

I don’t condone what he appears to have done, but I don’t think the incident is enough to warrant keeping him at home.

IMO he doesn’t deserve to go – he made a right royal mess of Simon’s face and he will face some (in due course) very serious assault charges at court.

the only reason there is discussion of him not going is because he is not a serious medal contender.

Simon Cowley slaps this guy in the face and then has a cry when he cops a flogging. Be a man Simon and take your beating. D’Arcy should have bottled him. Simon started it, bad luck take it like a man

IMO he doesn’t deserve to go – he made a right royal mess of Simon’s face and he will face some (in due course) very serious assault charges at court.

‘Follow-Through: The part of the swing that takes place after the ball has been hit, but before the club has been thrown.’

Get off your high horse.

There was a couple of boys on the drink and a couple of punched were thrown.

So what?

Of course he should go. Is there anything more Aussie than getting into a bruhaha at the boozer after a big night on the piss?

IMO he doesn’t deserve to go – he made a right royal mess of Simon’s face and he will face some (in due course) very serious assault charges at court.

‘Follow-Through: The part of the swing that takes place after the ball has been hit, but before the club has been thrown.’

Get off your high horse.

There was a couple of boys on the drink and a couple of punched were thrown.

So what?

Hi Scott, I gave my opinion based on my experience of the serious injuries that Simon sustained. Assault charges are based on the seriousness of the injuries sustained, not on how many punches were thrown. I wonder if you would feel the same way if you received these same injuries. :)

PS FYI, I have never been on a horse. :)

I think he shouldn’t go….. from what I hear the other guy started it. Just cause D’Ardy finished it shouldn’t make him the bad guy.

Drop him from swimming and enlist him in the boxing

You can’t whinge if you run 2nd in a fight that you start.
Cheers
Gez

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You can’t whinge if you run 2nd in a fight that you start.
Cheers
Gez

There is such a thing as Appropriate response. A slap in the face and being told to calm down does not warrant the broken bones that the other guy received.
At the same time a person should be punished once for an offence. Darcy would be punished twice if he is thrown of the squad.
Also at the same time. Like it or not our sports stars are role models for children. Not a very good role model I would say. Especially as he seem to be a serial aggressor.
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D’arcy ’s got form – he’s done it before. Make an example of him. He stays home.

C’mon people!!! This guy has just “BASHED” another person and very easily could have killed him!!
Do any of you people watch the news on any given night? It could very easily have been you who was king hit!!!
Kids are being bashed into oblivion and ending up physically and financially reliant on the community to look after them forever, far more frequently than you obviously know.
These are the sports stars that children and youth of today are supposed to look up to as role-models. Therefore, they should know that it is critical that they do the right thing when in public.
They should see that when someone (even a sports star) does something terrible like smash another person’s face to the point where they are going to need major facial reconstruction and have to endure months if not years of terrible pain, they get punished for it and it is NOT acceptable!! Especially if you are someone of influence to the younger generation coming up the ranks.
I don’t understand how anyone could possibly want this animal back out there to do it a third or fourth time!!
What if it was your child, brother, sister father etc… who was hit (and it only takes ONE PUNCH to kill or give someone permanent brain damage) AND SIMON COWLEY’S WHOLE FACE NEEDS A COMPLETE RE-CONSTRUCTION!!!!!
Oh, but he did say sorry! Oh, OK don’t punish him then. ‘Let him go around thinking that just because he’s a swim star he can go and smash whoever he likes’ ( as long as he says ‘sorry’). Ohhhhhh sorry, my bad!!!
OFF THE SWIM TEAM SHOULD BE JUST THE BEGINNING!!!!!
There needs to be consequences to D’Arcy’s actions!! And letting him go to Beijing with his little friends (whom he likes to hit mind you) is not what this baby faced thug needs.
Oh I don’t know, HOW ABOUT A MONTH OR TWO IN BATHURST JAIL!!!
Let’s see how he likes it to have something good taken off him! Maybe the nice fellow prisoners will give him the education he needs that it’s not a good feeling to be hit, the job his Mummy and Daddy didn’t do right in the first place!
C’mon good and honest law abiding citizens of Australia, please help our kids ‘NOT’ end up dead or disfigured simply because some scumbag thinks he can get away with it by using the excuse “oh, sorry I was drunk”! This guy needs to be an example not a benchmark for thug’s right across Australia.
God help us !!!

well said SWIMFAN1

I am getting a tad sick of the line that kids look up to sports people therefore they are not allowed to make any mistake.

stop blaming other people and things for the way your child behaves. values are learned in the home not via the media…..unless the media is the only parenting they get

there are penalties that may be applied to Nick, I just think he should be permitted to do the thing he has worked for for an extremely long time. how would you feel about losing something you have worked for over half your life simply because you overreacted while drunk.

kids look up to a whole range of people, Parents, teachers, musicians, politicians etc why is it that only some sports people become the target of this kind of puritanism?

One has to think about John Daly here as well considering we are a golfing forum. He was a freak on the course when he was drunk. Sonab, I hope when I have kids that they do not look up to politicians as I hope they become one so they can rort the country.

He shouldn’t go. This is not the first time that Nick D’Arcy has done something like this. He is actually quite well known on the Sunshine Coast for his antics. He is lucky that his family are able to pay off his victims

If he touched me, he’ll come off second best.

How much of our money do these wankers chew up for the sake of representing Australia at some useless sport like swimming.

Stuff him, he should stay and get a taste of my whip across his face and his Ba-ls and see how he likes it!

How many times can you ” overreact when drunk” before you have to face the consequences of your actions. This guy is supposed to be about to represent his country in arguably the worlds greatest sporting event & he does this sort of thing. And of course the other question is what was a supposedly elite athlete doing getting that drunk in the first place. Certainly not part of his training.

How many times can you ” overreact when drunk” before you have to face the consequences of your actions. This guy is supposed to be about to represent his country in arguably the worlds greatest sporting event & he does this sort of thing. And of course the other question is what was a supposedly elite athlete doing getting that drunk in the first place. Certainly not part of his training.

A bad day on the golf course is better than no golf at all. :(

No one who ever had a lesson would have a swing like mine

Lee Trevino

so you would prefer to watch the best teetotaler rather than the best sports person is that what you are saying?

I am not saying what he did was right, I just think that the attempt to make out that athletes are not allowed to be flawed is only going to lead to mediocrity.

Sonab
I think there is a big difference between flawed and a total animal.
How many violent physical attacks is acceptable before D’arcy is pulled out of the team?

Sonab
I think there is a big difference between flawed and a total animal.
How many violent physical attacks is acceptable before D’arcy is pulled out of the team?

In my line of work you get all the types…..but a pissed gentleman is no problem to deal with…a pissed arrogant arsehole like D’arcy, well they are simply trouble….

enough said

In my line of work you get all the types…..but a pissed gentleman is no problem to deal with…a pissed arrogant arsehole like D’arcy, well they are simply trouble….

enough said

I would love to know your line of work.
Headmistress maybe;-)?
PS you should join in the postings on Max Mosley