It's 6pm as I write this, already the head coach, trainer and other coaching staff have been sacked from Cronulla Rugby League Football Club.

It is expected that there will be mass sackings of players in the next half hour.

This is over the alleged use of illegal drugs during the 2010 - 2011 season.

This is a very, very complex issue and much much more information will be revealed in  the coming days.

However I would like to say this, it is a fine line, a very fine line between what it is that is permissible for players to use and what is not legal.

Most of all I feel sorry for the players. Most of those running around in Rugby League these days would not win an intelligence contest. Whilst I'm not saying they are dumb, many aren't exactly the smartest in class either.

I feel that many of the players who will be suspended have been led either willingly or unwillingly into this fracas.

Many pressures are exerted on players to do their best or better still, better than their best. At stake are reputations and hundreds of thousands of dollars.

I believe the players are 'the cattle' in this situation.

I believe the only fair way to do this is to draw a line in the sand and say to all players and coaching staff, cross that line again and you are gone forever.

But.....I think in fairness to the code everyone, should be given a last chance.

Blame will go everywhere but you can be sure it will not be meted out fairly.

Some things just don't change, another football season another case of the NRL in crisis. Just another day in the life of the NRL.