I have to agree with Bennett on this one. It comes down to the type of indescretion. Some small stuff can certainly be dealt with in-house but anything that involves the police would be a good starting point.
The toothless RLPA association has also done a backflip:
"After calling for a single body to oversee off-field infringements, RLPA president Matthew Rodwell joined club CEOs in accepting that a one-stop discipline shop was unrealistic.
Todd Greenberg (Bulldogs), Steve Noyce (Roosters) and Shane Richardson (South Sydney) joined Rodwell for a two-hour meeting with NRL boss David Gallop to discuss a solution to the game's recent player behaviour woes.
Gallop has twice intervened to have Brett Stewart and Jake Friend suspended after their respective clubs, Manly and the Roosters, failed to ban them over alcohol-related incidents.
The NRL's tough stance prompted calls for it to assume control of player discipline and instil consistent penalties.
Rodwell was one voice calling for an independent tribunal, but yesterday changed his tune.
"The big thing was that the Players Association came to the meeting with the view that the clubs were better placed to handle player discipline," Gallop said. The think tank grappled with ways in which consistency can be achieved across the 16 clubs, a challenge that will feature prominently when the issue next arises at the upcoming CEOs meeting.