Eamonn Tiernan is the NRL editor at foxsports.com.au and he writes Extra Time fortnightly.
Broncos coach Kevin Walters knew the heat would come thick and fast if he signed his son Billy - but he did it anyway.
It wasn't a tough decision, if you can't trust your own son then who can you trust? Kevvie told foxsports.com.au.
Billy had played a handful of NRL games at the point, but it was a tough love conversation from dad around 12 months later that turned him into a bona fide first-grader.