Would FIFA, or Interpol, or Queen Elizabeth, or somebody do more about match-fixing if it were a bigger problem in England? How about in the U.S.? What if something really hard to explain happened in the World Cup? Maybe we'll find out. But in the meantime, when Champions League matches aren't above suspicion, how are we supposed to trust the outcome of any game we see? How can we avoid getting skeptical when we watch a muffed save or a bad call, whether the skepticism is justified or not? I love this game to smithereens, but at this point — after Calciopoli, after Cremona, after The Fix, after the Bundesliga in 2005, after the Whistle Mafia, after Safa, after the K-League, after China, after Operation Veto — I have no idea how anyone can expect me to have faith in it.
Match Fixing in International Soccer
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Posted 08 February 2013 - 04:23 PM
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Posted 08 February 2013 - 07:16 PM
This is a problem that affects football rather than a football problem. Meaning, this isn't Pete Rose betting on the Reds. This is more like some very scary people pressuring football players. The solution is to get rid of the scary people not just punish the players.
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Posted 08 February 2013 - 08:00 PM
Right. This is the Black Sox, or more generally the gambling environment surrounding baseball in the 1910s and '20s.This is a problem that affects football rather than a football problem. Meaning, this isn't Pete Rose betting on the Reds. This is more like some very scary people pressuring football players. The solution is to get rid of the scary people not just punish the players.
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