Cheating

[Redbacks]

If you can spot fix in a way that has no bearing on the result, is it that big a deal for anyone other than betting agencies?

 

[GIMH]

I'd say that the only types of cheating to win that match up to matchfixing in the **** stakes, are things like drugs, men pretending to be women to win gold medals, adults playing as teens in underage competitions, etc. Basically as Brumby said, the predetermined deceptive stuff.

I go sick when a player deceives the referee to the detriment of one of my teams but at the end of the day you know you've seen a contest that was legitimate and that what you saw was real. It's a completely different feeling from feeling like **** about your favourite player scoring a century because you're wondering whether he'd have scored it if...

 

[fredfertang]

If you can spot fix in a way that has no bearing on the result, is it that big a deal for anyone other than betting agencies?

A question that has exercised my mind once or twice (not for very long I hasten to add) but is there really a market for betting on who's wearing a cap or a sunhat or the colour of the frames of a blokes sunglasses?

Would still be a conspiracy to defraud anyway

 

[Neil Pickup]

This issue is coming up at school as the rugby season kicks into gear and various refereeing displays create talking points. I did find myself wondering, when I said, "if they're doing something you think is illegal and the referee isn't spotting it, then you do it yourself: you should be pushing it as far as you can until you get caught", what the moral ground was like...

 

[weldone]

I'd say that the only types of cheating to win that match up to matchfixing in the **** stakes, are things like drugs, men pretending to be women to win gold medals, adults playing as teens in underage competitions, etc. Basically as Brumby said, the predetermined deceptive stuff.

I go sick when a player deceives the referee to the detriment of one of my teams but at the end of the day you know you've seen a contest that was legitimate and that what you saw was real. It's a completely different feeling from feeling like **** about your favourite player scoring a century because you're wondering whether he'd have scored it if...

Good post.

 

[sledger]

This issue is coming up at school as the rugby season kicks into gear and various refereeing displays create talking points. I did find myself wondering, when I said, "if they're doing something you think is illegal and the referee isn't spotting it, then you do it yourself: you should be pushing it as far as you can until you get caught", what the moral ground was like...

This is right before you issued them all with blood packs I assume.

 

[Neil Pickup]

This is right before you issued them all with blood packs I assume.

This was before Bromsgrove scored three late tries, including one forward pass and one via the touchline.

 

[sledger]

The moral to be taken from this, is only play real sports.

 

[Burgey]

Filthy that Pickup closed the Darrell Hair thread so I'll post this here.

It's big Dazza's birthday today. I join with all SL and Pakistan fans in wishing the great umpire many happy returns of the day.

 

[sledger]

I'll drink to that.

 

[four_or_six]

The Darrell Hair thread was closed for a reason, harm to faeries. Don't start the same discussion in another thread, posts will just be deleted.

 

[tombarlow123]

Filthy that Pickup closed the Darrell Hair thread so I'll post this here.

It's big Dazza's birthday today. I join with all SL and Pakistan fans in wishing the great umpire many happy returns of the day.

I will join you in that! Happy Birthday, ****!

 

[sledger]

Clear case of post tampering going on here. Darrell would be appalled no doubt.