flibbertyjibber
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So that is what Mr Creosote is up to now.
i swear you can tell some people are ****s just by looking at them
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IPL Spot Fixing Scandal
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smash84
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awta
centurymaker
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I believe that was only because it was the first time we had heard about spot-fixing. There was a huge surprise element to it.
If Pak were to spot fix in a test tomorrow, who would be surprised then?
The reason there aren;t many posts here is that the members of this forum don't particularly follow IPL.
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It's England that mainly controls the media outside India and since there aren't any English players in the IPL, it doesn't care.
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flibbertyjibber
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This.
Add in the fact a test involving England is going on as this story breaks and it matters even less. No doubt there will be some gloating stories from some of our pressmen in the coming weeks though as more facts emerge.
smash84
The Tiger King
....sad but true
SJS
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My grandfather used to say, "Beware of men with a tilak (religious mark) on their forehead"
i swear you can tell some people are ****s just by looking at them
Cevno
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luckyeddie
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So who won the IPL this year, guys? I need to put a bet on.
SJS
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Mumbai Indians
smash84
The Tiger King
Not there yet I think. Ijaz Butt had set the bar high indeed
honestbharani
Whatever it takes!!!
It is a very simple choice, SJS
Obviously, Srini and gang have been at fault and should be thrown out. I am just tired of seeing that it is always one group of ****s thrown out to accomodate another.. I do not think Mumbai Police have anything else in mind other than trying to catch Srini and CSK off.. I don't think they are probing corruption in IPL, they are just TRYING to prove that CSK and their owners are corrupt. This is not even the tip of the iceberg.. This is just a co-ordinated action to get rid of certain guys that certain other guys don't like. Let us not confuse it with opportunities to clean up the system.. And as I keep saying, Mumbai police have not shown anything to make me believe they actually have enough proof about the fixing.. All they have so far is that Meiyappan has done some betting.. If that is the only thing that gets proven at the end of it all, and if reports of the deals having been brokered during Dalmiya's party are true, we are not gonna see anything change... And tbh, I am one of those guys who feel no action is better than wrong action and I have seen enough powerplays now with the BCCI to think that as bad as Srini and his brazenly arrogant regime has been, allowing Pawar one more run will only make this worse... I am sorry I am cynical but in this case unfortunately, cynical = practical.. It is depressingly true.
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A friend who operates at he highest level of the game told me tonight that, in his opinion, the BCCI neither has the will or the way to stamp out corruption as its members are largely either:It is a very simple choice, SJS
a. ruthless businessmen who want to run it as their personal fiefdom; or
b. corrupt officials installed by ruthless businessmen who want to run it as their personal fiefdom.
He has just returned from the IPL and has experienced it first hand
nightprowler10
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SJS
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Spot on !
One could add to that list though . . .
c. Greedy, selfish former cricketers/commentators/cricketers-turned-commentators
who prefer to toe the line of the businessman (or Antonella who came before him or will come in the future) and try to use the influence the game has given them to spread propaganda amongst the gullible - in their millions
d. the electronic media which is so busy spreading their own place "as the first to bring you every major/minor detail of the scandal" that their over- hyped/ over-board rants end up weakening the public eventually both because rants are always less believable and because they rarely can be sustained
e. The sponsors who are the only ones genuinely and openly in it for the money alone and so wait and watch saying little or what sounds most appropriate to the largest number of their customers - the billion idiots . . .
f. The Billion Idiots - a gullible public enraged for a day, cynical the next, looking for justifications for the rot next, losing interest next and allowing the perpetrators to continue with "business as usual"
Everyone ends up happy and life moves on till the next fiasco . . .
The politicians, businessmen, match fixers, bookies etc go back to screwing the public. The crickets/ commentators to acting as the pimps of the first group. The officials and cops to serving their masters having collected the crumbs that fall their way. The media on to the next scandal since the billions attention span has started waning. The sponsors and advertisers to using the game to sell to the billion. And the billion (bar a minuscule minority) to shouting I told you so irrespective of what they had actually 'told'.
The minuscule minority goes back to tearing their hair out in frustration* . . .
*Look at my avatar and you will know how many times this has happened before
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He confirmed a lot of things that many suspect, namely:
a. There is evidence that fixing isn't just confined to the guys in custody but questions remain as to how committed the authorities are to chase down every lead
b. Authorities have concrete evidence of another individual receiving lavish "gifts". However, as he resides in a country from where extradition to India is highly unlikely, the chances of him seeing the inside of a court are highly unlikely
c. The salary cap is a sham with additional "inducements" the norm rather than an exception
d. Conflict of interest, ethics etc are foreign terms to some of the owners, officials, etc
e. Sree is an idiot who is detested by many in high places
etc etc
a. There is evidence that fixing isn't just confined to the guys in custody but questions remain as to how committed the authorities are to chase down every lead
b. Authorities have concrete evidence of another individual receiving lavish "gifts". However, as he resides in a country from where extradition to India is highly unlikely, the chances of him seeing the inside of a court are highly unlikely
c. The salary cap is a sham with additional "inducements" the norm rather than an exception
d. Conflict of interest, ethics etc are foreign terms to some of the owners, officials, etc
e. Sree is an idiot who is detested by many in high places
etc etc