sledger
Spanish_Vicente
He could get a job working in the Pak foreign office, and instigate diplomatic incidents when convicted criminals get refused visas in countries that want nothing to do with them.
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Mohammed Amir cleared to return with immediate effect
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sledger
Spanish_Vicente
Yeah, or they might look back, see how he got a few years of holiday, and was allowed to resume his career without question later down the line, and decide that given that's the potential punishment for that sort of malfeasence, it might be worth trying their own hand at rigging matches.
G.I.Joe
International Coach
Nah, not unless he makes as much fixing as he would earn in 5 years playing the game.
sledger
Spanish_Vicente
Hardly inconceivable.
Agent Nationaux
International Coach
Or maybe he would end up living in squalor if denied of anything to do with cricket.
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cnerd123
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You're not gonna get paid for 5 years worth of cricket to bowl no-balls.
And there is a difference between a kid asking to fix and a kid being pressured into it.
Expected better from you sledger.
sledger
Spanish_Vicente
Heh. That'd teach him, eh?
sledger
Spanish_Vicente
Of course I'm not going to. I barely even know what a no-ball is.
sledger
Spanish_Vicente
Yeah, of course I can. But I think he should have been banned for life anyway.
sledger
Spanish_Vicente
These things are hardly mutually exclusive to one another.
cnerd123
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If your investigation shows a young player willingly engaging in match fixing, punish him stricter.
If he is pressured into doing it with the argument "hey look at Amir, he only lost 5 years, that's nothing for a kid like you", then punish him stricter.
The main thing the ICC should be highlighting, IMO, is that from this point on any player who is pressured into fixing should feel safe to approach the ICC and ask for help. Make the channels of communication clear and easily accessible. Provide them and their family security.
This way when a 19 year old kid from poverty in Bangladesh is receiving death threats to under-perform, he knows who to contact and knows he will be safe. He won't do an Amir and go along with it, and won't feel the need to resort to doing what Haider did and run away.
If he is pressured into doing it with the argument "hey look at Amir, he only lost 5 years, that's nothing for a kid like you", then punish him stricter.
The main thing the ICC should be highlighting, IMO, is that from this point on any player who is pressured into fixing should feel safe to approach the ICC and ask for help. Make the channels of communication clear and easily accessible. Provide them and their family security.
This way when a 19 year old kid from poverty in Bangladesh is receiving death threats to under-perform, he knows who to contact and knows he will be safe. He won't do an Amir and go along with it, and won't feel the need to resort to doing what Haider did and run away.
NasserFan207
International Vice-Captain
On a purely selfish note, I can't wait to see him bowl again. Will be very interesting.