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DrAndy

With the new (ish) revelations about match fixing in Football, how can any fan be sure the games they pay to watch are not corrupted?

That poor ref decision, was it just bad eyesight or was it a deliberate attempt to influence the game?

It is happening in other sports too - never mind doping, fixing is far more serious

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Norton

When billions of gambling dollars are involved as they are, we can be sure game fixing will follow. Professional sports coupled with gambling ensures all games could well have some level of fixing.

Rural Surin

It's all become nothing but big big corporate business....where huge profits are made in every which direction. Amateur circles, as well.

Criminal behaviour and corruption can't be far behind.

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DrAndy

they are not behind, they seem to be leading

Albert Shagnastier

ultimately the only outcome for sure.

Necron99

When you get to the top levels, it becomes very difficult, particularly in soccer.
Lower leagues are bent as fuck, particularly in Europe.
Tennis and golf, bent.

Rural Surin

I believe that team sporting competion would be more likely to succumb than would individual athletic activity - just by the nature of it all.

The slight exceptions to these contradictions might be car racing, bicycling, etc.

In the long of it, all contemporary sporting competioning will be subject to corrupt interference in one form or another.

DrAndy

so Man U are 9 points ahead, what is the betting that Man C catch up and beat them?

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