Admin Ian M Posted September 7, 2016 Admin Report Share Posted September 7, 2016 Does anyone else view this as match fixing? http://m.bbc.com/sport/football/37284033 A Salvadoran business man has offered rewards to the El Salvadore players if they avoid the heavy defeat everyone expects them to be on the end of. Encouraging a team to play well surely isn't match fixing or that's a hell of a lot of clubs will need charging! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chipdawg Posted September 7, 2016 Report Share Posted September 7, 2016 11 minutes ago, Ian M said: Does anyone else view this as match fixing? http://m.bbc.com/sport/football/37284033 A Salvadoran business man has offered rewards to the El Salvadore players if they avoid the heavy defeat everyone expects them to be on the end of. Encouraging a team to play well surely isn't match fixing or that's a hell of a lot of clubs will need charging! The version of the story that I read was that the offer was made on behalf of some Honduran 'businessmen' who thought that El Salvador would intentionally lose heavily in order to make it impossible for Honduras to qualify (which looks unlikely anyway) But I agree, it's not exactly match fixing in the classical sense, but I imagine it's against FIFA rules to accept such offers of a gift Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WayOutWest Posted September 8, 2016 Report Share Posted September 8, 2016 Canadians have been at it for years. There is no way they can be that shit for so many games. They get beat by countries they send food aid too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
havanatopia Posted September 12, 2016 Report Share Posted September 12, 2016 On 7 September 2016 at 14:07, chipdawg said: The version of the story that I read was that the offer was made on behalf of some Honduran 'businessmen' who thought that El Salvador would intentionally lose heavily in order to make it impossible for Honduras to qualify (which looks unlikely anyway) But I agree, it's not exactly match fixing in the classical sense, but I imagine it's against FIFA rules to accept such offers of a gift FIFA have rules about accepting gifts? You see how funny that sounds?! If such a rule actually exists the application of it is about as plausible as Putin taking part in a free and fair election. ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chipdawg Posted September 12, 2016 Report Share Posted September 12, 2016 40 minutes ago, havanatopia said: FIFA have rules about accepting gifts? You see how funny that sounds?! If such a rule actually exists the application of it is about as plausible as Putin taking part in a free and fair election. ! Well yes and no. In a game where players are now earning 7 figure monthly wages it's a bit stupid to discourage the giving of motivational 'gifts'. However, the line between 'gift' and 'bribe' could easily be blurred so I understand the need for zero tolerance. In this case, El Salvador have been balls deep in such corruption before and it was the players who reported it rather than FIFA declaring it corrupt. Have the authorities made further comment on this? I haven't been following it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chipdawg Posted September 12, 2016 Report Share Posted September 12, 2016 On 8 September 2016 at 05:42, WayOutWest said: Canadians have been at it for years. There is no way they can be that shit for so many games. They get beat by countries they send food aid too! The thing about Canada is that they give about as much of a hoot about football as we do about their national sport, Ice Hockey. Outside of BC and Toronto, where there are big immigrant populations, it might as well be Quiditch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WayOutWest Posted September 12, 2016 Report Share Posted September 12, 2016 6 hours ago, chipdawg said: The thing about Canada is that they give about as much of a hoot about football as we do about their national sport, Ice Hockey. Outside of BC and Toronto, where there are big immigrant populations, it might as well be Quiditch True. But they do have/had some decent players. Their results are appalling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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