Comments on: Handballs are only the beginning: fraud in international football http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/11/27/handballs-are-only-the-beginning-fraud-in-international-football/ Canada's only national weekly current affairs magazine. Wed, 26 Oct 2011 16:13:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: pocatello furniture http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/11/27/handballs-are-only-the-beginning-fraud-in-international-football/comment-page-1/#comment-213844 pocatello furniture Fri, 05 Feb 2010 17:11:54 +0000 http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=94583#comment-213844 i played soccer in high school - trevor youngbird pounded a goal in with his hand once and the refs didn't call it...oh well! i played soccer in high school – trevor youngbird pounded a goal in with his hand once and the refs didn't call it…oh well!

]]> By: andrew potter http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/11/27/handballs-are-only-the-beginning-fraud-in-international-football/comment-page-1/#comment-213843 andrew potter Fri, 27 Nov 2009 16:34:34 +0000 http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=94583#comment-213843 Declan's book was panned by soccer "experts" in Canada, including John Doyle at the Globe and Richard Starnes at the Citizen. Hooray for Declan! Declan's book was panned by soccer "experts" in Canada, including John Doyle at the Globe and Richard Starnes at the Citizen. Hooray for Declan!

]]> By: jolyon http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/11/27/handballs-are-only-the-beginning-fraud-in-international-football/comment-page-1/#comment-213842 jolyon Fri, 27 Nov 2009 15:18:16 +0000 http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=94583#comment-213842 I watch Spanish and English football and part of me wants to put head in sand. It has not touched those two countries yet. However, this is really bad for the sport. Corrupting Cham League is big deal. Sport has to be perceived as being fair, not predetermined, obviously. Betting is corrupting world sports. Cricket has been infected as well. <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/6493937.stm" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/6493937.stm</a> I watch Spanish and English football and part of me wants to put head in sand. It has not touched those two countries yet.

However, this is really bad for the sport. Corrupting Cham League is big deal. Sport has to be perceived as being fair, not predetermined, obviously.

Betting is corrupting world sports. Cricket has been infected as well.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/6493937.stm

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