soccer - match fixing

[angusr]

german ref accused of match fixing.... how many other sports have this problem?

http://www.tsn.ca/soccer/news_story.asp?id=112389

 

[BoZZi]

surprised that it happened in germany....in italy it happens all the time in Serie B and towards the season it will happen in Serie A too, i've seen it so many times that when a DRAW on a 3 way bet is -160 when it is usually around +200.....you tell me whats going on there?

 

[copacabana]

surprised that it happened in germany....in italy it happens all the time in Serie B and towards the season it will happen in Serie A too, i've seen it so many times that when a DRAW on a 3 way bet is -160 when it is usually around +200.....you tell me whats going on there?

Thats not the referee on the take, thats the club presidents having a gentlemans agreement that a draw, and therefore one point for each team, suits everyone concerned.

The wild-eyed bald famous Italian ref had a bad rep for giving heavily backed home teams a penalty in a comfortable 1-0 win in days gone by.

 

[BoZZi]

Well i just meant fixing matches in soccer in general.....colina is a class act and the best ref that this sports has ever had, maybe those penalties just were penalties.