Match Fixing claims Quashed

[Billy Gunn]

Its got nothing to do with the players' decision Rusty, our club's name has been defamed.

Maybe the club just doesn't want to open Pandora's Box....

[Guest]

Its got nothing to do with the players' decision Rusty, our club's name has been defamed.

rest assured the players defamed the clubs name, dragging up the past will make it worse.

[novice chook]

Its got nothing to do with the players' decision Rusty, our club's name has been defamed.

Our Club's name and reputation was also defamed by a number of its own players. Are they meant to take legal action against them as well???


NC

[Guest]

Our Club's name and reputation was also defamed by a number of its own players. Are they meant to take legal action against them as well???


NC

There'll be no legal action by anybody

The Roosters understand that it's in their own interest to avoid closer scrutiny of the matter

[novice chook]

There'll be no legal action by anybody

The Roosters understand that it's in their own interest to avoid closer scrutiny of the matter

And that's exactly how it should be. The Club needs to take some responsibility for allowing its players' behaviour to spiral as out of control as it did, not to mention tolerating their inept performances week after week because they were not focussed on their footy, rather on their off field exploits.


NC

[Guest]

And that's exactly how it should be. The Club needs to take some responsibility for allowing its players' behaviour to spiral as out of control as it did, not to mention tolerating their inept performances week after week because they were not focussed on their footy, rather on their off field exploits.


NC

Totally agree

And from a different perspective, legal action means the defendants (be they The SMH or the NSWTAB) will need to defend their claims. In terms of the Herald, that would mean identifying the anonymous Roosters player who cast serious doubts as to the integrity of other players.

In terms of the NSW TAB, it could mean viewing CCTV footage from TAB outlets where the 13+ bets were placed in order to identify who placed them

For punters not wishing to have any real record kept of a bet, betting at a TAB outlet is ideal. If you bet with a bookmaker over the phone or online, or with Betfair, or even if via a TAB phone account, your name is of course recorded in terms of all bets made from your account. At a TAB outlet, it's completely anonymous

This investigation by the VCGR was primarily about rubber stamping claims by the NRL that no evidence had been presented to substantiate the claims of a fix. It wasn't about looking for any evidence. Kind of like somebody not being charged with something because the authorities don't have enough evidence to mahe the charge stick. Totally different to being charged and then found not guilty