This is relevant because the players involved in the spot fixing scandal (Mohammad Asif, Mohammad Amir, and Salmon Butt, pictured above) are this week having their cases heard in front of an ICC (International Cricket Council) tribunal in Doha this week.
Spot fixing has the potential to be a really damaging issue in modern cricket if it is not challenged or stopped by crickets governing body. I have loads of ideas about how it can be stopped (which is why im writing a 4000 word ethics report about it), but I'd like to hear what you have to say on the matter.
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Paul
The issue is wider than just spot fixing, it is all about the acceptability of cheating. The obvious approach is that of imposing severe sanctions against those who cheat - banned from all forms of competative sports for life would be one step. However, the real solution has to come from within, you need to "walk" when you know you are out.
ReplyDeleteThe ancient Greeks at the site of Olympia have an avenue of statues. Champions on one side and cheats on the other, the statues of the cheats were twice life size and were made of bronze, they had to be paid for by the cheat. The inscriptions give details of the cheats family and home village.
Thanks for the comment!
ReplyDeleteI do agree that one of the main problems is the honesty of some of the players involved.
The case of walking back to the pavillion after you know you've been caught lbw has changed totally - due to the recent introduction of DPS.
Cricketers will now challenge the umpire if they think the decisions were wrong, which although it can lead to the correct decision, does severly undermine the authority of the match officials
Thats also an interesting fact about the statues of sportsmen at Olympia, if they applied it to modern sport there would be a lot of giant statues outside stadia!
I know it's more complicated than I make it out to be but if you're cheating then you have to be sacked, or heavely penalised.
ReplyDeleteIt just involves everyone, From the sponsors to the fans paying money to go see the game! Cheating through spot cheating or not is still cheating and think about how much trouble there is over performance enhancing drugs! This is something that is planned with great consideration by members of the team so they know exactly what they are doing and have planned ahead to carry it out right.
I would like to read what some of your ideas are on spot fixing since I'm saying my opinion but with little knowledge of the subject :)