Match fixing

I was going to give my Super Bowl review today but to be honest I have still not recovered from all the excitement. Therefore I'm going to take one more look at the coaches film this evening and relive it all again and then give a much more level head review. Today's blog will focus on the big news today that match fixing has hit soccer.

In recent time cricket has played the victim of match fixing but it appears that something much bigger is about to explode in soccer. The two do have one similarity and that is the operation of this crime seems to be based in Asia. Even the match fixing involved in county cricket was based other in the East and police are aiming their investigations in that direction again.

Today it was revealed that over 600 games have been involved in match fixing over the last 4 years, worldwide and hundreds of officials, clubs and players are part takers. What has caught the headlines is that one of these games took place in England and was a champions league tie. The match at the moment can not be named for identity reasons.

The fear is that the news uncovered today is literally the tip of the ice berg and now the public is aware more and more answers are going to be needed therefore the truth is going to have to be uncovered. The game faces a serious worry tonight as the image of the game could be scared forever. I believe over the next few weeks more and more games, clubs, officials and players are going to be called out as match fixers.

Of course anyone would need to be found guilty and then have the opportunity to prove their not guilty. In the past cricket has taken a harsh stance dishing out life time bans and facing legal prosecution and jail. Will soccer take a similar stance and could we see big time players facing some serious punishments. I have a horrible feeling this is only going to get worse before it gets better.