I can just imagine the look on Eddie's face as he looks Stephenson in the eye and asks, "What part of DO NOT BET ON AFL MATCHES don't you understand?"
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Betting on AFL? They're allowed to better on the horses and other sports, aren't they?I have previously worked in a suburban tab, I have seen plenty of players and coaches bet, they always do it on the ebt machines so no one knows what their bets are. I could easily find out what their bets were as the ebt has all the information of their bets.
If you dont think its rife u have another thing coming. Ebts give the punter some privacy but u would need that many officials looking into this and so much time invested into it. We simply wouldnt have a league if all of them were caught.
The whole suspended sentence is kind of stupid imo. Should have just been banned for the rest of the season and if found guilty again a life time ban. Some people reckon the ban is too harsh, especially since it was a few bets totalling 'only' $36, but regardless of the amount bet it was essentially a form of match fixing which is arguably the worst thing you can do in sport. The fact it was across multiple games as well and not just a one off is pretty bad too.
If that's right, kudos to Howe. It would be very easy in that situation to let a mate get away with it, and just tell him not to do it again. Even moreso in a team sport where sticking by team-mates is almost the prime thing looked for.So being a hot topic right now, why was the Stephenson thread locked on the Scandals & Rumours board?
The throwaway line that led Jaidyn Stephenson to confess
It was in the rooms at the MCG after the Magpies had just beaten St Kilda by 41 points in round nine that the 20-year-old made a passing comment to a senior teammate.www.theage.com.au
As i thought, he wasn't overcome by guilt or a need to tell the truth etc
He was basically silly enough to mention the bet to Jeremy Howe, who told him to tell Walsh...once Howe knew of the bet Stephenson had no choice but to comply, Howe wasn't going to let him get away with it.
I know what you're trying to say.
I love the language around this one- when the story broke, the AFL were investigating an "irregularity".
It's called "match fixing" you ******* donuts.
I was surprised to even hear that the AFL and Collingwood 'were in talks' about the punishment.
Conveniently they've given him a number of games that allows him to play finals, despite betting on his own team, including himself, on 3 seperate occasions.
I love the language around this one- when the story broke, the AFL were investigating an "irregularity".
It's called "match fixing" you ******* donuts.
The article states Stephenson made a comment to Howe about a teammate costing him his multi, which shows he's actively thinking about his bets while playing and while you can't really prove it, there's every chance he could have made a decision on the field with the intent on seeing his bets win...especially the bets on himself which he has direct and full control over.
Also, he only reported it because Howe knew of the bets...it's very likely that he would have kept betting on Collingwood games had he not let it slip.