What about offering an Amnesty on Match-Fixing

[WCE2000]

The officials are never going to get to the bottom of the match-fixing allegations so they might as well say "If you come clean now, nothing will happen, and we'll get on with cricket"
Then, after, say 31 Jan. 2001, anyone caught match-fixing would not only be given a life-sentence, but my brother suggested, that their records should be stricken from the books.
By that, i mean, not the match scorecards, but just say for instance, Allan Border was found to be guilty of Match-Fixing, the Sunil Gavaskar would become cricets greatest run-scorer.
If there is one thing that cricketers value more than anything else, it is their test records. Get your records stricken from the books and a life sentence is very harsh, and players would definetaly think twice before being involved in match-fixing.

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[walshy1993]

good idea in theory but the acb has already tried that, steve waugh canned the idea because he doesnt think anyone would step forward
who in their right mind would own up, even if they were still allowed to play their public lives would be ruined

 

[servo]

Deleting their records will not work. Everyone knows their records and it will be just like when Corey McKernan lost the Brownlow as ineligible. Sure he didn't win but we all know who scored the most votes.

The amnnesty would not work because players would not come forward. Why???

Because this match fixing appears to have been going on for a while the players involved are fairly senior. Take Mark Waugh for example.

For the sake of the excersise lets assume he was as deep as Hansie Cronje. Mark has probably 2 maybe 3 years left in him at the top level. He is not going to make that much money from that period as a player alone. Sponsors would avoid him (except maybe a casino) and that is his main source of income.

The public would disown him and imagine how the Indian or Pakistan crowds would react if he were to play over there again.

Nope, no-one will come forward just because of an amnesty. The only reason they would come forward is due to having a conscience and those guilty of this are unlikely to demonstrate that asset.

 

[JUBJUB]

HANG THE BASTARDS !!!!!!!!!!!!

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[James2]

An amnesty will not work because it can not absolve those who confess, from punishment. Those who confess, will have their reputations and careers ruined, the greatest punishment any elite sportsman could receive. No amnesty could stop the cricketing public from slurring a confessed cheat's reputation, therefore it would not be an amnesty at all.

The only way the information will come out, is if condemned players/bookies "spill the beans", or a fellow player speaks out, like Lance Kluessner did against Cronje. It is highly unlikely that a current player will come foward, of their own accord, and confess to match fixing, unless their hand is forced by overwhelming evidence.

 

[walshy1993]

servo, i know this is off the topic but mckernan didnt get the most votes, it was a three way tie with hird and voss, you sure your not thinking of chris grant????

 

[WCE2000]

Actually, i think deleting their records would be a very good punishment. The MLB did it to about a dozen New York Yankee players in the 1920's.
A Few of them, apparentaly (I dont know the exact details), had very good records, but now no-one knows of them at all.
People would still remember them, but after a while, a new generation of cricket fans would grow up and none of the would no the matchfixers.
Say for instance Allan Border was caught match-fixing, for 10 or 20 years people would still know he scored more runs than any other batsmen. But Officially, he never even played a test.
In about 40 years, Allan Border would be completely unknown. I was quite a reasonable cricketer in my time, and one of the things i prided myself on, right to this day, was my grade cricket record because thats something no-one can deny. If my records were taken out of the books, then no-one at my club would know of me.
So If Hansie Cronje's records were stricken from the record, within 30 years he would be completely unknown


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[This message has been edited by WCE2000 (edited 06 November 2000).]

 

[servo]

hmmmmmm yep Chris Grant fits better don't he.

I spose the deletion of records would take effect over time. Border may be a bad example as he is THE highest run scorer so would be remembered longer. But I take your point.