Comments on: Soccer and Gambling: Better In Bed Together? http://pitchinvasion.net/blog/2009/11/30/soccer-and-gambling-better-in-bed-together/ Exploring football culture around the world Sun, 21 Mar 2010 12:44:20 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Tommy http://pitchinvasion.net/blog/2009/11/30/soccer-and-gambling-better-in-bed-together/comment-page-1/#comment-17201 Tommy Thu, 03 Dec 2009 09:39:34 +0000 http://pitchinvasion.net/?p=4900#comment-17201 Great article. I think the fight against the gambling industry can be paralleled with the war on drugs - the more aggressively government tries to stop it, the deeper underground it goes, until regulation is impossible. Demand doesn't go away just because something is illegal. In the case of gambling, black markets act as hives for corruption because as you commented, their is no stake between betting agencies and the communities they provide. If the gambling market was opened so that larger, private companies could compete for business legitimately, good practice would be encouraged because otherwise the reputation of the companies involved would destroy their business prospects. The petition at www.right2bet.net is seeking this very aim, perhaps the best though out model to rid sport of corruption. Great article. I think the fight against the gambling industry can be paralleled with the war on drugs – the more aggressively government tries to stop it, the deeper underground it goes, until regulation is impossible. Demand doesn’t go away just because something is illegal. In the case of gambling, black markets act as hives for corruption because as you commented, their is no stake between betting agencies and the communities they provide.

If the gambling market was opened so that larger, private companies could compete for business legitimately, good practice would be encouraged because otherwise the reputation of the companies involved would destroy their business prospects. The petition at http://www.right2bet.net is seeking this very aim, perhaps the best though out model to rid sport of corruption.

]]> By: Soccer and Gambling: Better In Bed Together? « Scissors Kick http://pitchinvasion.net/blog/2009/11/30/soccer-and-gambling-better-in-bed-together/comment-page-1/#comment-16989 Soccer and Gambling: Better In Bed Together? « Scissors Kick Tue, 01 Dec 2009 21:38:55 +0000 http://pitchinvasion.net/?p=4900#comment-16989 [...] Soccer and Gambling: Better In Bed Together? “Nothing goes together like sports and gambling. Occasionally, the consequences of this for the integrity of sport are exposed: whether it’s Pete Rose or Bruce Grobbelaar or Hans Cronje or Matt Le Tissier, a high profile case briefly puts the issue back in the limelight.” (Pitch Invasion) [...] [...] Soccer and Gambling: Better In Bed Together? “Nothing goes together like sports and gambling. Occasionally, the consequences of this for the integrity of sport are exposed: whether it’s Pete Rose or Bruce Grobbelaar or Hans Cronje or Matt Le Tissier, a high profile case briefly puts the issue back in the limelight.” (Pitch Invasion) [...]

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