The ACC nukes Australian sport

[yob]

The figure thrown about is 100 individual matters coming out of this investigation, which matches up with Laz's numbers on the previous page. Sounds like your mate is on the level.

Rob - $40m was the size of the betting plunge from Asia on an A-League game this season. That scares the sh*t out of me. I always assumed the league was too low profile to attract gambling and match-fixing from overseas.

The low (comparative) salaries paid to A-League players would probably make it more attractive to match fixers. Add to that soccer is a sport where 3 individuals on the park (i.e the referee and 2 goalkeepers) have a massive impact on the result - right up there with pitchers in baseball and quarterbacks in gridiron. Consequently I can see why it would be a target.

Out of interest, what would the average salary paid to goalkeepers in the A-League? $100k?

On further reflection, it may be easier to fix an in play event rather than the overall result. Red cards, penalties, clean sheets, you name it. Clean sheet fixing would be virtually undetectable.

[nobleoz]

Here in London it was 2nd item on BBC news. Interview with expat editor of The Australian Times. Says we are all shocked & mentions Australia's tradition of a fair go undermined doubly by influence of criminals peddling drugs

[nobleoz]

To answer Simmo - Brett Clothier has been very active in the last few years. And the establishment of the AFL integrity depot over 4 years ago meant that the AFL was able to announce today it had initiated even stricter policies. No doubt NRL, ARU & FFA will follow suit in due course

[yob]

http://www.theage.com.au/rugby-league/l ... 2e24x.html

[bazza]

http://www.theage.com.au/rugby-league/l ... 2e24x.html

‘‘The most recent teams have been through the ARU through the Rugby Sevens - they had 44 teams through there - and there was an Australia/Argentina test match through there," Mr May said.

[yob]

So it's the Latin Pee Stadium now

[dibo]

Yeah, no. None of the measures that you're trying to credit actually achieved anything. In hindsight they just look like posturing.

AD has been pretty spot on. Warned about "sport scientists" last year. AFL integrity officer appointed in 2008. 1st in the 4 codes. Rugby in 2000. NRL today. FFA doesn't think this ACC report refers to them.

Particularly given that despite all the 'right' gestures, Essendon has clearly systematically abused the system without detection.

[yob]

Let's get real about Andrew the Oracle. An attack on an entire strand of medical sience. That's a bloody huge net to throw out - and it didn't even catch a shark. .

[yob]

http://www.afl.com.au/news/2013-02-08/w ... ty-amnesty

Battle lines are being drawn.

[yob]

And the 49 million dollar betting plunge goes to:

http://www.theage.com.au/national/the-g ... 2e433.html

Melbourne Victory V Adelaide United.

Wow. No Australian sports fan is safe this summer, between drug cheats, betting scams,twenty20 cricket in general...

[Rob]

Well that game is going to get a full review. As a player you'd want to hope you didn't have a bad game, or the ref didn't make a dodgy penalty call.

[Simmo79]

Apparently 9 AFL clubs (6 Melbourne based) 7 NRL clubs, 3 A LEAGUE clubs,crims,coaches and over 90 individual athletes have been named in the detailed report.
The NRL have already asked Deloittes to exam the purchase records and accounts of 5 clubs named.

Fairfax Media has been told seven NRL clubs, a number of AFL clubs, three A-League clubs and 90 individuals across all sports are under scrutiny but besides the arrival of auditors from Deloitte Forensic at up to five NRL clubs, there is little to confirm anything has happened.

http://www.smh.com.au/rugby-league/leag ... z2KNgFH3jx

[Simmo79]

Today's news.

Minister for Home Affairs and Justice, Jason Clare was on Insiders and elaborated a little on the ACC report. He confirmed that the NRL and AFL were the focus of the investigation but other sports were implicated incidentally. Also stated that more than one club had its whole team doped. Process-wise, evidence has been turned over to NSW Pol and VicPol for further investigation and the relevant sporting bodies have now been briefed on specific allegations against players and clubs.

Gillon McLachlan fronted the media not long after. He confirmed that the AFL is aware of 1 team and one other player at a different club that have been implicated. When pressed by Caro to confirm that the club with systematic doping was Essendon, he did so, but probably shouldn't have. It was obvious anyway so who cares?

McLachlan also stated that the fixed match was not in the AFL. Jason Clare was asked if that match was the AUFC - MVFC match with the $49m worth of bets in HK. He said that was unrelated to the ACC investigation. So that fixed match looks like it was in the NRL.

So there's another club out there, almost certainly in the NRL, that has also engaged in systematic doping. And there's all the individual players scattered around that we'll find out about as well.

It's time for the ARLC to front the media because that's where the most questions now lie.

[Simmo79]

http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/n ... 6574541473

THE drug and corruption scandal enveloping Australian sport has snared six National Rugby League clubs, with the revelation they are named in the Australian Crime Commission's explosive report.

Facing a backlash over the refusal to name implicated clubs and players, ACC chief executive John Lawler said he was working with the individual codes to work out if there was a way for full disclosure to take place.

But Mr Lawler told The Sunday Telegraph the release of club names would have to be within the law, which states there cannot be any adverse impact on a club or individual. While the codes were aware of the clubs involved, they were under strict legal obligations not to release the names publicly, he said.

He said there may be some scope for self-disclosure.

"I will work with the clubs over the weekend and next week to look if there is a way for those clubs to work around those legal constraints," Mr Lawler said. "There is a long way for this to play out yet.

"I am very confident in the report's findings. This is no beat-up. We have sworn testimonies. We have corroborated evidence.

"We have quite a significant amount of intelligence. We are very confident in the findings."

Mr Lawler said he was sympathetic to clubs and players that were in the right, but the purpose of the report was intended to be an "alert" to everyone to improve their safeguards against drug taking - a point he felt had been missed in the hunt for names.It also served as a trigger for players, coaches and individuals to come forward to police.

"This is about making sure that they are alert to the risks and vulnerabilities, and that they are actively doing something about it," he said.

"What's happened has happened. That needs to be investigated. But, more importantly, we should be trying to prevent this occurring."

"There may be players using substances or contemplating using substances that our alert will hopefully prevent. We also have criminals out there, that we know are doing this.

"We are not going to declare who they are but this is a way of putting the frighteners into them, so they are aware authorities are aware of them." Justice Minister Jason Clare said the commission had also given the names of individuals to NSW and Victorian police.

"I understand that people want the Australian Crime Commission to name names. And they have - they have given names to the police and the anti-doping authority," he said.

The Sunday Telegraph has confirmed that a major element of the ACC report is focused on a criminal network that had sought to expose players who had been supplied with banned substances.

According to sources close to the investigation, players were tricked into taking so called "supplements", only to be later told that they had in fact taken banned substances.

The players were then later called upon and threatened with being "outed" as drug cheats unless they agreed to fix matches or pay money. According to sources, several players had fallen victim to the bribery racket and were mostly confined to the NRL and not other codes.

f***ing hell.

[yob]

Wow. That is a variation of one of the scummy street practises of kidnapping young women, smacking them up on heroin until they become dependent, then using them in prostitution rackets.