Now that the World Cup is over did you notice any weird games? Horrible referee's with phantom calls and overabundance of yellow and red cards, goals too easy to miss, fake injuries, etc. Check out Declan Hill's book The Fix: Soccer and Organized Crime.
The Fix is the most explosive story of sports corruption in a generation. Intriguing, riveting, and compelling, it tells the story of an investigative journalist who sets out to examine the world of match-fixing in professional soccer.
From the Introduction:
Understand how gambling fixers work to corrupt a soccer game and you will understand how they move into a basketball league, a cricket tournament, or a tennis match (all places, by the way, that criminal fixers have moved into). My views on soccer have changed. I still love the Saturday-morning game between amateurs: the camaraderie and the fresh smell of grass. But the professional game leaves me cold. I hope you will understand why after reading the book. I think you may never look at sport in the same way again.
Saturday, July 24, 2010
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