Speaking of NRL I've just been watching /listening to a podcast featuring Nathan Cleary for those who have any interest in the game.This may not be a smearing. Perhaps it's a police warning. Not warning Martin primarily, but Hayson.
So AFL fans would know that NRL is not to be laid? Would understand that bookies will not lay on NRL games? And would understand why?
In the reporting of the problematic games - bad hands. And we've seen cricket matches like this. International. Bizarre failures at crucial times.
AFL is not considered rigged. (Yes, there is percentage playing.) But we don't rig matches.
If you are banned for betting AFL it's because you're good at betting. Not because you rigged the game. Or bowled for those who did.
Most AFL fans would have no idea how poisonous NRL is. And I include Dustin Martin in the innocent here.
So The Age (Channel9) is still using Nick McKenzie as an investigative reporter and he is all over this. N. R. L.
Dusty gets the money. He has to play the game. Not AFL. The money game.
Dining with match-rigging identities is the other game.
Mais. Non.
A lot to do with US sports and he was pretty focused on the latest odds and having a slash at this and that.
No wonder young blokes with plenty of disposable income get themselves into money trouble and by extension I imagine are more easily coerced into areas of illegality, if you get my drift.