Quote Originally Posted by alberta white View Post
Anyway to enter the debate on how to 'NOT' fix a match, but ensure a favoured team wins,
Its not Quite the same as the comments regarding the Ref in Victory/ Escape to Victory. but its along similar lines.

The Tournament organisers just ensure the Ref is fairly Junior and inexperienced. Therefore once the game is underway the mind games employed by the team with the reputation for been "the better side" often wins out.
Yeah; the NBA does that quite a bit lately. And we all know the way CONCACAF will finesse any rule to help the United States and Mexico out come Gold Cup time without technically fixing the match. I'm personally inclined to agree with you.

It is, however, still bull**** and corruption of almost the highest order; the fact that certain people in the Canadian media seem to think it's not a big deal that FIFA is ruining the point of the sport infuriates me more than the actual refereeing.