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Tanking at an International Level?

Bobby McKenzie
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Now, I happened to see an Australian fieldsman deliberately concede a boundary to his South African opponent this afternoon. Surely, this is yet another form of 'tanking' and will have to be investigated. This evening, I heard a little rumour that the Australian Cricket Board of control has handed the enquiry over to the AFL and Mr Clothier who is an 'expert in this particular area. The player concerned is likely to receive a ten match ban and a personal fine of $20,000 .

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    Now, I happened to see an Australian fieldsman deliberately concede a boundary to his South African opponent this afternoon. Surely, this is yet another form of 'tanking' and will have to be investigated. This evening, I heard a little rumour that the Australian Cricket Board of control has handed the enquiry over to the AFL and Mr Clothier who is an 'expert in this particular area. The player concerned is likely to receive a ten match ban and a personal fine of $20,000 .

    Am I reading too much between the lines, Bobby.

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    Tanking was Clarke declaring before Hilfy pushed us so far ahead it was embarrassing for the Proteas.

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    NBA, NFL and NHL are a goldmine for outrageous tanking. Even the NBA lottery doesn't stop teams rorting the system and playing utter hacks to try and maximise their chances of getting pick #1.

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    What about not playing to win...

    Those darn Chinese badminton players looking for the easier path to Gold...

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    soccer and cricket teams frequently deliberately play for a draw and acknowledge it publicly

    this is not doing everything to win

    may not be quite the same thing but is still "not trying to win"

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    NBA, NFL and NHL are a goldmine for outrageous tanking. Even the NBA lottery doesn't stop teams rorting the system and playing utter hacks to try and maximise their chances of getting pick #1.

    Interesting development. Gregg Popopvich rested his starting line up for a game against the Heat. Case could be made for managing a couple of the older bodies, but David Stern has just fined the Spurs $250 000 for "resting players in a manner contrary to the best interests of the NBA".

    http://nba.si.com/2012/11/30/gregg-popovich-david-stern-spurs-fined-nba/?sct=hp_t2_a2&eref=sihp

    http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2012/writers/michael_rosenberg/11/29/spurs-gregg-popovich-right-resting-starters/index.html?sct=hp_t2_a3&eref=sihp

    Think it's the first time I've seen an professional sports club penalised for this, and I wonder if it will be looked at in the context of the tanking conversation? For the record, the Heat beat the Spurs 105 - 100.

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    Interesting development. Gregg Popopvich rested his starting line up for a game against the Heat. Case could be made for managing a couple of the older bodies, but David Stern has just fined the Spurs $250 000 for "resting players in a manner contrary to the best interests of the NBA".

    http://nba.si.com/20...t2_a2&eref=sihp

    http://sportsillustr...t2_a3&eref=sihp

    Think it's the first time I've seen an professional sports club penalised for this, and I wonder if it will be looked at in the context of the tanking conversation? For the record, the Heat beat the Spurs 105 - 100.

    It may be time to 'Lotterise' the whole AFL Draft, & each Rnd, a new lottery... with a 'slight weighting', for the lower ladder finish position.

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    Tanking is all relative, though. If you intentionally play to maximise your chances of winning the next game and you do this repeatedly over the course of a few seasons, you have tanked your premiership chances.

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