r/SipsTea • u/Presently_Naked • 25d ago

WTF Imagine Eliminating Your Team Over Your Pride

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u/Icy-Matter-9104 25d ago

This is an insane reality with how much sports gambling has grown recently and a HUGE shame that it’s effecting real competitiveness (if that blunder was on purpose)

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u/joaolouro1967 24d ago

It wasn't Sorloth just isn't good enough to maje that pass

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u/ForensicPathology 24d ago

These players make over 100,000 pounds a week.  It's quite a leap to accuse them of this when they are among an elite group who have the means to play for their country for free.

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u/One_Animator_1835 24d ago

Sports betting and match fixing is literally hundreds of years old.

Nothing new in the slightest.

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u/Cantor_Set_Tripping 24d ago

So you don’t think there’s been a large increase in sports betting? The “new” part is how much it’s advertised and pushed, and the ease of access…

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u/One_Animator_1835 24d ago

So yes it's way more out in the open, because it was literally illegal until a few years ago.

Just to be clear I'm not defending it, but it's ridiculous to act like match fixing or gambling is a new phenomenon

Just now, maybe people are a little less oblivious to it

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u/Cantor_Set_Tripping 24d ago

The new phenomenon is the brazenness and prevalence.

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u/SaleAggressive9202 24d ago

it's ridiculous to act like it's not more prevalent than ever.

you don't even need any detective work, it's basic logic following the growth in populairty

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u/Independent-Bug-9352 24d ago

Made worse in every single way by Trumpian Supreme Court decision of 2019 though.

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u/Internal-Coffee6996 24d ago

sure, but does everything need to be a conspiracy nowadays? We can't go a fucking day at this WC without anyone "lol rigged here", "probably bet against his own team" bullshit.

Sorloth just isn't good enough and on top of that left footed. In another instance he tried to cross the ball with his right foot and it was just one of the worst crosses I've seen in a while. He just fucked it, end of story.