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Wales coach Rob Howley sent home from Rugby World Cup amid betting allegations
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<blockquote data-quote="Every Time Ref" data-source="post: 957795" data-attributes="member: 71826"><p>I just think there have to be no grey areas. And in many ways stuff is linked. Like, you could always find a hypothetical way that one team's coach could indirectly affect the outcome of another coach - by tailing off at the end of the previous game to avoid injuring key players because you're betting them next week, for example. A kiwi going easier on an Australian opponent in a SR game when you've bet on Aus against Argentina next week. Unlikely? Maybe - but if every coach and player is allowed to gamble, then there will be hundreds of opportunities to make those little decisions, whether consciously or unconsciously. Why allow even a slight possibility?</p><p></p><p>Given there is zero advantage at all to World Rugby in allowing gambling, there's no reason not to ban it completely.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Every Time Ref, post: 957795, member: 71826"] I just think there have to be no grey areas. And in many ways stuff is linked. Like, you could always find a hypothetical way that one team’s coach could indirectly affect the outcome of another coach - by tailing off at the end of the previous game to avoid injuring key players because you’re betting them next week, for example. A kiwi going easier on an Australian opponent in a SR game when you’ve bet on Aus against Argentina next week. Unlikely? Maybe - but if every coach and player is allowed to gamble, then there will be hundreds of opportunities to make those little decisions, whether consciously or unconsciously. Why allow even a slight possibility? Given there is zero advantage at all to World Rugby in allowing gambling, there’s no reason not to ban it completely. [/QUOTE]
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