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[MD2812]

"Cricket is my life" Then you shouldn't have sold your soul to the devil.

"It may be easy for some people to say that a five-year ban from cricket is all right but what they don't realise is that for a sportsman like me - this is like a lifetime ban" Which must be a great incentive for future sports players to stay straight and clean.

If you could cheat, knowing that if you get caught your career would continue then it would be much wider spread.

[tommy]

well, it is quite a hard degree...

[jamielsn15]

No, but coercion/bullying probably counts as a mitigating factor...

I agree it should be, but it's difficult to prove.  This is why ignorance, in the legal sense, isn't bliss...  That only tends to stick if there is clear evidence or it is admitted by those on trial. 

The prosecution will argue, in this case successfully, that the defendant (Amir) always had the option to go to the authorities.  There's a well-known phrase that goes along the lines of "all it takes for evil to prosper is for good men to do nothing."  Quite apt in this and other doping/fixing case perhaps?

[Manormanic]

The prosecution will argue, in this case successfully, that the defendant (Amir) always had the option to go to the authorities.  There's a well-known phrase that goes along the lines of "all it takes for evil to prosper is for good men to do nothing."  Quite apt in this and other doping/fixing case perhaps?

Possibly - but stress the MEN in there - whether an 18 year old kid from a poor community can really be expected to deal quite as perfectly with things as I might want to myself is a tricky psychological debate.

[Cover_Drive]

If I can recall Mohammad Amir was offered a reciprocal deal by PCB and ICC at Doha hearing. It was if he blunts and give all the details he can scout out with a minimal sentence but he was too busy in his efforts of legalizing cannabis during the Doha hearing. Later when proceedings headed to court he realized his mistake.

Alas, you snooze you lose!