Should Samuels be banned?

Question

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"Based on the evidence, somebody tried to take advantage of him and he was naive. I feel very sad about the whole situation. If somebody deliberately gets involved with match- fixing and giving out information I can see it is a mandatory two-year ban. But if somebody naively befriends somebody, I don't think he should suffer these consequences."

do you agree with this statement? can somebody naievly get pushed into match fixing?

Answer 1

yes

Answer 2

If he is so naive, did he got him mom's permission before leaving West Indies to tour all the way to the India?

Answer 3

no

Answer 4

Oh please! He is 27, not 2! He would have been warned of this when he got into big-time cricket. He did the crime, let him do the time.

Answer 5

Poor chap, he's left holding the can.  And now the cricketing world can rest in peace that justice is done.

But such is life, brutally unfair.

Answer 6

I do not agree with that statement.  There should not be any leniency in his case.

Answer 7

it is hard but now cant change he already banned.

Answer 8

It is hard for me believe that Samuels was naive and someone

else taking advantage of it. There are many many international

and local players who are involved in fixing matches; but it is

hard to prove the fact. This is not the first time he is in the

newsvfor match fixing. Players who get caught should be

banned for life - 2 year is piece of cake.

Every sport has this issue - match fixing. People involved are

in high level officials and it is hard for police and other agency

to catch those offenders - let alone proving them. We have

seen this in boxing, soccer, cricket, tennis and other sports

as well.

The ones who got banned for life - I strongly believe were

made the scape goats.