Originally Posted by
EthelRed
For me Animal, all of them tried to manipulate the result of the games concerned. They all wanted to influence the outcome for personal gain, financial or otherwise.
I cant distinguish between degrees of cheating, its just cheating.
Ive been an avid sports player and fan all of my life, I loved it. I want to believe what I'm watching and celebrate outstanding performances and events. I no longer watch athletics because of the drug cheats, the Olympic games used to be the greatest show on earth when I was a kid, now its a spot the cheats exercise. You have to ask yourself, can I believe what I have just seen. Sadly not anymore in my opinion. Clean athletes awarded medals retrospectively have lost their moment of pride after a disqualification years after the event. Cycling is the same, riddled with cheats, cant watch that anymore either.
Back to the cricket, its supposed to be an honourable game and in many ways it still is. The game can do without cheats and I think the ICC should have banned them all for good. If cricket Australia wants to allow them to play domestically its up to them but international recognition? No not for me.