{"id":2667,"date":"2010-09-08T17:32:29","date_gmt":"2010-09-08T16:32:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.betangel.com\/blog_wp\/?p=2667"},"modified":"2012-03-21T08:22:37","modified_gmt":"2012-03-21T08:22:37","slug":"john-higgins-cleared-of-match-fixing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.betfairtradingblog.com\/blog_wp\/2010\/09\/08\/john-higgins-cleared-of-match-fixing\/","title":{"rendered":"John Higgins cleared of match-fixing"},"content":{"rendered":"

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It increasingly looks to me\u00a0 like newspapers are trying to get stories out of sportsmen by setting them up to talk about match fixing. Despite the fact Higgins never did fix anything, it did a lot of damage to him and snooker. His guilt it appears, is not to report the incident.<\/p>\n

I suppose the decent thing to come out of this is that sports men and women will be very nervous about meeting strangers or even contemplating meeting them. Maybe they will also report with more frequency these sorts of occurrences. My guess is that finding himself a long way from home and in uncomfortable circumstances Higgins felt he needed to be a yes man to ensure a trip home. I think it may say more about journalists than it does Higgins.<\/p>\n

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https:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/sport1\/hi\/other_sports\/snooker\/8973869.stm It increasingly looks to me\u00a0 like newspapers are trying to get stories out of sportsmen by setting them up to talk about match fixing. Despite the fact Higgins never did fix anything, it did a lot of damage to him and snooker. His guilt it appears, is not to report the incident. I suppose […]<\/p>\n

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