1 00:00:00,600 --> 00:00:03,160 Speaker 1: Already and this is the Daily This is the Daily. 2 00:00:03,240 --> 00:00:06,920 Speaker 2: Oh, this is the Daily. Ohs oh, now it makes sense. 3 00:00:15,240 --> 00:00:17,720 Speaker 1: Good morning and welcome to the Daily Os. It's Monday, 4 00:00:17,760 --> 00:00:21,079 Speaker 1: the twentieth of May. I'm Sam, I'm Billy. Three A 5 00:00:21,200 --> 00:00:24,480 Speaker 1: League players were arrested in Sydney on Friday morning over 6 00:00:24,520 --> 00:00:28,600 Speaker 1: an alleged corrupt betting scheme. A League is the highest 7 00:00:28,720 --> 00:00:32,000 Speaker 1: level of professional men's soccer in Australia and this has 8 00:00:32,040 --> 00:00:34,479 Speaker 1: the potential to be one of the biggest scandals to 9 00:00:34,560 --> 00:00:36,600 Speaker 1: hit Australian football in decades. 10 00:00:36,760 --> 00:00:39,040 Speaker 2: In today's podcast, we are going to go through what 11 00:00:39,080 --> 00:00:42,520 Speaker 2: we know about, what has allegedly happened, what happens next, 12 00:00:42,800 --> 00:00:46,720 Speaker 2: and Australia's history of corrupt betting in sport. But first Sam, 13 00:00:46,760 --> 00:00:48,160 Speaker 2: what is making headlines today? 14 00:00:49,479 --> 00:00:51,680 Speaker 1: A thirty three year old man has been arrested after 15 00:00:51,760 --> 00:00:54,320 Speaker 1: allegedly stabbing a police officer in the head in the 16 00:00:54,320 --> 00:00:58,520 Speaker 1: Sydney CBD on Sunday afternoon. The officer has been treated 17 00:00:58,640 --> 00:01:01,280 Speaker 1: for non life threatening heading and has been taken to 18 00:01:01,360 --> 00:01:04,240 Speaker 1: hospital in a stable condition. The thirty three year old 19 00:01:04,319 --> 00:01:07,320 Speaker 1: man has been taken to a separate hospital. Police said 20 00:01:07,360 --> 00:01:10,560 Speaker 1: the officer who was attacked apprehended the man after the attack, 21 00:01:10,680 --> 00:01:12,720 Speaker 1: along with another police colleague. 22 00:01:14,360 --> 00:01:17,360 Speaker 2: The popular online forum Reddit has announced it will share 23 00:01:17,440 --> 00:01:22,080 Speaker 2: information with OpenAI, the tech company behind chat GPT. The 24 00:01:22,080 --> 00:01:24,839 Speaker 2: platform said it will give open ai access to Reddit 25 00:01:24,920 --> 00:01:27,160 Speaker 2: data as part of a deal aimed at building chat 26 00:01:27,200 --> 00:01:31,040 Speaker 2: GPT content and other artificial intelligence models. It also said 27 00:01:31,120 --> 00:01:34,319 Speaker 2: users can expect to see more sophisticated AI features rolled 28 00:01:34,360 --> 00:01:35,040 Speaker 2: out on Reddit. 29 00:01:36,240 --> 00:01:38,920 Speaker 1: A member of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Naanya, whose war 30 00:01:39,000 --> 00:01:43,360 Speaker 1: cabinet Benny Gantz, has issued an ultimatum to Nenyahu, threatening 31 00:01:43,400 --> 00:01:46,560 Speaker 1: to resign from the cabinet unless the PM outlines a 32 00:01:46,600 --> 00:01:50,560 Speaker 1: full plan for a post war Gaza, including Nenya whose 33 00:01:50,640 --> 00:01:53,200 Speaker 1: vision for who would feel the power vacuum in Gaza 34 00:01:53,440 --> 00:01:57,920 Speaker 1: should Hamas be defeated. In a statement issued in response Nanya, 35 00:01:57,960 --> 00:02:00,440 Speaker 1: who said Gansa's threat would mean defeat for US Israel 36 00:02:00,760 --> 00:02:03,960 Speaker 1: and that quote. Instead of presenting an ultimatum to Hamas, 37 00:02:04,120 --> 00:02:07,440 Speaker 1: gans presented an ultimatum to the Prime Minister Netnyai, who 38 00:02:07,440 --> 00:02:09,800 Speaker 1: has until the eighth of June to present a plan 39 00:02:09,919 --> 00:02:10,800 Speaker 1: to his cabinet. 40 00:02:12,360 --> 00:02:14,520 Speaker 2: And in Today's Good News, the opening game of the 41 00:02:14,520 --> 00:02:17,040 Speaker 2: twenty twenty four Women's State of Origin last week broke 42 00:02:17,080 --> 00:02:20,919 Speaker 2: attendance and television rating records for the sport. About twenty 43 00:02:20,960 --> 00:02:23,880 Speaker 2: five five hundred people were in attendance for the clash, 44 00:02:24,080 --> 00:02:27,360 Speaker 2: which is nearly double the attendance of last year's series opener. 45 00:02:27,639 --> 00:02:30,120 Speaker 2: It was also the most watched women's State of Origin 46 00:02:30,160 --> 00:02:33,240 Speaker 2: match on record, with a total TV national audience of 47 00:02:33,240 --> 00:02:38,600 Speaker 2: more than nine hundred and forty thousand. So, Sam, this 48 00:02:38,680 --> 00:02:41,799 Speaker 2: story broke on Friday morning with a press release from 49 00:02:41,840 --> 00:02:44,080 Speaker 2: the New South Wales Police. What can you tell us 50 00:02:44,080 --> 00:02:44,840 Speaker 2: about what happened? 51 00:02:45,440 --> 00:02:48,280 Speaker 1: So? At about nine point thirty on Friday morning, New 52 00:02:48,280 --> 00:02:51,640 Speaker 1: South Wales Police released a statement revealing three A League 53 00:02:51,639 --> 00:02:54,960 Speaker 1: players had been arrested a few hours earlier following an 54 00:02:55,000 --> 00:02:59,400 Speaker 1: investigation by the Organized Crime Squad into alleged bedding corruption. 55 00:03:00,040 --> 00:03:03,760 Speaker 1: So these players are essentially accused of intentionally manipulating a 56 00:03:03,800 --> 00:03:05,919 Speaker 1: game of football we'll call it football, but it's also 57 00:03:06,000 --> 00:03:08,920 Speaker 1: called soccer to make a profit through bedding. 58 00:03:09,360 --> 00:03:12,480 Speaker 2: That's a pretty big story. Do we know who these 59 00:03:12,480 --> 00:03:13,079 Speaker 2: players are? 60 00:03:13,280 --> 00:03:16,040 Speaker 1: Well, the police said they play for a Southwestern Sydney 61 00:03:16,040 --> 00:03:18,399 Speaker 1: football club in the A League. Now there's only one 62 00:03:18,480 --> 00:03:22,000 Speaker 1: Southwestern Sydney football club in the competition and that's MacArthur FC. 63 00:03:22,680 --> 00:03:25,560 Speaker 1: The names of the players weren't released by police on Friday, 64 00:03:25,639 --> 00:03:28,160 Speaker 1: but other media outlets have said one of the players 65 00:03:28,240 --> 00:03:31,160 Speaker 1: involved is the caption. The police haven't confirmed that, but 66 00:03:31,280 --> 00:03:33,680 Speaker 1: there seems to be some evidence that it is. Now. 67 00:03:33,720 --> 00:03:36,560 Speaker 1: New South Wales police along with those three are also 68 00:03:36,600 --> 00:03:38,920 Speaker 1: seeking out another player who they want to speak to, 69 00:03:39,280 --> 00:03:41,480 Speaker 1: but they've said that he's currently out of New South 70 00:03:41,480 --> 00:03:44,800 Speaker 1: Wales and if he doesn't return voluntarily, New South Wales 71 00:03:44,840 --> 00:03:47,480 Speaker 1: police are going to seek extradition and that means he'll 72 00:03:47,480 --> 00:03:50,520 Speaker 1: be forcibly removed from wherever he is and police are 73 00:03:50,560 --> 00:03:52,360 Speaker 1: going to bring him back to New South Wales to 74 00:03:52,400 --> 00:03:55,760 Speaker 1: be charged. So it's pretty serious stuff. Now. There is 75 00:03:56,000 --> 00:03:59,120 Speaker 1: also one other person allegedly involved in this, and that 76 00:03:59,240 --> 00:04:02,880 Speaker 1: is someone in South America who allegedly ran the entire operation. 77 00:04:03,320 --> 00:04:06,200 Speaker 2: Whenever a story like this breaks, I'm always interested in 78 00:04:06,360 --> 00:04:09,880 Speaker 2: how police had the first suspicion, how they became. 79 00:04:09,720 --> 00:04:11,680 Speaker 1: Aware of this, and how long they've been sitting on 80 00:04:11,720 --> 00:04:11,960 Speaker 1: this for. 81 00:04:12,160 --> 00:04:14,680 Speaker 2: Presumably the sport players would have tried to make it 82 00:04:14,720 --> 00:04:17,640 Speaker 2: look semless when they were playing whatever they did, so 83 00:04:17,720 --> 00:04:19,680 Speaker 2: do we know how the police became aware that this 84 00:04:19,800 --> 00:04:20,279 Speaker 2: was happening. 85 00:04:20,400 --> 00:04:23,600 Speaker 1: Yeah, so they actually got alerted to this activity from 86 00:04:23,640 --> 00:04:28,640 Speaker 1: overseas agencies based on suspicious overseas betting activities, and they're 87 00:04:28,640 --> 00:04:31,359 Speaker 1: going to allege that those betting activities led two hundreds 88 00:04:31,360 --> 00:04:33,440 Speaker 1: of thousands of dollars being paid out. So let me 89 00:04:33,480 --> 00:04:35,920 Speaker 1: just break that down a little more. Let's say that 90 00:04:36,160 --> 00:04:39,880 Speaker 1: the standard amount bet on a yellow card being given 91 00:04:39,920 --> 00:04:43,280 Speaker 1: in an A League match by people in Mexico is 92 00:04:43,440 --> 00:04:45,800 Speaker 1: one thousand dollars, and then all of a sudden they 93 00:04:45,800 --> 00:04:49,120 Speaker 1: get five bets of ten thousand dollars. That just raises 94 00:04:49,160 --> 00:04:52,279 Speaker 1: suspicions with the relevant agency. And if it, in fact 95 00:04:52,320 --> 00:04:55,560 Speaker 1: there's text messages behind it that suggest something fishy's going on, 96 00:04:55,920 --> 00:04:58,800 Speaker 1: they'll bring that to the authorities. And this is a 97 00:04:58,839 --> 00:05:02,520 Speaker 1: really global investor. In fact, the New Southwest Police told 98 00:05:02,560 --> 00:05:05,800 Speaker 1: us that none of the betting activity actually happened in Australia. 99 00:05:05,880 --> 00:05:09,719 Speaker 1: It all happened in overseas markets. So New Southwest Police 100 00:05:09,839 --> 00:05:12,480 Speaker 1: investigated this with the help of their colleagues from the 101 00:05:12,600 --> 00:05:16,400 Speaker 1: United Kingdom Gambling Commission. So it's got connections to three 102 00:05:16,440 --> 00:05:17,440 Speaker 1: continents at least. 103 00:05:17,560 --> 00:05:19,679 Speaker 2: Wow. And so what you're saying is that this didn't 104 00:05:19,680 --> 00:05:22,680 Speaker 2: happen through Australian betting agencies like sports bed or TAB 105 00:05:22,800 --> 00:05:24,360 Speaker 2: or the ones that we hear about a lot here. 106 00:05:24,400 --> 00:05:27,400 Speaker 2: It happened overseas on betting platforms there exactly. 107 00:05:27,440 --> 00:05:31,560 Speaker 1: But importantly it involved Australian players or players playing in 108 00:05:31,600 --> 00:05:32,719 Speaker 1: Australian competitions. 109 00:05:32,960 --> 00:05:35,600 Speaker 2: So we know that they were allegedly paid to manipulate 110 00:05:35,640 --> 00:05:39,080 Speaker 2: the game. Do we know how they allegedly went about 111 00:05:39,080 --> 00:05:40,119 Speaker 2: manipulating the game. 112 00:05:40,640 --> 00:05:43,320 Speaker 1: So what we know is that they are alleged to 113 00:05:43,360 --> 00:05:47,200 Speaker 1: have done something called yellow card manipulation. So the idea 114 00:05:47,279 --> 00:05:50,599 Speaker 1: here would be the South American man or potentially others 115 00:05:50,680 --> 00:05:53,960 Speaker 1: anywhere in the world, would hypothetically place a bet on 116 00:05:54,040 --> 00:05:56,240 Speaker 1: the number of yellow cards to be issued by a 117 00:05:56,279 --> 00:05:59,000 Speaker 1: referee in a match that's taking place in Australia. And 118 00:05:59,160 --> 00:06:01,479 Speaker 1: remember you can bet on almost anything. You can bet 119 00:06:01,480 --> 00:06:04,239 Speaker 1: on the number of red or yellow cards, who scores first, 120 00:06:04,240 --> 00:06:06,680 Speaker 1: who scores last, how many corners there are, I mean, 121 00:06:06,760 --> 00:06:09,240 Speaker 1: there's crazy amounts of betting that you could do. You 122 00:06:09,240 --> 00:06:11,200 Speaker 1: can bet on whether the final score will be an 123 00:06:11,200 --> 00:06:13,800 Speaker 1: even or odd number. There's lots that you can bet on. 124 00:06:14,440 --> 00:06:16,960 Speaker 1: And so these guys would then make large bets knowing 125 00:06:17,000 --> 00:06:19,279 Speaker 1: that the players were in on it, and they could 126 00:06:19,360 --> 00:06:22,480 Speaker 1: intentionally commit a foul in order for the referee to 127 00:06:22,480 --> 00:06:24,920 Speaker 1: issue them with a yellow card. So the man who 128 00:06:24,920 --> 00:06:27,600 Speaker 1: did the initial bet would have taken those profits, and 129 00:06:28,080 --> 00:06:30,880 Speaker 1: that would have been a lot. I mean, in other examples, 130 00:06:30,960 --> 00:06:33,680 Speaker 1: it's been hundreds of thousands or millions of dollars and 131 00:06:33,839 --> 00:06:36,359 Speaker 1: paid the players for their role in the activity. 132 00:06:36,600 --> 00:06:40,000 Speaker 2: Do we know how much these players allegedly received four 133 00:06:40,040 --> 00:06:41,600 Speaker 2: intentionally manipulating the game? 134 00:06:41,880 --> 00:06:44,440 Speaker 1: So New Southwest police are basically saying there was one 135 00:06:44,600 --> 00:06:47,720 Speaker 1: senior player and media are reporting that it's the club's captain, 136 00:06:48,360 --> 00:06:50,960 Speaker 1: and there were a bunch of junior players involved, and 137 00:06:51,000 --> 00:06:53,080 Speaker 1: the only detail that we got was that the junior 138 00:06:53,080 --> 00:06:55,480 Speaker 1: players at the club were given ten thousand dollars as 139 00:06:55,520 --> 00:06:58,520 Speaker 1: a cash payment to give away a yellow card. Police 140 00:06:58,520 --> 00:07:01,440 Speaker 1: wouldn't comment on what that senior player got for his role. 141 00:07:01,520 --> 00:07:03,880 Speaker 1: Obviously he had a more senior role in this, so 142 00:07:04,080 --> 00:07:05,240 Speaker 1: I presume he got more. 143 00:07:05,360 --> 00:07:07,320 Speaker 2: So my understanding is that there was a man in 144 00:07:07,360 --> 00:07:11,560 Speaker 2: South America. He then paid this senior player, and then 145 00:07:11,800 --> 00:07:15,080 Speaker 2: this senior player then paid the junior players. 146 00:07:15,200 --> 00:07:17,040 Speaker 1: That's all what's being alleged at the moment by the 147 00:07:17,080 --> 00:07:17,760 Speaker 1: police yet. 148 00:07:17,720 --> 00:07:20,640 Speaker 2: Right, so there are a few players involved allegedly. 149 00:07:20,200 --> 00:07:22,480 Speaker 1: Involved in well yeah, I mean according to police there's 150 00:07:22,560 --> 00:07:23,120 Speaker 1: up to four. 151 00:07:23,560 --> 00:07:26,320 Speaker 2: Wow. And so what is the timeline hit? When did 152 00:07:26,400 --> 00:07:27,600 Speaker 2: these games happen? 153 00:07:27,800 --> 00:07:32,360 Speaker 1: Yeah, so the yellowcard manipulation games allegedly occurred in November 154 00:07:32,400 --> 00:07:36,040 Speaker 1: and December of twenty twenty three, but interestingly, police say 155 00:07:36,080 --> 00:07:39,480 Speaker 1: there's been other failed attempts that have been made as 156 00:07:39,520 --> 00:07:42,520 Speaker 1: recently as April and May twenty twenty four. We're in May, 157 00:07:42,800 --> 00:07:46,680 Speaker 1: so it's happened at the moment. Police made a comment 158 00:07:46,720 --> 00:07:48,480 Speaker 1: that I thought was really interesting in the press conference. 159 00:07:48,520 --> 00:07:50,680 Speaker 1: They said they were asked why are you moving now 160 00:07:50,800 --> 00:07:53,360 Speaker 1: on this, like why on a Friday are you going 161 00:07:53,400 --> 00:07:55,760 Speaker 1: for these arrests? And they said that some of the 162 00:07:55,800 --> 00:07:58,160 Speaker 1: players were planning travel and it would have been harder 163 00:07:58,200 --> 00:08:01,480 Speaker 1: to get them arrested they were overseas, so they've obviously 164 00:08:01,680 --> 00:08:06,120 Speaker 1: police have obviously had their hand forced. But this activity 165 00:08:06,160 --> 00:08:07,280 Speaker 1: seems to be ongoing. 166 00:08:07,600 --> 00:08:10,000 Speaker 2: And what was the reaction, Like, did we hear from 167 00:08:10,000 --> 00:08:12,560 Speaker 2: any of the governing bodies in Australian football? 168 00:08:12,760 --> 00:08:15,440 Speaker 1: So the core governing body of football is Football Australia 169 00:08:15,600 --> 00:08:18,120 Speaker 1: and they came out almost immediately and said they are 170 00:08:18,240 --> 00:08:21,000 Speaker 1: aware of the three arrests and that they're going to 171 00:08:21,000 --> 00:08:24,800 Speaker 1: fully cooperate with police and law enforcement authorities. We also 172 00:08:24,840 --> 00:08:28,680 Speaker 1: heard from the Professional Footballers Association and that's the union 173 00:08:28,720 --> 00:08:32,120 Speaker 1: representing Australia's footballers, and it also said it was aware 174 00:08:32,120 --> 00:08:35,800 Speaker 1: of the arrests but hadn't received confirmation of the player's identities. 175 00:08:36,120 --> 00:08:39,600 Speaker 2: Is this the first time that this has happened in Australia. 176 00:08:39,720 --> 00:08:42,320 Speaker 1: No, Australia has a very proud tradition. 177 00:08:42,080 --> 00:08:44,720 Speaker 2: Of proud is a questionable word to use. 178 00:08:44,840 --> 00:08:49,000 Speaker 1: Australia has a very troubling tradition of having these scandals 179 00:08:49,040 --> 00:08:53,040 Speaker 1: come out with the betting aspects of match fixing. And 180 00:08:53,080 --> 00:08:55,679 Speaker 1: one of the most prominent cases of match fixing in 181 00:08:55,720 --> 00:08:59,960 Speaker 1: Australia happened in September of twenty thirteen. And in that example, 182 00:09:00,120 --> 00:09:02,760 Speaker 1: there were four players and a coach of a team 183 00:09:03,000 --> 00:09:05,839 Speaker 1: called the Southern Stars Football Club n that's a club 184 00:09:05,920 --> 00:09:08,040 Speaker 1: in the Victorian Premier League, which is the league in 185 00:09:08,080 --> 00:09:10,840 Speaker 1: Victoria under the A League, and they were all charged 186 00:09:10,880 --> 00:09:13,040 Speaker 1: of being part of a match fixing group that skewed 187 00:09:13,080 --> 00:09:17,120 Speaker 1: the result of five games and those players made two 188 00:09:17,400 --> 00:09:21,160 Speaker 1: million dollars as a result of that criminal activity. But 189 00:09:21,200 --> 00:09:22,920 Speaker 1: it's not just football. I mean, there was also an 190 00:09:22,960 --> 00:09:26,680 Speaker 1: example in the NRL in twenty eleven where Canterbury Bulldogs 191 00:09:26,720 --> 00:09:29,800 Speaker 1: player Ryan Tandy was found to have purposefully made a 192 00:09:29,840 --> 00:09:32,400 Speaker 1: mistake early in a game that gave the other team, 193 00:09:32,480 --> 00:09:35,160 Speaker 1: which was the North Queensland Cowboys, the chance to score 194 00:09:35,200 --> 00:09:37,720 Speaker 1: a penalty goal, and he had taken instructions from a 195 00:09:37,760 --> 00:09:40,640 Speaker 1: group that had placed a large bet on the Cowboys 196 00:09:40,640 --> 00:09:43,400 Speaker 1: to open the scoring with you guessed it a penalty goal. 197 00:09:44,080 --> 00:09:46,640 Speaker 1: We've also seen examples in horse racing and in greyhound 198 00:09:46,720 --> 00:09:50,000 Speaker 1: racing a couple of other sports. But yes, it does happen, 199 00:09:50,040 --> 00:09:52,400 Speaker 1: it hasn't happened for a while, and this is potentially 200 00:09:52,400 --> 00:09:54,439 Speaker 1: the biggest one we've seen in over a decade. 201 00:09:54,520 --> 00:09:58,040 Speaker 2: I'm also interested in how many times has it happened 202 00:09:58,080 --> 00:09:59,600 Speaker 2: and police haven't. 203 00:09:59,440 --> 00:10:01,520 Speaker 1: Caught a gosh. I mean, you'd have to think that 204 00:10:01,559 --> 00:10:04,400 Speaker 1: we're looking at the tip of the iceberg here. Yeah, definitely. 205 00:10:04,440 --> 00:10:08,040 Speaker 1: I mean there's been kind of rumors in all different 206 00:10:08,080 --> 00:10:11,040 Speaker 1: sports over the years of suspicious activity. You know, a 207 00:10:11,080 --> 00:10:13,800 Speaker 1: team might be leading thirty mil at halftime in one 208 00:10:13,800 --> 00:10:16,000 Speaker 1: competition that end up going on to lose the game. 209 00:10:16,640 --> 00:10:20,760 Speaker 1: And there's always you know, some suspects that have placed 210 00:10:20,840 --> 00:10:23,400 Speaker 1: large bets. It's very hard to get evidence in these 211 00:10:23,440 --> 00:10:25,760 Speaker 1: sort of cases. That's why there's not a huge rate 212 00:10:25,800 --> 00:10:28,800 Speaker 1: of prosecution. But where there's money and where there's young, 213 00:10:28,920 --> 00:10:32,240 Speaker 1: young people with silly decision making, there's there's clearly going 214 00:10:32,280 --> 00:10:32,720 Speaker 1: to be crime. 215 00:10:32,920 --> 00:10:35,600 Speaker 2: So interesting, but this is the first time that Australian 216 00:10:35,600 --> 00:10:38,760 Speaker 2: sport players have been caught in a while, at least 217 00:10:38,760 --> 00:10:41,040 Speaker 2: in about ten years or so, so it is a 218 00:10:41,040 --> 00:10:42,679 Speaker 2: pretty big deal, right, It is a big deal. 219 00:10:42,720 --> 00:10:44,880 Speaker 1: It's also the last one I can remember that has 220 00:10:45,080 --> 00:10:48,360 Speaker 1: these really strong international elements to it, and that is 221 00:10:48,400 --> 00:10:52,599 Speaker 1: concerning for authorities because I mean it's hard enough regulating 222 00:10:52,640 --> 00:10:56,120 Speaker 1: a fifty billion dollar industry. That's how much Australians gambled 223 00:10:56,160 --> 00:10:59,520 Speaker 1: last year, fifty billion dollars. It's hard enough regulating that 224 00:10:59,559 --> 00:11:04,480 Speaker 1: industry within Australia. I mean, who knows now what betting 225 00:11:04,520 --> 00:11:08,160 Speaker 1: activity is taking place on Australian sports in everywhere from 226 00:11:08,200 --> 00:11:09,160 Speaker 1: Mexico to the UK. 227 00:11:09,480 --> 00:11:12,200 Speaker 2: And it also kind of goes to that larger idea 228 00:11:12,400 --> 00:11:14,240 Speaker 2: of integrity in sport. 229 00:11:14,640 --> 00:11:16,480 Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean I was trying to work out why 230 00:11:16,679 --> 00:11:19,640 Speaker 1: I had as I'm a sports lover why I had 231 00:11:19,679 --> 00:11:22,360 Speaker 1: such an emotional reaction to seeing this news come out 232 00:11:22,400 --> 00:11:24,840 Speaker 1: on Friday morning. And it does go to that idea 233 00:11:24,880 --> 00:11:26,520 Speaker 1: of integrity. I mean, we just saw even in the 234 00:11:26,520 --> 00:11:30,040 Speaker 1: federal budget more funding for the sport's integrity Australia Body. 235 00:11:30,440 --> 00:11:32,840 Speaker 1: And the reason we all love sport is that we 236 00:11:32,920 --> 00:11:34,640 Speaker 1: know the players on the field are giving it one 237 00:11:34,679 --> 00:11:36,880 Speaker 1: hundred percent, that they're trying their best, and that it's 238 00:11:36,920 --> 00:11:40,280 Speaker 1: a genuine competition. It's about skill and teamwork and who's 239 00:11:40,280 --> 00:11:43,160 Speaker 1: got the better strategy. It's not about who's taken money 240 00:11:43,160 --> 00:11:46,280 Speaker 1: from an organized Mexican crime cartel. If we lose faith 241 00:11:46,320 --> 00:11:49,160 Speaker 1: in that integrity, then you know sport doesn't really have 242 00:11:49,240 --> 00:11:49,960 Speaker 1: much to stand on. 243 00:11:50,160 --> 00:11:52,760 Speaker 2: It kind of ruins the experience for fans, right if 244 00:11:52,760 --> 00:11:55,160 Speaker 2: they think that the teams are just throwing it away 245 00:11:55,160 --> 00:11:56,320 Speaker 2: and not actually. 246 00:11:56,000 --> 00:11:58,520 Speaker 1: Trying, And it certainly ruins it for other players. I mean, 247 00:11:58,640 --> 00:12:00,760 Speaker 1: the new South Wales assistant commit and made a number 248 00:12:00,800 --> 00:12:03,560 Speaker 1: of comments saying they don't believe other players were involved, 249 00:12:03,960 --> 00:12:06,840 Speaker 1: but I mean, imagine how those players are feeling knowing 250 00:12:06,880 --> 00:12:10,720 Speaker 1: they were unwillingly part of what is alleged to be 251 00:12:11,120 --> 00:12:12,800 Speaker 1: a staged moment of a match. 252 00:12:13,040 --> 00:12:15,760 Speaker 2: True, it's the opposite of team spirit. 253 00:12:15,880 --> 00:12:17,320 Speaker 1: It's the opposite of team spirit. 254 00:12:17,480 --> 00:12:18,880 Speaker 2: So what happens next now? 255 00:12:19,200 --> 00:12:22,040 Speaker 1: So the players are due to face court next month 256 00:12:22,120 --> 00:12:24,479 Speaker 1: and they'll be charged with a range of serious offenses. 257 00:12:25,200 --> 00:12:28,400 Speaker 1: And that international component to the investigation is still ongoing. 258 00:12:28,920 --> 00:12:31,319 Speaker 2: A crazy story and one that we will continue to 259 00:12:31,400 --> 00:12:33,840 Speaker 2: keep an eye on. Thank you so much for breaking 260 00:12:33,840 --> 00:12:36,679 Speaker 2: it down, Sam, And if you the listener would like 261 00:12:36,840 --> 00:12:39,400 Speaker 2: to get more of your sport news from the Daily Ohs, 262 00:12:39,640 --> 00:12:42,520 Speaker 2: we have a sport newsletter just for you. We believe 263 00:12:42,559 --> 00:12:46,240 Speaker 2: that sport news should be inclusive and straightforward. And I 264 00:12:46,240 --> 00:12:48,600 Speaker 2: don't know about you, but just like politics, sometimes when 265 00:12:48,600 --> 00:12:50,959 Speaker 2: I'm listening to a sport report, it feels like it's 266 00:12:51,000 --> 00:12:53,720 Speaker 2: in a different language, and I feel like I missed 267 00:12:53,720 --> 00:12:56,480 Speaker 2: a sport education class that I would really like to 268 00:12:56,520 --> 00:13:00,240 Speaker 2: be a part of. 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