With the RFL wishing to speak to him about fresh betting allegations i don't think the ending has been made yet



Wasn't it a three month ban last time ?

There was some guff from the communications manager (who was probably upset at being pulled away from his crayons for more than 5 minutes) if that’s what you mean?

You need to read the article again.

He should have been banned for life the first time.

The RFL should ban him from the GF.

I'm sure the RFL will get round to it once they have finished their investigation into the Celtic Crusaders employing 6 illegal immigrants.

He will be a long time retired before anything happens.

Didn't do the photo shoot for it at Old Trafford did they? We all know how invisible Leon is against that background...

You mean sports like cricket, where the ACB tried a cover-up when Shane Warne & Mark Waugh admitted payments from an Indian bookmaker?

Which were for information on team selection and pitch conditions, so nothing to do with betting against your own team and therefore an irrelevant comparison?

Betting on a game where your club is involved but you're not playing is one thing. Betting on a game where you are on the pitch and able to influence the outcome of your bet is even worse IMO.

Indeed - both players were investigated several times and cleared of any involvement in match fixing. The amounts of money involved were an order of magnitude higher than in Long's case(s), though. And the ACB did their best to keep it hidden.

Who actually wrote this book, out of interest? I assume someone interviewed him and typed it all up in English on his behalf?

In the United States players get banned for years at a time just for betting on OTHERS SPORTS!


In fact over a decade ago now there was a scandal where College basketball players were doing points shaving, they were even losing games, they were winning, just not by huge margins.

The FBI caught up with them and jail time was served!

Indeed. Covered in 'Wiseguy', the book which 'Goodfellas' was based on. It never made the film, but Henry Hill was involved in the points shaving scheme. His testimony got Rick Kuhn, one of the conspirators, sentenced to ten years in jail, although this was reduced to 28 months on appeal.

To be fair, though, gambling is illegal in many US states and sports betting is legal only in Nevada and (with limitations) a couple of other states and not allowed at all on the internet. It's not like the UK or Australia where there are opportunities to bet on football games on every high street. Not forgetting the revenues Aussie leagues clubs derive from gambling.