Pratters
Cricket, Lovely Cricket
The problem is, like murder in real life (except a Cary Grant in North by Northwest of course ), no one is going to admit they fixed matches in sport, not at least till there is a lot of evidence which has mounted against the given bloke. No one will go out of the way to say he match fixed.Can't agree at all mate. Alot of people deny it, make up excuses whatever. If a bloke is going to admit what he did was wrong and never do it again, I say ban him for a short while and then forgive him. Again, if he's caught a second time, throw the book at him, but I can't agree with your cynical outlook nor your heavy handed tactics for dealing with the problem.
I know I'm in the minority here though.
Maybe we can give lesser offenses in the degree a proven match fixer will not be allowed into a cricket field or cannot income off cricket all his life while a proven match fixer who aids give more information into the match fixing ring will just be banned from playing cricket and the cricket field for 5/10 years and not life - but the maximum I would go where match fixing is concerned.
Match fixing is against the very spirit of sport and there is no need for much lose treatment for match fixers the way I look at it.