๐ฅ Winner alright๐ฅ
Another winner for @DigiRacing subscription members ๐
Along with Stone Bear at 9/2 for anyone signed up to the weekly emails ๐ง
Someone just sent me this - seen on the London Underground.
I once dreamed of a successful career at the Bar. Perhaps the occasional mention in the law reports, or even the Evening Standard. Respectability at last.
Never imagined it might involve appearing on a Middlesbrough fansโ Wembley banner somewhere on the Metropolitan Lineโฆ
Good luck today, Boro.
The most revealing line in Southamptonโs statement is:-
โWe cannot accept a sanction which bears no proportion to the offenceโฆ Southampton has been denied the opportunity to compete in a game worth more than ยฃ200 million.โ
But that completely undermines their own argument.
If the match is worth ยฃ200 million and meant everything to the club, then the incentive to gain any unfair advantage was enormous.
And who exactly were they trying to deny that opportunity to?
Middlesbrough.
You cannot simultaneously argue:
1. The stakes were colossal
2. The offence was minor
3. The punishment should be small
The higher the stakes, the greater the importance of protecting sporting integrity.