Match fixing and player drug testing idea

[evertorial]

I was thinking that the game of professional football and all sports really have always had this problem with match fixing. And in the last couple of years some high profile names have come out as being guilty in sports such as snooker and football with Stefano Mauri, Stephen Lee and if you think about the amount who havnt been caught it really is a big problem.
Surely if a proposal was put in place by FIFA where they decided to set up a task force to combat match fixing then the best idea would be to announce that they were going to perform bungs across the world. Setups that will catch out players who are willing to cheat and if found guilty they will be banned from playing. The benefit of this is that 50%+ of players will already be deterred from match fixing just as a result of the threat of this happening.
The same method can be applied to drugs and offering players performance enhancing drugs and any player willing to accept these would get a ban.
Its just an idea ive had which I think can really help the game worldwide at all levels and the threat of doing this alone can stop a lot of situations where players will be willing to match fix as they are not sure if its genuine or if they are being targeted by FIFA and wont want to lose their professional license.

 

[Bruce Wayne]

You're assuming that FIFA want to catch players who dope. There's every incentive for FIFA to load the calendar with games so they can maximise revenue, so it stands to reason that they'd want the best players available in as many of those games as possible. Would they really want to clamp down on something that improves recovery and stamina?

Given that Joey Barton said this year that he's not had a single blood test in his entire career, you'd have to assume not.

 

[carlos21]

You're assuming that FIFA want to catch players who dope. There's every incentive for FIFA to load the calendar with games so they can maximise revenue, so it stands to reason that they'd want the best players available in as many of those games as possible. Would they really want to clamp down on something that improves recovery and stamina?

Given that Joey Barton said this year that he's not had a single blood test in his entire career, you'd have to assume not.

I agree with everything there mate.

 

[Azzurri]

You're assuming that FIFA want to catch players who dope. There's every incentive for FIFA to load the calendar with games so they can maximise revenue, so it stands to reason that they'd want the best players available in as many of those games as possible. Would they really want to clamp down on something that improves recovery and stamina?

Given that Joey Barton said this year that he's not had a single blood test in his entire career, you'd have to assume not.

Hadn't thought of it this way. Interesting.