Champions League Draw fixed. (Evidence?)

[azzaman+]

So..

This story is quite compelling, is this really an open secret that I have missed all these years?

a former International referee has now gone further, explosively claiming that UEFA use vibrating balls to ensure that the biggest clubs are kept apart until the latter stages of their competitions.
The Turkish official, Ahmet Cakar, has sensationally suggested that the former football stars that carry out the draws have metal objects in their hand which pick up vibrations in the balls as they bounce around in the pot.

Going through a methodical system that he believes UEFA use (although he does not reveal his mysterious secrets), Cakar mystically picks balls out of a bowl with the intention of recreating the exact order of last week’s Europa League quarterfinal draw.


Cakar keeps his eyes closed throughout but he still manages to spookily create a draw identical to the one that UEFA carried out last week.
The Turk’s suspicions were raised when, during the Champions League last 16 draw in December, the rehearsal draw corresponded exactly with the real one day later, with bookmakers offering odds of 5,000-1 of the incident occurring, while others suggested the odds could be as extreme as nearly 2,000,000-1.

FULL Story here:-

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/fo...balls-fixed-Champions-League-draw--VIDEO.html


Could this just have some truth to it?

 

[No1newts]

Why did ManU get Real or Barca AC?

Stupid story probably completely fabricated by the Fail.

Saying that though I would put nothing past UEFA

 

[SideWinder]

Hmm. Weird video though...he does seem to move a switch?

 

[Derek W]

FOOL Story here:-

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/fo...balls-fixed-Champions-League-draw--VIDEO.html


Could this just have some truth to it?

^^
No

But in related news, touching plastic balls with names / numbers on them will give you cancer. Also in the above link

 

[Woden]

If only Dianna were here

 

[Youstolemyname]

They do it with heated balls. Hot n cold go together.

 

[Pighardia]

Stupid story probably completely fabricated by the Fail.

Yeah, this.

 

[No1newts]

Yeah, this.

+1 to me now?

 

[HangTime]

To be fair when it comes to the Last 16 draw there are some artificial restrictions that make it less likely for top clubs to face each other anyway (country protection, 1st place protection...). I'm not really that fussed about it, even if the draw were fixed it isn't much different from other sports where they have seeded draws anyway (e.g. Tennis).