I'm sure everyone's heard of the allegations surrounding Juventus and how they (and possibly other teams) were involved in the biggest matchfixing scandal since the 1980s (when Milan and Lazio were found guilty and demoted to Serie B).
Since the evidence so far seems clear cut, what do you think should happen to them in terms of punishment? Should they be stripped of their current and last Seria A title? Should they be demoted? Both?
I personally think that stripping them of their title goes too far - no one can know what would have happened if they hadn't fixed some matches in those seasons, they may have won, they may have lost, its impossible to repeat the seasons. However, if found guily, they should definitely be demoted to Serie B (but be allowed to retain their Serie A title), but they should lose their European CL place and be given a hefty fine (millions of euros) - as for Europe and promotion/demotion, the European spot awards would move one place down, and the 17th placed team should be allowed to stay up.
What are your thoughts to this disgraceful episode?
Some links here:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/europe/4770589.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/europe/4765173.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/4766505.stm
http://home.skysports.com/list.asp?hlid=386808&CPID=21&clid=128&lid=&title=Trio+join+Juve+in+inquiry
http://home.skysports.com/list.asp?...ID=128&lid=&title=Juve+board+resigns&channel=
http://football.guardian.co.uk/News_Story/0,,1773101,00.html
Since the evidence so far seems clear cut, what do you think should happen to them in terms of punishment? Should they be stripped of their current and last Seria A title? Should they be demoted? Both?
I personally think that stripping them of their title goes too far - no one can know what would have happened if they hadn't fixed some matches in those seasons, they may have won, they may have lost, its impossible to repeat the seasons. However, if found guily, they should definitely be demoted to Serie B (but be allowed to retain their Serie A title), but they should lose their European CL place and be given a hefty fine (millions of euros) - as for Europe and promotion/demotion, the European spot awards would move one place down, and the 17th placed team should be allowed to stay up.
What are your thoughts to this disgraceful episode?
Some links here:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/europe/4770589.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/europe/4765173.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/4766505.stm
http://home.skysports.com/list.asp?hlid=386808&CPID=21&clid=128&lid=&title=Trio+join+Juve+in+inquiry
http://home.skysports.com/list.asp?...ID=128&lid=&title=Juve+board+resigns&channel=
http://football.guardian.co.uk/News_Story/0,,1773101,00.html
