Another idiot

[Wise Owl]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/23753989

[JOHNNYAITCH]

"Anyone who knows me personally will know that I only ever want a win for my team,"

 

"This has always been the case and, on occasions when I have very occasionally bet against my club over the last 10 years, I would always have been very happy to lose the stake and take the result.

 

Comical

[JOHNNYAITCH]

Because it made me laugh..such is the stupidity of the statement

[Warren]

He bet against his own team 37 times. In the overall context of his habit that is relatively small, but it is more than 80% of a League Season and 37 breaches of trust and loyalty to the team and manager.

[Santa]

In 2008 Accrington lost a match against Bury 2-0. Three Accrington players and one Bury player each put four figure sums on Bury to win. Another Accrington player had a fiver on them in an acca.

 

Here's an article from the time of the investigation. Interestingly, Rob Heys is quoted in the piece so there shouldn't be any excuse for him not being acquainted with the laws.

 

link

[Guppy 4 England]

I dont understand why hes an idiot, unless its the fact he lost £2300 in the bets.

[VantaaVale]

Rob Heys, said: "If anything is found that implicates individuals then they will be out. It is as simple as that."

 

Hmm.... and when caught himself, he moans about the length of his suspension...

[bookworm]

He is an idiot to abuse his position with accy,you don't bet against your club when you are it's chief exec or md, the fans would expect him to leave the club asap and his statement has more than a whiff of bulls droppings especially after his own statement about the players if caught doing the self same thing.

[JOHNNYAITCH]

I dont understand why hes an idiot, unless its the fact he lost £2300 in the bets.

 

Knowingly breaking the rules

His idiotic explanation

Making bets he'd be happier to lose than win

[Warren]

I dont understand why hes an idiot, unless its the fact he lost £2300 in the bets.

 

The first rule of leadership is to set a good example and tone from the top. In the case of banking failures and NHS failures recently and so many other serious failures it is this factor at the very heart of most problems.

[Guppy 4 England]

The first rule of leadership is to set a good example and tone from the top. In the case of banking failures and NHS failures recently and so many other serious failures it is this factor at the very heart of most problems.

 

Basically its the governments fault.

[Guppy 4 England]

He is an idiot to abuse his position with accy,you don't bet against your club when you are it's chief exec or md, the fans would expect him to leave the club asap and his statement has more than a whiff of bulls droppings especially after his own statement about the players if caught doing the self same thing.

 

He only owns the club though, he doesnt play for them? Also, i could understand if he won a few grand but hes losing!

[JOHNNYAITCH]

The first rule of leadership is to set a good example and tone from the top.

 

The first rule of leadership is to be seen to be setting a good example and tone from the top ;)

[JOHNNYAITCH]

He only owns the club though, he doesnt play for them? Also, i could understand if he won a few grand but hes losing!

 

But he has influence at the club so could be tempted to make decisions that make him more likely to win his bet; he may have done so but they didn't work out.

 

Anyway it's the principle that's more important than a particular instance.