Corruption in "sport" latest

[flatandy]

Chess: By now we've all read about the scandal where the bloke who beat the world champion is accused of cheating and one rumour has it that he has wireless controlled anal beads telling him what moves to make

Poker: We may have read about the poker scandal, too. Unrelated to the anal beads, there were rumours that the cheat had a vibrating device on her. But apparently thought she had a bottom pair. This may not actually be a scandal any more, and might just be someone playing really badly and getting lucky. The thing about poker is, isn't everyone always cheating, and how would this be news?

Fishing: But did we hear about the fishing scandal. Apparently, some fishermen have been shoving lead weights into the fish they've been catching to give artificially high weights in order to win fishing competitions.

And, latest...

International Irish Dancing: Now we have a match-fixing scandal at weird tappyfoot diddledee music stuff filled with the world's weirdest people.

[voice]

Huge conniptions here in Canada over dodgy goings on in the world of hockey (the closest to a national religion in Canada)

www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-63162248

[flatandy]

I feel that that is a more serious issue, and is actually a sport. Same with the sex abuse allegations in the US NWSL. That's all actually nasty, rather than the stuff above which is mostly just funny.

[voice]

oh yeah, but it was either her of Living Planet. Wall to wall coverage here, questions in parliament the lot.

[voice]

Now here's a headline I never expected to read

Grand Chessmaster Accused Of Using Anal Beads To Cheat Has Whole Body Scanned Before Match

www.comicsands.com/chessmaster-anal-beads-body-scanned-2658412469.html?fbclid=IwAR1lDCaiYrUT1uDuxEfOlzA4hMo3zYpwdiggqj1GFFG81FBh2UfogRt8Ztc

[wetkingcanute]

P - K4

[mids]

P - KY

[ootlg]

Oct 12, 2022 19:07:47 GMT voice said:

Now here's a headline I never expected to read

Grand Chessmaster Accused Of Using Anal Beads To Cheat Has Whole Body Scanned Before Match

www.comicsands.com/chessmaster-anal-beads-body-scanned-2658412469.html?fbclid=IwAR1lDCaiYrUT1uDuxEfOlzA4hMo3zYpwdiggqj1GFFG81FBh2UfogRt8Ztc

That's a bit stale, mate.

[perrykneeham]

But they're as well to check.

[mids]

Imagine if they got stuck? They'd need to Fisher-ound for them.

[perrykneeham]

Sounds like a pawn-o.

[ootlg]

Hahaha... as sure as knight follows day.

[voice]

it was no rook-ie move.

[wetkingcanute]

were they beating their Bishop?

[perrykneeham]

That would be chess grand master Bates?

[voice]

He's had a checkered history.

[perrykneeham]

These things are never black and white.

[flatandy]

So... about anal beads and chess... you have to wonder what his, erm, opening gambit was.

[perrykneeham]

It might have been a Bird's Opening.

[voice]

I'd have thought the flank opening was his go to