Dutchy wrote:whufc wrote:Bowlers have now released a joint statement saying they weren’t aware of any tampering that day.
There was zero need for them to make a public statement, this confirms that they are guilty as the others IMO.
CA let Warne, Smith and Bancroft take the fall cause if it came out that the whole team knew about it they had a 1000 times bigger issue on their hands.
Yeah I agree......banning an entire team would have been an absolute disaster (like the movie the replacements) and right there and then would have seen the series cancelled. Having a few scapegoats was the best way to manage the issue from a PR perspective.
Even to the point by the time the truth comes out 99% of players and administration will be retired so the consequences will be next to nothing.
I also agree about the statement from the bowlers....even the language had an under tone of delaying the discussion rather than a 100% defiant never happened then or at any other point end of story type statement. I imagine if they really wanted they could have threatened defamation for people speculating.