Ian Black punishment

**David_D** · 12-09-2013 03:19 PM

Ian black has been banned for 10 games with 7 of them suspended for breaking betting rules.

So really a 3 game ban. What a deterrent that is to people in the future. Not

***Hibs Class*** · 12-09-2013 03:20 PM

Ten game ban and £7500 fine for breaking betting rules apparently. 7 of the banned games are suspended so only misses 3. Got off quite lightly IMO.

**Dunderhall** · 12-09-2013 03:21 PM

10 game ban, 7 of which are suspended and £7500 fine.

A joke of a punishment if you just consider the events of betting against his own team.

**Weststandwanab** · 12-09-2013 03:42 PM

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Ten game ban and £7500 fine for breaking betting rules apparently. 7 of the banned games are suspended so only misses 3. Got off quite lightly IMO.

Life ban = problem solved. A pity they bottled it !

**Springbank** · 12-09-2013 03:56 PM

Steady on lads

He's a third tier footballer

Those guys at that level usually are part time painters and the like

***Biggie*** · 12-09-2013 04:15 PM

****ing pathetic....bottlers FACT

**scuttle** · 12-09-2013 04:19 PM

Should have gave him community service. He could have put his paintbrush to good use then the horrible ****

**brian6-2** · 12-09-2013 04:40 PM

that wee hun fud mccoists story of having a list "the size of his arm" of players today that all gamble on their teams games has clearly worked then.....

***snooky*** · 12-09-2013 04:43 PM

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Ian black has been banned for 10 games with 7 of them suspended for breaking betting rules.

So really a 3 game ban. What a deterrent that is to people in the future. Not

Yet another black day in the life of Scottish Football with the beaks at the hub - again!

***Keith_M*** · 12-09-2013 04:57 PM

Am I the only one that doesn't think it's that big a deal?

He got caught breaking a rule on gambling, with no suggestion or evidence of him trying to fix matches, and he was punished. If they ever catch anyone else at it, I'm sure they'll punish them similarly.

**Thecat23** · 12-09-2013 05:00 PM

I'd have punished him by setting him on fire and then trying to put out the flames with a baseball bat with nails sticking out it.

**green glory** · 12-09-2013 05:10 PM

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I'd have punished him by setting him on fire and then trying to put out the flames with a baseball bat with nails sticking out it.

I'd have gone with the lowered slowly into a vat of sulphuric acid, feet first option myself.

In the centre circle at a packed Easter Road of course.

**Thecat23** · 12-09-2013 05:13 PM

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I'd have gone with the lowered slowly into a vat of sulphuric acid, feet first option myself.

In the centre circle at a packed Easter Road of course.

Actually I'm happy with that. Can I still take a few swings though??

**green glory** · 12-09-2013 05:16 PM

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Actually I'm happy with that. Can I still take a few swings though??

You can chuck paintbrushes at his Hun/Jambo face.

**Thecat23** · 12-09-2013 05:17 PM

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You can chuck paintbrushes at his Hun/Jambo face.

Haha count me in then!

**Boyle89** · 12-09-2013 05:25 PM

Farcical

**NAE NOOKIE** · 12-09-2013 05:31 PM

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Am I the only one that doesn't think it's that big a deal?

He got caught breaking a rule on gambling, with no suggestion or evidence of him trying to fix matches, and he was punished. If they ever catch anyone else at it, I'm sure they'll punish them similarly.

Betting against your own team has a number of implications:

Directly relating to the highlighted bit ........ The very fact that he bet on his team to lose surely suggests that he may very well have been involved in match fixing ... it would certainly leave any professional footballer open to such an allegation.

Even if Black didnt play in the games where he bet against his own team, was he fronting for team mates who did play?

If he did play in these games .... what were the results and how did he perform?

There is nothing in the sporting World worse than a player who indulges in match fixing. Many folk scrimp and save to follow their teams and the very thought that professional athletes, many of whom make a living most of us can only dream about, would betray these folk in order to make even more money makes me want to puke.

Any player who lays himself open to suspicion of match fixing is either very very greedy or very very stupid. Guess which one of these two categories Mr Black falls into. He should have been banned to the end of the season, minimum and I'm not saying that just because its Ian Black. Odious little scrote though he may be.

***Billy Whizz*** · 12-09-2013 05:33 PM

Wonder what Rangers will think of this. Will they use this as a way of sacking him, seems a more serious issue than the Sandaza problem

**Treadstone** · 12-09-2013 05:34 PM

Footballers not allowed to bet on ANY game in world football is a draconian rule that needs to be looked at.

However putting your own team in such bet(s) and not setting off any internal alarm is stupidity of the highest order.

I'd change the rule to not being allowed to bet in any division your employer takes part in.

**truehibernian** · 12-09-2013 05:47 PM

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Wonder what Rangers will think of this. Will they use this as a way of sacking him, seems a more serious issue than the Sandaza problem

In solidarity for Jim Spence can we please get into the habit of calling them The Rangers as it is The Rangers that they should be known as - The Rangers........after all the old club is no more and The Rangers is the new club......you know, The Rangers, the new club as the old one died........say after three......The Rangers

Absolutely every fan should now get into the habit, including the media, of labelling them The Rangers

Of course we can continue calling Ian Black a Brian Cant.......that'll never change

**1068gary** · 12-09-2013 05:50 PM

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Actually I'm happy with that. Can I still take a few swings though??

watch yer face with that acid!

***johnrebus*** · 12-09-2013 05:51 PM

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I'd have punished him by setting him on fire and then trying to put out the flames with a baseball bat with nails sticking out it.

Cant we leave this sort of **** to the of inhabitants of Kickback?

Not Hibs class.

Get a grip.

***nonshinyfinish*** · 12-09-2013 06:00 PM

Are those saying he's got off lightly forgetting his continuing sentence of Being Ian Black?

That one's life, no parole.

***Keith_M*** · 12-09-2013 06:06 PM

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Betting against your own team has a number of implications:

Directly relating to the highlighted bit ........ The very fact that he bet on his team to lose surely suggests that he may very well have been involved in match fixing ... it would certainly leave any professional footballer open to such an allegation.

Even if Black didnt play in the games where he bet against his own team, was he fronting for team mates who did play?

If he did play in these games .... what were the results and how did he perform?

.................

I agree with what you've said about it raising questions, but they've been looked into. The SFA themselves said there was no evidence to suggest he was involved in match fixing. They have all the details of the games he gambled on and the scores.

If anything, the guy sounds like a gambling addict and HAS been very stupid.

**Pretty Boy** · 12-09-2013 06:14 PM

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Are those saying he's got off lightly forgetting his continuing sentence of Being Ian Black?

That one's life, no parole.

Indeed.

Being Ian Black is quite enough punishment for any man.

**SmashinGlass** · 12-09-2013 06:23 PM

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I agree with what you've said about it raising questions, but they've been looked into. The SFA themselves said there was no evidence to suggest he was involved in match fixing. They have all the details of the games he gambled on and the scores.

If anything, the guy sounds like a gambling addict and HAS been very stupid.

Playing devil's advocate here, but how do we know this? Was anyone here party to the evidence or the hearing?

**ancient hibee** · 12-09-2013 06:32 PM

It seems that the Rangers game he bet on last season he bet on a draw-came off the bench and scored a goal in a 3-2 win for Rangers.

***Bostonhibby*** · 12-09-2013 06:49 PM

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Cant we leave this sort of **** to the of inhabitants of Kickback?

Not Hibs class.

Get a grip.

Indeed, it should be enough that he had a bet on a 12 match ban.

***Keith_M*** · 12-09-2013 07:30 PM

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Playing devil's advocate here, but how do we know this? Was anyone here party to the evidence or the hearing?

Just going by what the SFA themselves said.

Surely we have to assume they're telling the truth until someone proves (or even has reason to believe) otherwise. Not everything in the world of football is a conspiracy.