Match fixing Match fixing is generally considered as paying and accepting bribes for losing a match. It invites outrage and penalties, as it did to India’s former cricket captain, MOHAMMED AZHARUDDIN, but now absolved of blame. However, there is a flip side argument to it. What if a player or a team is said to be paid to win? Would it be considered as bribe or an incentive? A devil’s advocate could turn the tables and defend his clients as being rewarded to win – and not bribed to lose. He could also cite the phenomenal precedent to this line of reasoning – the one created by none other than the Nobel Prize Committee in Norway. They awarded the Nobel Peace prize of 2009 to President Barak Obama – just as an inducement to bring peace, and not having brought one already. (Excerpt from my book: SIMPLY MY WAY (http://www.bennetpaes.com/) Bennet Paes
