[nky]

London (CNN) -- Eight female badminton players were disqualified from the Olympics on Wednesday for trying to lose matches the day before, the Badminton World Federation announced after a disciplinary hearing.
The players from China, South Korea and Indonesia were accused of playing to lose in order to face easier opponents in future matches, drawing boos from spectators and warnings from match officials Tuesday night.
All four pairs of players were charged with not doing their best to win a match and abusing or demeaning the sport.
http://www.cnn.com/2012/08/01/sport/olym...?hpt=hp_t1

[nky]

This could rank up there with the 1919 Black sox. I'm glad the Badminton World Federation was on top of this to keep the play fair and honorable.

[RunItUpTheGut]

^
Ah, the horror.
Thank god for the Badminton World Federation for stepping in and taken care of the problem.
This scandal could of had an effect on the world.

[nky]

now if we can get the NFL to do this for those late December games when a team is already in or the MLB on those Sunday get away games when the teams clear their bench

[Stardust]

So, let's not let anyone "Fix" their schedule, thus let's require NCAA D1 teams to HAVE to play all D1 teams, and not load up their schedules with WINS with D2, D3, NAIA, KHSAA and CYO teams just to fix their schedules....

[geauxtigers75]

Sandbagging in the Olympics, wow.

[judgementday]

Two major stories in the Olympics so far...

1. Players dismissed for throwing Badminton games
2. NBC showing a boob during women's water polo (actually was watching when this happened)

[nky]

Love the women water polo

[Stardust]

Two major stories in the Olympics so far...

1. Players dismissed for throwing Badminton games
2. NBC showing a boob during women's water polo (actually was watching when this happened)

Love the women water polo

[Image: http://cache.deadspin.com/assets/images/...breast.jpg]

[Stardust]

^ You can get all the unedited versions of a couple of mishaps by Googling it. NKY will be OOGLING it when he see's it....nicker:

[Stardust]

Women's Water Polo athletes, Ummmmm

[Image: http://globoesporte.globo.com/platb/file...7/fap2.jpg]

[nky]

^ You can get all the unedited versions of a couple of mishaps by Googling it. NKY will be OOGLING it when he see's it....nicker:

maybe look at youtube also:Cheerlead

[nky]

Women's Water Polo athletes, Ummmmm

[Image: http://globoesporte.globo.com/platb/file...7/fap2.jpg]

It's all about buoyancy

[OffTheHook]

OffTheHook!!!!!!!

[zaga_fan]

Make the tournament single elimination if you want to avoid this.

These guys were losing to gain an advantage and I honestly don't have a problem with it.

This group stuff is and will always be moronic.

Win or go home is the only way to go.

[Spud6]

This was just plain out stupid. They knew people where going to kick on it.