More Accusation of UWW Corruption...
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I mentioned the same thing to CP on Twitter. Also would've been better had Flo contacted someone at UWW for the expected denial. And at least cite the rule they're accusing Silvestri of breaking. I don't doubt the veracity of the allegations, but other outlets/publications might pick it up, it should be sewn up tighter. Not to mention making it as difficult as possible for the UWW to undermine.
Just saw that, should be included in the article.
I have zero doubts that the corruption is real.
But those are some big claims to be making based primarily on assignments. To be honest, I'm a little surprised their lawyers didn't make them tone down the rhetoric. The refs don't control their assignments; to call some of them cheaters based solely upon the matches they were assigned sounds like the door is open for libel.
Fishy? Yes.
True? Likely.
Proof? For many named, probably not.
But those are some big claims to be making based primarily on assignments. To be honest, I'm a little surprised their lawyers didn't make them tone down the rhetoric. The refs don't control their assignments; to call some of them cheaters based solely upon the matches they were assigned sounds like the door is open for libel.
Fishy? Yes.
True? Likely.
Proof? For many named, probably not.
Speaking as a media lawyer (whose job it is to clear/flag/review borderline content just like this), I'm also a little surprised. It's always difficult to hang an intent-based allegation on statistical aberrations, no matter how seemingly damning. Based on the screwed up results we've seen at UWW events I don't have much of a problem buying the likelihood CP is onto something real but the article should be much tighter with respect to laying out the methodology and more circumspect with respect to rhetoric.
Until "smoking gun(s)" come forward this article and others r unfournately redundant.
Very few countries have our sense of civility when it comes to wrestling....payoff is to great not to be tempted.
Very few countries have our sense of civility when it comes to wrestling....payoff is to great not to be tempted.
CP approached the mat assignment stuff in his normal analytical way but threw out accusations like a fan. I agree with him and have no doubt he is right...would have been better if he had someone from UWW corroborating him. If he was off about one ref...
Rumor has it that Cael has an uncle that is in deep with some boys from Jersey. Cael has been lobbying the special Olympics to include freestyle. I guess the word around happy valley, is that Retherford is being groomed quite successfully to be the "Ringer". If this is true, it could be some easy money.
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