Comments on: 8 Major Scandals from 8 Minor Sports

By: Mike

Mike — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 04:22:58 +0000

I figured this rugby incident was mentioned because it was a smaller league, just like Baseball has a minor league in the US. Rugby is definitely a big sport. I was in South Carolina about a month ago and folks were talking about the local rugby team!

By: Catto

Catto — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 21:44:34 +0000

James, I don’t know where you got your facts from but the 2003 Rugby World Cup had a world wide tv audience of 3.5 BILLION and was broadcast into 205 countries. It is readily accepted that the Rugby World Cup is the third largest sporting event in the world after the Summer Olympics and the Soccer World Cup.

By: James

James — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 12:12:00 +0000

Steve: fact is Rugby is a minor sport. Only 2million people play it worldwide – in fact a telling statistic is there are more soccer players in France than rugby players the world over.

As for third biggest sporting event in the world – absoluate balderdash. About 30million people watched the final of RWC 2007 – a paltry number compared to even hockey and handball.

By: Jerome

Jerome — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 05:22:47 +0000

Maybe If I may suggest, the word minor is removed at least from the title. It has caused a lot of confusion to everyone reading this article including me ;), but still those fraud incidents worth bringing up thanks to Ethan’s article

By: Abrar

Abrar — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 16:10:15 +0000

What about Pakistan’s cricket coach, Bob Woolmer, who died during World Cupp 2007 in the carribeans? Many people still believe he was murdered, due to the fact that he had inside information about match fixing. The South African captain was charged and found guilty of match fixing while Woolmer was South Africa’s coach. Also, the fact that he died a day after Pakistan was eliminated by Ireland (which in sports equivalent to Brazil soccer team loosing to polish college team) also raise speculation that he knew of some scenario where that match had also been fixed. Perhaps the people involved were afraid he will blow the whistle in his then soon to be released book.

By: Steve

Steve — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 02:22:40 +0000

I’m assuming this is an american-centric blog. Overall, enjoyed the read. But had to chuckle to myself when rugby union is categorised as a “minor” sport – the rugby world cup held every 4 years is the 3rd biggest sporting event in the world after the soccer world cup and the summer olympics.

By: lollerkeet

lollerkeet — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 21:09:37 +0000

Rugby Union is a minor sport? On what criteria?

It may not be as big as soccer or swimming or running, but many countries play it seriously and the World Cup has a significant following.

By: d

Fri, 14 Mar 2008 20:53:45 +0000

rein = reign. Maybe it was sarcasm though.

By: Ryan

Ryan — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 20:21:00 +0000

I concur, the Rugby world cup is one of the top 5 sporting events in the world, Rugby is an institution in at least a dozen countries. Just because its mostly played in the southern hemisphere and western europe doesnt make it a minor sport.

By: Nitsuj

Nitsuj — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 20:02:09 +0000

@ Debi

uh, the nfl isn’t a minor sport… you might want to look into that