Juventus won Italy's Serie A championship today, and to celebrate, their general manager resigned to defend himself against charges he pressured the league to change referee assignments for the Turin-based side.
But there are some folks who aren't exactly surprised about the news. Here's a passage from The Wisdom Of Crowds
To an outside observer, the accusations of corruption seemed crazy. Honest referees make bad decisions all the time. What reason was there to believe that Moreno was any different? But to anyone familiar with Italian soccer, corruption is assumed to be the natural state of affairs. Every year, the Italian soccer season is marred by weekly charges of criminality and skulduggery. Teams routinely claim that individual refs have been bought off, and request that particular referees not be assigned to their games.
In light of that information, perhaps there's less (and more) here than meets the eye?
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