The Zimbabwean Football Association has suspended 82 of it's players from playing soccer and representing it's country after they were involved in a match- fixing scandal of unsactioned games in Asia , which involve friendly games against Asian teams like Thailand and Syria in 2008. The number has increased from 62 players to 82 some of these players include Lionel Mutizwa of Mamelodi Sundowns, Khama Billiant of Ajax Cape Town, Ovidy Karuru of the U.S Boulogne and JimmyJambo and Willard Katsonde of Kazier Cheifs.It is alleged that the players played for money and really didn't care if they won or lost .The suspension of these players will will affect their respective leagues.
Hearings will start next week and will end in March, players who are involved in the scandal will only be cleared after the hearing, In my opinion it's wrong and those found guilty should be punished but yet again lets look at this from both views why would they do such in the first place? Is it because they are underpaid? Or is it because they just selfish and want more money? Because they do get paid by their national teams and their respective clubs but yet again the question arises what ever happened to the days when soccer players used to play for the love of it and not for the money, fame or girls? Nowadays you get people involved in match -fixing scandals. Is it also because we as African players like comparing ourselves to European players and their standards?
