[danielf]

Originally Posted by gazzae

There is a difference between resting or taking your foot off the gas to absolutely blatant attempts to lose.

I’d would say it was more like a football team deliberately and repeatedly scoring own goals.

Yes it was an error to have the format of the competition to put players in a position where losing was beneficial for them but I do think they deserved to be disqualified.

Nice analogy

I can see your side of the argument, but I don't think that taking potential champions out is the right solution either. I'd be looking at a different format for the tournament.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Ge...A_World_Cup%29