After last nights piegate....
''Sutton United have accepted the resignation of reserve goalkeeper Wayne Shaw, who is under investigation for potentially breaching betting rules.''
Also reported the club asked him to resign.
Sad end to the Sutton story, whole pie thing was a bit silly as it seems all set up by the bookies but not nice to see a man lose his job over it.
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It seems to me some of them got caught up in the moment. These are part time players and most likely not used to having the spotlight on them. For me, the fact that it is nothing to do with football - it's whether a bloke will eat a pie or not - it seems like a massive overreaction to demand his resignation.
I'm sure it's perfectly innocent and just him giving the cameras what they want to see.
Ultimately it's no different to a player betting on a red card then kicking someone up in the air.
Before anyone says it, yes I understand it's a "fun" bet, but surely they realise that someone will throw their money away at it?!
I hope they paid out seeing as somebody lost their job (wrongly or rightly) over it.
Refer to betting thread
Anyway, at least we have answered one of footballs long un answered questions. We now know who ate all the pies!
Yeah Sun Bets have paid out but they have got a lot more than that in free publicity.
Now they will probably get even more by campaigning for reinstatement.
no one lost money - you could not bet that he wouldn't eat a pie.
He's round,
He's worth a million pound,
Wayne Shaw! Wayne Shaw!
That's the real weird issue.
http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/fa-league-cups/sutton-united-goalkeeper-wayne-shaw-eats-pie-bet-stun-morrisons-arsenal-betting-a7591326.html
What if their was a price up for that?