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Originally Posted by godzilla
I definitely don't support Shakib nor do I think he is innocent in this matter - definitely had some shady sh*t going on. However, if a powerful man had a gun pointed towards me, friends and family, I too would stfu and take a 1 year ban and go on my merry way. One year vs looking behind my shoulder for the rest of my life, not really a hard bargain when it's put into that perspective.

This is why I sympathized with Amir. Kid probably didn't have much of a choice. Bookies definitely has big connections or works for them.

You realise Amir was setup in a newspaper sting? There were no bookies or criminals involved.