www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/heath-shaw-suspended-for-betting-on-football-20110715-1hhe1.html
To put it in perspective, the bet would have been paying $101 for $1. So it was a chance to win $1,000 from $10.....
Probably a slight over reaction from the AFL. I would have thought the fines were about right. But 4 weeks holiday would have been more fitting, with an extra threat of some sort...
www.tab.com.au/Sports/Betting/PlaceFixedOddsBet.aspx?State=2&LocationCode=0&Competition=102&MarketCode=66&MeetingType=1
The odds for Heath shaw were pretty ordinary,place a bet for $10 and lose $20000 when you think about how much sponsorship the AFL gets from betting companies it looks to me a double standard but then again I guess it would be shocking for it to become like Indian cricket,I heard a good qoute from Alan Jeans he said footballers are like sausages you can fry them, roast them or BBQ them but they are still sausages, I think they are better bbq'd
should have recieved 3 year ban, that would make players think twice but i "bet" they bet on games all the time...through other means
tip of the iceburg ? ..... well, good to stamp it out early if it was an isolated case.
In hindsight, I bet (pardon the pun) he realises it was a stupid thing to do but he thought he was onto a Shaw thing. 
