Johnno75 wrote:... It is allegedly Warner who contrived the whole plan and he still might open his big mouth and throw a few others under the bus.
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If Warner is at war with the rest of the team, he may well try to throw some under the bus. But, for the same reason, it's not clear that he would not try to throw innocent people under the bus.
The "everyone must have known" argument seems a huge assumption about how teams operate. It's worth pondering how true that is in general about anything, good or bad, legal or illegal, within a sporting team. What has come to mind is players' struggles with depression and mental health. I think that problem, or at least its full extent, has often been unknown by teammates. One can argue about whether something like that is easier or harder to hide.
On the other hand, players past and current arguing "everyone must have known" may really be revealing that "when my team cheated in the same way we all knew". I've been astounded by the aggressively vocal behaviour of known ball-tamperer Michael Vaughan in all this. It has been a genuine psychological puzzle (but I have some thoughts on this for a separate comment). Of course, another aspect indicated by the word "known" is that there may be some who knew something was going on, disapproved, did not participate, but did not act to try to stop it. I wonder how culpable people think such passive actors are.
