A thread: How Wigan Athletic have been victim to one of the greatest sporting scandals of all time.— mark 🇸🇱 (@marksparko) July 3, 2020 says something that isn't in the BBC article. The BBC mentions the videos of Richard Parry, but Mark Sparko tweeted something in the video that isn't in the article: "This is a video of the head of the English Football League, Richard Parry, stating he’s heard a rumour that there was a big bet placed on Wigan’s relegation in the Philippines. Remember the past owner was a professional gambler who owned a string of casinos?" It's one thing to have an owner make a mistake or have financial trouble because of coronavirus. It's another thing to want a club to be relegated and/or enter administration. We hear about match-fixing. This is season-fixing, and maybe club-destroying. If administration is because of gambling, it could be unrelated to coronavirus, and blaming coronavirus for financial trouble could be a convenient way to lie to cover up what happened.