Now it gets it's own post: A team probably rigged to go down, but, at least for one day, decides "FUCK THAT!!!"

About a week ago, I made reference to a situation in the English Championship that I found on Twitter, being sent to Brian Tuohy.

It references what would've been a mid-table Championship side, Wigan Athletic.  "Mark", apparently from Sierra Leone, sent Tuohy this thread, surrounding the current situation engulfing Wigan Athletic.

Not to disparage his work, but to basically give an idea of the situation:

• 2018:  Wigan Athletic is sold to a Hong Kong-based gambling syndicate, International Entertainment Corporation, owned by professional poker player Stanley Choi.
• June 2020, during the coronavirus shutdown:  The team is sold from IEC to the Next Leader Fund, a Cayman Islands operation founded by Choi and financed through a loan.
• The former loaned the latter 28 million pounds for the sale, at payments of 100,000 pounds a week -- payments no one felt Wigan could make.  Choi is now officially playing both sides of this.
• Why?  Because when Choi THEN sold Wigan on June 24 to Au Yeung Wai Kay, a Chinese group -- within a month, the director of the company, former Hong Kong soccer player Szeto Man Chun (who paid 17 million pounds for the right to make this decision), decides to place them in administration.
• This leads to an automatic 12-point deduction in the Championship standings for Wigan Athletic.  If they would've been relegated from the Championship, then they start League One with -12.  If, however, they are not, the 12 is applied this year and then relegation is given.
• Here's why:

Well, here’s why... 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? pic.twitter.com/uW3PTkrOAL

— mark 🇸🇱 (@marksparko) July 3, 2020

• The EFL and Parry have CONFIRMED the video.
• A major bet in the Philippines for Wigan to go down, and, given that money, that had to be a deeply underground bet.
• On February 1, 2020, Wigan had won only 7 of it's first 30 Championship contests, drawing 8 for 29 points overall.  That would've placed them in relegation at the time.
• Since that point, however, in 13 matches, they've won 7 and drawn 4.
• Why is this important?  Because, with the 12 point deduction, Wigan would be last in the Championship, demoted to League One.
• They play relegation-challenged Hull City at home today.  Hull City, as of the start of play, would only stay up in League One because of the shenanigans of IEC and NLF and the like.
• Wigan scored SEVEN first-half goals for a 7-0 advantage as of now.
• Should that result hold, Wigan will replace Hull as the last safe team, even with the 12 points deducted, and that is with, in 14 matches, them gaining 28 points. 
• And it held, final was 8-0.
• The other two relegation sides:  Luton Town is home to lower-mid-table Queens Park Rangers later this morning PDT.  Barnley is at league leaders Leeds United Thursday.  A win for Leeds United all but guarantees their promotion to the English Premier League   
• But Luton Town is 1-0 up on QPR at halftime on a penalty.  They win, and Wigan Athletic are back in the drop. 
• But QPR gets the equalizer for a 1-1 draw, leaving Luton Town, Wigan Athletic, and Hull City all on 45 points.  Wigan Athletic has an insurmountable goal difference advantage.