The Anti-Cheating Movement: Ridding Esports of Cheats

By Erick Orantes, Aalok Sharma and Habib Ilahi, of STINSON LLP Over a hundred years ago, several Chicago White Sox baseball players were credibly accused of tanking against the Cincinnati Reds in the 1919 World Series. Allegedly, a criminal syndicate led by mobster Arnold Rothstein paid those players to deliberately throw the games. A criminal trial later took place; however, all players were acquitted of all charges. Nonetheless, the scandal, which later became known as the Black Sox Scandal