We can’t assume Pell is corrupt. If he did leak his votes, then that would be a sackable offence and his umpiring career would probably be over. But that doesn’t mean he was party to the bets. Goldsack told his mother that he was going to start the GF as a forward and she went out and placed a successful bet on him kicking the first goal. But he may well have had nothing to do with the bet. Indeed, he may have told her she couldn’t use the info to bet or else he’d be in trouble. It’s possible some malevolent friends may have lured Pell into revealing his votes on the basis that they wouldn’t use or pass on the info. If that is the case, he was stupid and irresponsible but not corrupt.
As the wartime posters used to say, “loose lips sink ships.”
As the wartime posters used to say, “loose lips sink ships.”