14 Surefire Ways to Get Blacklisted Or Banned

For whatever reason, 2022 was particularly bad for cheating in the sports world. With one scandal after another in events like chess, poker, and even fishing, we started thinking about world renowned scandals as a whole. There’s something quite intriguing about the desire to win or succeed becoming so powerful that it destroys rational thinking, ruins careers, and even puts people in harm’s way. For real y’all, calm down. Like, you just had to win that fishing tournament that badly? 

The old saying, “It’s not the journey, it’s the destination,” was completely lost on these rascals. They only wanted to be teleported to that sweet, sweet destination, but hey, we all want success without having to put the work in. That’s just human nature. Luckily for most of us, our corner-cutting or bad decision making aren’t international news that forever tarnishes our legacies. Like these 14 complete dolts who got themselves blacklisted, banned, or shitcanned!  

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