FOOTBALLERS have been ordered to take lie detectors tests to discover if match-fixing is to blame for nine consecutive defeats.
All the players in the A-selection for Czech second division side FC Banik Most 1909 will be asked to undergo the polygraph procedure to see if match-fixing is to blame for the slump in form.
World players' union FIFPro is not happy with the proposal because the approach suggests the athletes are viewed as suspects and the union has doubts about the accuracy of the readings.
FC Banik Most have lost their last nine league games in a row, scoring just four and conceding 15, and now sit second-bottom.
In fact, the last time the club collected three points in any competition was January 7.
Here's highlights of the side's most recent loss:
FIFPro's Head of Legal Department Wil van Megen: "Many scientists have criticised the use of the lie detector.
"They are not convinced that this tool is the most accurate to determine whether someone is telling the truth or lying.
"Experts say that people can cheat at these tests, that people can be influenced while taking these tests, that these tests can give the wrong results.
"Simply put, lie detector tests are dubious."
FIFPro said it does not believe the players were paid for March.
Van Megen said: "It is a fact that players are more vulnerable to approaches by match-fixers when their salaries are not paid and are consequently encountering financial difficulties.
"Therefore FIFPro strongly advises the directors of FC Banik Most to solve that problem first before it starts portraying its own players as criminals."
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