Do you believe in conspiracy theories?
Gator5220
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Do you believe in conspiracy theories regarding any of the major or minor sports?
I've always felt like that the possibility exists for the NBA to use the officials to decide the outcome of a game. After all, fouls are really left up to the judgment of the official. To me, the NBA is 60% sport, 40% entertainment.
I do think at the collegiate level of sports officials regularly show bias in their officiating.
I've always felt like that the possibility exists for the NBA to use the officials to decide the outcome of a game. After all, fouls are really left up to the judgment of the official. To me, the NBA is 60% sport, 40% entertainment.
I do think at the collegiate level of sports officials regularly show bias in their officiating.
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Consider a team is favored by 12, with 2 minutes left they're up 14, but a few turnovers or missed free throws and they only win by 10. It had no affect on the outcome of the game (win either way), but completely changed the betting.
As far as football refs go, I think they may "encourage" a team to win, and as much as I like instant replay, unreviewable stuff like penalties can change the game.
I would like to see someone, or some group document firm stats on the actually % of times this situation arises. If somehow there were a method to record each game for a year or two, the spreads, and how often the spread changed within the last minute or so due to errors of play or officiating. I really dont know if it would come out that suspicion was correct, and that hypothetically 82% of the time a spread swayed dramatically at the end of a game, or if it were a situation similar to that in baseball, where a player fields a great ball, then leads off the next half of inning.....we all like to believe that happens way more often than it actually does...in reality the % of times the fielder who makes the stellar play leads off the next half an inning is probably the same % as every other player.
-- Yogi Berra
I've always felt like that the possibility exists for the NBA to use the officials to decide the outcome of a game. After all, fouls are really left up to the judgment of the official. To me, the NBA is 60% sport, 40% entertainment.
I do think at the collegiate level of sports officials regularly show bias in their officiating.
I dont know if this is in reference to the Superbowl, but if it is, then I would say no. the officiating was terrible, and likely changed the outcome of the game. I don't think it was deliberate.
As for conspiracies overall, sure. Look at baseball. owners conspired for 60 years to keep blacks out, then colluded again to prevent players from moving. So I think it's always possible.
And no I don't believe the fix was in at the SB. But the officiating was biased whether it was intentional or not.
with the $$ involved, i would never rule anything out.
<< <i>I have stated this for years that players, coaches, managers AND refs and umps should be required to take polygraph tests, perhaps three times per season regarding questions about gambling. So simple yet so effective, but of course it will never be done unless there is a major sports betting scandal such as a Super Bowl that was proven to be fixed. >>
Sounds like an effective plan, but unfortunately, the day were starting forcing American citizens to take polygraph tests is the day our civil liberties are gone. Some things are more important than finding out who's cheating.
Come on now...polygraph tests are already required for employment in a number of occupations. I'm not an expert on this but I would have to presume that the law already protects civil liberties on these polygraph tests, same way that by law there are many questions a prospective employer cannot ask a job applicant.