HOLy CRaP - this sports scandal proves it's all rigged | |
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| Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 1461405 12/07/2012 03:51 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | This ESPN expose shows that virtually every soccer match... all around the world is rigged: [link to espn.go.com] (Frankly, I'm shocked that a mainstream magazine like ESPN would admit this.) What do you think about all of this? |
| Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 1461405 12/07/2012 03:54 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I was quite surprised to find out that the 2nd-most rigged sport is tennis. Yep, tennis is TOTALLY rigged. And I quote: "It's difficult to prove if someone has tanked a match or not tried because they can try their best until the last couple of games of each set and then make some mistakes, a couple of double-faults, and that's it," Murray said. "It's pretty disappointing for all the players, but everyone knows it goes on." Read more about this here: [link to www.daretogamble.com] |
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| Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 1461405 12/07/2012 03:58 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Here are 11 specific sporting events that were OBVIOUSLY rigged: [link to www.businessinsider.com] |
| Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 1461405 12/07/2012 04:03 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Even the sport of cycling is rigged... ... (Allegedly) Lance Armstrong paid $50,000 bribes to "competitors" to have them throw races. This is in the Philadelphia Inquirer of all places: [link to articles.philly.com] It never ends, does it? |
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| Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 1461405 12/07/2012 04:20 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | For me, the 2005 Super Bowl was off-the-hook ridiculous: Every call went for Pittsburgh and against Seattle. The worst call was when "Big Ben" dove for a touchdown, but landed a half-yard short... and even after instant replay, it was called a touchdown. Remember that one? |
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| Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 1461405 12/07/2012 04:24 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Anyone with half a brain knows last year's NHL Winter Classic in Philly was rigged: [link to philly.barstoolsports.com] |
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| Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 1461405 12/07/2012 04:31 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Grab a cup a coffee and watch this ASAP: Here are the highlights: At 13:08, Former Legal Chief Council and current President and Chief Operating Officer of MLB, Robert A. Dupuy, Esq. states: "We sell fantasy. We don’t sell reality. And we have grown men and women in costumes playing for millions of dollars, and more importantly enthralling tens of millions of people. And furthermore, we sell competition. Our teams and our athletes have to be bitter, bitter rivals and competitors on the field of play, but they’ve got to be partners off the field of play. And we need rules. We sell uncertainty of outcome, and so we need rules, both playing rules and frankly, we need economic rules." DeMaurice Smith, current chief of the NFL Players' Union, then adds: "Isn’t the reality that it’s a business when owners want it to be a business and it’s a sport when they want it to be a sport and for a fan it’s—and I agree with you—it’s a fantasy." At 26:48, the two have a similar exchange, as Smith states: "They sell fantasy; we work on the field." Dupuy quickly adds: "And if we didn’t sell fantasy, you wouldn’t work on the field." At 35:18, the talk turns to the need of “competitive balance” and to keep people watching. This prompts Smith to ask, "So we’ve made all these exceptions to make fans happy?" Answering him is Alan Ostfield, former president and CEO of the Detroit Pistons and Tampa Bay Lightning, who replies: "It’s the foundation of our business." Lastly, at 1:02:40, the moderator brings up the issue of the leagues' personal conduct policy & commissioner powers. He specifically asks Smith why the union didn't fight against including such provisions within the players' collective bargaining agreement with the NFL. Watch how Smith dances around answering, and how another panelist, Charles Grantham (former executive director of the NBA Players' Union) answers by saying that players would rather make more money than concern themselves with personal conduct. Source: [link to www.thefixisin.net] |
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| Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 1461405 12/07/2012 04:36 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Sure, some events were "rigged" by a few of the players, refs or individuals influencing the outcome of a specific game. But to throw a blanket over the whole of sports and say its all rigged? Ridiculous. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 1021092 I'm guessing you didn't listen to the interview. Here it is again: [link to www.truthin7minutes.com] How can you think just a few games were rigged after listening to that? Remember. This is a $380 billion underground economy. You don't let things go to chance when you're handling hundreds of billions of dollars. |
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| Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 1461405 12/07/2012 04:45 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | 5 facts the fix is in: [link to www.thefixisin.net] |
| Levski User ID: 318585 12/07/2012 04:50 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | This ESPN expose shows that virtually every soccer match... all around the world is rigged: Quoting: Anonymous Coward 1461405 [link to espn.go.com] (Frankly, I'm shocked that a mainstream magazine like ESPN would admit this.) What do you think about all of this? Shocking! And I am dumb enough to bet on those rigged games! I knew some were rigged but you are saying they all are?!!! What I knew as tangible and real was nothing more than a flimsy, thin sheet of a reality. I come to know that the real "me" is a supersoul that is my true reality that resides in the spirit world. |
| Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 1461405 12/07/2012 05:20 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | This ESPN expose shows that virtually every soccer match... all around the world is rigged: Quoting: Anonymous Coward 1461405 [link to espn.go.com] (Frankly, I'm shocked that a mainstream magazine like ESPN would admit this.) What do you think about all of this? Shocking! And I am dumb enough to bet on those rigged games! I knew some were rigged but you are saying they all are?!!! If you read that ESPN article, it's making the case that even the minor soccer games that know one knows about is even fixed. |
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| ANHEDONIC Uncensored User ID: 26795689 12/07/2012 06:18 PM ![]() Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Anyone with half a brain knows last year's NHL Winter Classic in Philly was rigged: Quoting: Anonymous Coward 1461405 [link to philly.barstoolsports.com] That article is total shit. Got a better one? "Life is 10% what happens to you and 90% how you react to it." |
| Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 1461405 12/07/2012 09:15 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Anyone with half a brain knows last year's NHL Winter Classic in Philly was rigged: Quoting: Anonymous Coward 1461405 [link to philly.barstoolsports.com] That article is total shit. Got a better one? Here's a forum that's talking about it: [link to www.covers.com] I could go on and on. |
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