On Mon, Jun 28, 2010 at 6:21 AM, Jerry Barnes <[email protected]> wrote:
> Notice that the NBA squashes these rumors quickly as well. The Donaghy > issue should have been a lot bigger than it was, but the NBA did everything > in its power to kill it quickly. Don't want to make the fans and gamblers > nervous. Can't have that, it might hurt profits. > As far as reffing in general, if you wanted more fairness, a pool a refs > could be assembled before a game. Then, refs are chosen right before the > game from the pool. Not being able to guarantee influence on the game may > stem potential corruption. That doesn't fix the league owners calling the shots to make guarantee certain TV-friendly match-ups get played. The NFL does the same thing, just more on the sly. Sports writers know what's going on but don't dare say anything for fear of killing the golden goose. > This would be beneficial for boxing (see Hearns/Leonard II) since it is > corrupt to the core. As an aside, does boxing even exist or has it been > replaced by ultimate fighting competitions? Boxing is dead and deservedly so, long live ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:322100 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
