"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."
Can't argue against this. And, I will say that there have been more than enough suspicious officiating, especially in the NBA, that this is a valid issue. One could even argue that it happens in the NCAA. When the basketball tournament pairings come out, it seems pretty obvious what is going on. "Boxing is dead and deservedly so, long live" Boxing only has itself to blame then. J === The welfare of humanity is always the alibi of tyrants. - Albert Camus ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:322192 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
