Can we ban the people who think the NBA is fixed, cmon already

Quote Originally Posted by XhuegoX:

u're telling me the under wasn't fixed last night?

without a doubt

So you think Carter wanted to lose on purpose so it will go under?

Here's my take on why pro sports aren't fixed:

Benjamin Franklin once said, "Three can keep a secret, if two of them are dead". How in the hell can all of these pro athletes, referees, and sports officials be in on fixing games and nobody leaked anything in the history of sports? Sure a few guys got caught here and there, but this conspiracy theory is a pile of horse shit.

Great quote but you are either too young or too naive.  Have you heard of conspiracies?  All the secrets hidden by the government, secret service, blackwater, insider trading, mafia.  And on and on we go.  Yes, there are conspiracies and they do involve 2 or more people.  There are also agreements called nondisclosure that prevents people from talking.  Go work for Boeing, lets see if you want to open your mouth if you signed your life away.

Quote Originally Posted by McAlpine:

Hey, conspiracy theorists: the burden of proof is on YOU. If I claim to have been abducted by aliens, and you dispute this, who has the burden of proof? Does it make any sense for me to sit back and say, "Prove there are no aliens?"

If you assert that the NBA is fixed, then YOU are the one who needs to show a pattern of game results and referee calls that supports your position.

That said, there are some refs who are notorious for going "over" the total or for favoring visiting teams (Bennett Salvatore and Tony Brothers). That does not mean the NBA is fixed. It might only mean that a few referees have biases that show up in the way they call games.

Deliver some solid evidence or go away.       

Two can play that game.  If you claim its not then how can you prove it isn't?  I don't know anyone that says it isn't but there was a ref that said he did modify games.  Let me guess- you are gonna say he was mad and was getting revenge.  Exactly- tarnishing someones rep is obviously one of the tactics to make the person not reliable. 

  In either case, I'm playing devils advocate.  I don't believe the under was fixed in the Magic game- Vince was under pressure and forgot to shoot ft and Reddick did the same.  Thats why its the playoffs, it seperates the men from the boys, the veterans from the rookies.  Unless you are saying that the Magic was willing to fix a game to go 0-2 since they were only down 3 and Vince's 2 shots could have easily put the Magic in position for a win.  As anyone can see, Boston seems to run out of gas in the second half.

WWE/WWF/NWO- I don't see any of those refs saying its fake nor do I see any of the wrestlers saying its fake.  Since I don't have proof that its fake then it must be real.

   WWE is real!

You see how lame that was.

wait, this is the sport where a ref got thrown in jail right?

Or did I make that up as well?

Sorry man.  You need more proof than that.  One bad seed is not enough.  You need written notarized statements and a video proof of confession.  And the guy has to have a clean record and is not mad at the NBA.  He also has to be loyal to his wife and have a good family background.  His father can't be an alcoholic either.   

geraldo rivera got the piss smacked out of him for asking diamond dallas, I think it was, if wrestling was fake

it used to be on the net but I think it disappeared

whats more the books took action on pay per view wrestling

so they do take action on pre determined events

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zrX9Ca7LSyQ&feature=related

my bad it was john stossel who gets the smack down

pops him in the face and asks him if that was fake

I guess wrestling is real also.  We got no evidence to refute that also.  We got that cleared out of the way.  Next. 

the NFL is no different... the NFL and the refs influnce a game, not ouright cheat to help a bad team win, but make 50-50 calls to help teams the league wants to win... Saints last year, u know they were getting the call on the on-side kick, they got the calls against Vikes or non-calls on hitting Favre... the NFL wanted the saints to win last year cause it was a feel good story... just like they wanted the Steelers to win the SB against the Seahawks... so there may not be outright cheating but refs and the league for sure do "influnce" the game.. NBA,NFL, NHL i dont follow MLB so i cant comment on baseball.. but i have been following NFL,NBA and NHL.. for 40 years and yes Stars and sometimes teams.. based on what the league wants get the calls

Then thats called cheating, leaning, fixing, influencing, etc.  Its all the same thing- you know and you did it so you are guilty of it.  We are all adults and we know when we did something wrong- especially the obvious.  If someone says- you need to call more penalties on this team for this and if I do then yes, I did something out of the ordinary.  Maybe I don't know exactly what the outcome would be but I know that I did something to maybe affect something.  

  Even coaches and refs say it- basically all plays have a penalty- refs call it based on if it will affect the play or not.  Well, that leaves alot to the imagination.  In other words, all calls are legit but obviously if a ref favored a certain team he can ignore something that is not too obvious to the masses. 

You are the reason why Las Vegas keeps building.