Quote Originally Posted by docpj72:
no doubt with the NBA -"it's fixtastic"--if you question that-please watch 2002 Western Conference Finals--lot less $ in hockey but it's possible-refs in pucks could fix action in theory-moreso in NBA with excess/few foul calls with refs being on totals...not necessary game outcome but totals and spreads way more manipulated; Look how the final bucket or two (foul call) determines the outcome of the game total; Players make plenty but refs on the take can definitely boost their income
may be sketchy once gambling legalized and more out in the open-funny announcers (other than sly references by Al Michaels) are finally talking about it as opposed to the elephant in the room..
The article has nothing to do with gambling, that is an entirely different thing than what the article is suggesting. It is about the league and certain regions maximizing their overall financial gain by having helping certain teams in certain regions win. Hockey far more than any of the other three has required this the past quarter of a century and has exercised their right to do that over and over again which is hy we have seen incredible success from teams in the southern regions. See the Canadian franchises can suck and the arenas will still be packed unlike most American franchises. In the early 2000's the Penguins finished dead last in the standings, and guess where their attendance finished that season, also dead last in the standings. Not real fans, they will not support them of they lose, they had the same issue in the early 80, the Penguins were about to fold but then they got Mario and Cups, the second time they were on life support the magical secret draft lottery netted the Crosby and wala back to winning and more Cups and again the fans came back. On bioth occasions they would have folded. Atlanta folded twice, the fames and then the thrashers. Colorado folded in the late 70's so the NHL knew they had to steal a stacked with talent young team away from the people of Quebec City and place it in Colorado for their second attempt for it succeed which ofcourse due to winning and Stanley Cups it did, otherwise it would have failed again. The Gary Southern Project which has been in full effect since he arrived in 1993 and lifted the Kings to the finals while fukking over the Toronto Maple Leafs in the semi finals so the league would not get stuck with a Toronto vs Montreal finals. They needed L.A in the finals and they made it happen and literally millions of people that would not have watched a second of the Stanley Cup finals were instead glued to their television sets becoming brand new fans of the NHL.
The Southern Project.... Anaheim California, Los Angeles California, Raleigh North Carolina, San Jose California, Miami Florida, Tampa Bay Florida, Las Vegas Nevada, Nashville Tennessee, Dallas Texas.
When Bettman arrived from David Sterns tutelage out of their New York lawyers office in 1993 having never seen a hockey game in his life, only one of those teams above existed and that was the Los Angeles Kings. Over the next 25 years since then, those teams have accounted for a total of 16 Stanley Cup finals appearances and 7 Stanley Cups, might be 6, too lazy to go look right now and the exact number is irrelevant, you get the picture. That is an absolutely astounding and herculean feat!!! Think about it, only one team even existed and 16 finals and 7 championships LOL...Just amazing. And good for them, they have grown the game where they wanted to grow it and they did it be making sure there was massive success in the markets they wanted grown.
To suggest what appears to be pretty obvious causes certain people to react by telling people pointing this stuff out along with lots of video evidence of corrupt and beyond questionable calls all sided one way to call you names and tell you to put a foil hat on etc etc....And the people pointing this stuff out are amazed at the naivety and stupidity of the people calling them these names so it never gets anywhere, like literally nowhere.
I will say this though. And this is fact. Over the years during all this orchestrated crap that goes on, many people do begin to see it and do agree, the ones that are open minded enough and capable of thinking outside the box we are trained to think within. That does happen, hell there have been people in this forum just during these playoffs alone that have said they now see it and it can't be denied. You know what you never see and I mean never is someone it able to comprehend this stuff all of a sudden say oh you know what I changed my mind, it's all fair and square an all just happenstance. So it is worth the dialogue sometimes, although frustrating as hell, because it does help people to open their eyes and see what should be so bloody obvious to anyone sensible.
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