09-22-2017, 04:15 PM
(09-22-2017, 04:10 PM)grampahol Wrote: Well let's construct a scenario in which the entire team and every official is NOT in on the fix. How can this be done?
Players are public figures and not immune to scandal. It wouldn't take much to get some dirt on any given player, coach or official. Find out they're cheating on a spouse or their taxes or have been involved in any kind of illegal activities that can be proven. Hell, there's any number of ways to compromise anyone in the league. It happens all around the world and US sports leagues are in no way immune from it.
A QB knows he's been caught with his dick in the wrong woman or even man.. Toss an INT and we'll forget all about it.
The league has it's own security apparatus that isn't reportable to the public at large, just to the league big wigs. There's nothing to say they don't engage in internal espionage of various teams, player, coaches or even team owners.
Hell, for years the NFL got away with not paying taxes claiming to be a non profit until public pressure got the better of that scam.
You do realize that an unholy number of players have been in prison or otherwise in trouble with the police including several Bengals players past and present and that isn't exclusive to this team. Several get caught up in legal issues and often those problems just seem to go away in the night as if by magic. Somebody is getting them their get out of jail free cards and those cards come with a price and not just out of their salaries.
There are just too many ways to corrupt people in the public eye that don't make the headlines. Somehow as if by magic the NFL is immune to it all?
You're reaching sorry. Could a single "Lone Wolf" influence a game? Sure. You however wanted to wonder down the road that the league was fixed before, even proclaiming there were no laws against it. There are laws against it and they would be held accountable. In the end the reason most conspiracy theories fall apart still applies here, how do you keep anything from leaking? We live in a social media age where hacks occur constantly and people can hide behind anonymity on the internet, so getting away with these things today would be very difficult. Did they happen in the past? Possibly, but as for them going on today? Doubtful.
