09-14-2018, 05:53 PM
You know..I'm not a full fledged conspiracy theorist about the league, but they have argued in court that their business is entertainment which is true so the idea of it being a conspiracy is wrong headed when as an entertainment entity they're perfectly within their rights to script games as they see fit just as much as a movie maker is free to write scripts to entertain people.
For some of the conspiracies to hold water you really have to prove intent to defraud people and cause harm.
You might buy a ticket to a game, but the only thing that ticket entities you to is to have a seat from which to watch the game. Nothing is written on your ticket to imply that every aspect of the game or match is completely up to chance and only up to the abilities and skills of the participants. Watching on TV you're entitled to even less than that seat and even less if listening on the radio and even less than that just reading about it in the newspaper..
What you cannot prove is that by going to the game(s) in person you've suffered any kind of financial hardship other than the price of the tickets themselves and that's done of your own free will with absolutely no guarantee that either side will win.
And even if the game is completely scripted and the outcome known before hand you've still not suffered any significant loss other than pride which you can't litigate.
For some of the conspiracies to hold water you really have to prove intent to defraud people and cause harm.
You might buy a ticket to a game, but the only thing that ticket entities you to is to have a seat from which to watch the game. Nothing is written on your ticket to imply that every aspect of the game or match is completely up to chance and only up to the abilities and skills of the participants. Watching on TV you're entitled to even less than that seat and even less if listening on the radio and even less than that just reading about it in the newspaper..
What you cannot prove is that by going to the game(s) in person you've suffered any kind of financial hardship other than the price of the tickets themselves and that's done of your own free will with absolutely no guarantee that either side will win.
And even if the game is completely scripted and the outcome known before hand you've still not suffered any significant loss other than pride which you can't litigate.
In the immortal words of my old man, "Wait'll you get to be my age!"
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Chicago sounds rough to the maker of verse, but the one comfort we have is Cincinnati sounds worse. ~Oliver Wendal Holmes Sr.
