11-02-2021, 12:51 PM
There are some very interesting Youtube videos by Michael Franzese in which he talks about how the mob controls sporting events. He says basketball is the easiest because one good player can affect the game by not playing to potential. The way the mob gets into it is because many athletes are degenerate gamblers who get into debts they can't pay off. He says they pretty much can't get into Professional Athletes anymore because they make so much money they can afford to pay their debts, so the current deal is college games. Makes me wonder though how many referees get into the same trouble gambling, then have to make sure the point spread is or is not covered. Franzese said it's never about winning or losing, it is always the spread. So maybe it's not the league rigging games, maybe it's the mob. He's a real interesting guy, who made hundreds of millions of dollars when he came up with the gas tax scheme, and is the only Capo to ever walk away from the mob without being killed.
