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Rigged Games are Possible
by Alanah McGinley on 06/13/08 at 08:32 AM ET
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From Tony Gallagher of The Province via the Ottawa Citizen,
What can occur is that officials in either sport who faithfully follow directions are traditionally given the best games to work and that’s all that need be done to assure that impropriety is possible.
Take the recent Stanley Cup playoffs. This is not to suggest there was anything improper going on in any way, but this is how it could have gone off the rails and how things can happen when the best interests of the commissioner or the league are well known.
As the Detroit Red Wings-Pittsburgh Penguins series progressed, it became apparent with the TV ratings coming out daily and obviously building with every game, it was in the best interests of the league that the series go as long as possible, no matter who won.
*this appears to follow a recent theme of Gallagher’s
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