Are sports rigged?

Miakal

I know this may sound like a stupid question, but are sports rigged?

Seeing as how they were in the early 1900s on a regular basis why couldn't they be now? Isn't there a possibility that they are rigged to the extent that we don't know about it anymore?

Randy Orton

WC's Resident Alchoholic

i wouldn't doubt if some games are rigged for money purposes seeing how some owners will do anything to make a few bucks

AudioSavior

Maybe boxing but not high up in the ranks. People have big mouths these days and it would be too hard to keep it quiet. Easier in boxing because a lot of them are already currupt so telling someone else wouldn't matter.

Freak

None of the big four sports are rigged, as far as I'm concerned. It would just be far too difficult to successfully influence a team game like that, and the implications of the public finding out would be absolutely devastating.

Bouchie

This thread sounds like more of Spinoff's whining about how his beloved Flames got "screwed". What is it with people from Calgary always thinking they got screwed? Anyways, the idea that sports are rigged is ridiculous. It usually only comes up when someone's a sore loser.

Dr. Giganto

Sports Moderator

I just watched the movie Eight Men Out this weekend, so its quite a coincidence that this topic came up

Like Freak said, i doubt any of the 4 major sports are rigged. The players make so much money, there's really no reason why they would. Why risk a multi-million dollar contract by throwing a game? and the governing bodies cant rig the game, because they really cant control what the players do.

College sports, however, are a different story. There are instances in the not-too-distant past of college basketball players being paid off by gamblers to affect the outcome of a game. I can see it still happening.

And boxing is another story altogether. Its probably the only sport i can think of that would surprise me if it actually was legit. and that includes the top fights as well