Joe Doakes from Como Park emails:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\nEverybody knows that All Star Wrestling was rigged. The wrestlers themselves were big and strong and skilled, no doubt. But the outcome was never in doubt. The “Good Guy” always won because they were in the entertainment business. It made for better television and that’s where the owners made their money – tv advertising revenue. Which, incidentally, is why Hollywood is going broke now – too much emphasis on the Misunderstood Bad Guy. He’s not misunderstood. He’s Bad. That’s his job, to play opposite the Good Guy and eventually fail, like the Harlem Globetrotters beating the Washington Generals. Nobody wants the Bad Guy to win and nobody will pay to watch it, time after time. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
People are talking openly about the NFL being similarly rigged. The league is an entertainment business, too. Sure, the individual franchises have separate owners but they play by league rules under league refs and the league has a vested interest in making sure the Good Guys win to maximize tv ad revenue. Which explains why the officiating is such a big deal – it looks as if the league puts its thumb on the scale to affect the outcome. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Make every play instantly reviewable, put a chip inside the ball for accurate spotting, transparency is possible with technology. Unless that would force the thumb off the scale. That might let the wrong people win. That would be BAD.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Now let’s talk about elections. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Joe Doakes<\/p>\n
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I suspect after this past two years that the DFL has a lot to cover up, and the rigging is going to be over the top.\u00a0 WIth a little luck, perhaps too <\/em>over the top<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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