Comment on Is MMA and UFC "somewhat" rigged like boxing was in the Don King era?

hemko@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

• BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  And now that it’s basically legal, the money will be much bigger, and the pressure to cheat will get higher. They’ve already uncovered a massive college basketball cheating scandal that was bigger than anyone thought possible.

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  • ITGuyLevi@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    If the players aren’t being paid to play, I don’t think we can really be upset at them throwing a game every now and then. The people that can get mad are the ones profiting, but the players aren’t employees, they are more like vetted volunteers, so either profit share with them, or remember they are playing a game, not going to work.

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