Do you think sports are staged in a way?

Question

Do you think some of the outcomes are predetermined? I know it professional wrestling it usually is predetermined. However it makes me wonder if some professional sports are also predetermined?

Answer 1

WhiteSteve | 151 opinions shared on Sports topic.

Master

It’s tough to stage the outcomes of team sports, but I could definitely believe that officials are encouraged to keep games interesting and relatively close as much as they can without obvious interference. And in MLB baseball, they’re openly saying they’re “deadening” the balls this year to lower the homeruns, which would support the accusation that they were juicing the balls in the past to promote homeruns. So I think there’s reason to believe there’s at least some degree of interference by the leagues.

NathanDavis

1 mo
This is very true, in the last decade there's a definitive manipulation to less or greater extent in order to favour marketing and spectacle, and it's been killing the spirit of the sport, which is competition itself, or a more fair competition anyway.

Answer 2

NathanDavis

This is very true, in the last decade there's a definitive manipulation to less or greater extent in order to favour marketing and spectacle, and it's been killing the spirit of the sport, which is competition itself, or a more fair competition anyway.

Answer 3

NathanDavis

Yoda

No, it is not, sports are way more complicated than wrestling
However, there has been some (very few) matches in which the outcome has been manipulated, mostly in soccer, which is the most popular sport.
But in general is not possible to stage skills to the professional level.

Answer 4

Jaylaa2000

Xper 5

Not completely.
But like NFL is a good example.
Certain teams that the NFL feels are money-making teams get more calls than others.
The refs help to sway the decision but even with bad calls it doesn't always guarantee the outcome because the refs can't be completely obvious about it

Answer 5

Victoria007

Xper 1

Yes I think so, if not all at least most outcomes are predetermined

Answer 6

OlderThanILook

Xper 6

There's a lot of match fixing in MMA probably. Boxing as well.

smahala1991

1 mo
I also believe NASCAR is staged

Answer 7

smahala1991

I also believe NASCAR is staged

Answer 8

cloud9vortex1234

Xper 7

I do know several years back a referee in the NBA was betting against the Kings while betting for the lakers in the playoffs. He kept calling a ridiculous amount of fouls on the kings sending players on the lakers to the Free-Throw Line (Especially Shaq). by the way, the lakers won the series. The referee got caught and spent time in prison for it and claims all the referees were doing it without proof.

Answer 9

genericname85 | 98 opinions shared on Sports topic.

Master

i mean some certainly are. wrestling obviously is. and i think most national sports are too. not "obviously" but it's in my estimations very likely rigged, cause there's lots of money to be made in sports bets and fan service.