Pro Sports are currently in bad shape

[kcxiv]

Now the Ref is saying that there was more then 20 other ref's involved in betting. IF this is true, the NBA is in some serious freaking trouble. IT does kind of explain some games though. *cough* Miami's Finals win *cough* How many terrible fouls were in that game?

Anyways, this is going to get interesting if it turns out to be true.

[Kolle]

biggest problem with pro sports is athletes making too much fucking money

[oaklanbash]

Originally Posted by Clericnon2boxed

genetic doping, can't wait for the olympic freakshow in 40 years

HAHA I remember back when I was in highschool, so must have been 1989 or so, the SNL skit (Saturday Night Live for you yungins who don't know) about the all drug olympics. The scene where the weight lifter was trying to do a clean and jerk of like 1000 pounds only to rip off both arms and have blood squirting everywhere... those were good days

[Cybsled]

Any problem with rage/emotion is gonna happen so long as we use human players in sports. That's a damned given.

[Nebuchadnezzar]

Originally Posted by Kolle

biggest problem with pro sports is athletes making too much fucking money

If they didn't, its possible you'd see more fixed games.

[Flood950]

Originally Posted by Burkex

Car racing. It seems that road rage has found its way into pro racing. Drivers after races are getting out of their cars and fighting with each other like it was the WWF. A little while ago Danica Patrick a women almost threw down with a male driver after he cut her off.

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This has been going on for as long as people have been competing in vehicles. The first Daytona 500 that was aired on national TV (1979) had a fistfight after the race. Turned into a big brawl actually.

As odd as it may sound, this is a good thing. When people compete there is going to be emotion and sometimes its negative and hostile. It is much better when the inevitable physical conflicts do occur that the guys (and women) get out of the vehicles and settle it. When it is scary is when they do not get out of the cars and use them as weapons against each other.

Guys getting out and throwing some punches has been happening forever though. If anything its less frequent now because the sanctioning bodies fine and penalize the hell out of them now.

[kedwyn]

I don't give a shit what color their skin is, there is a bunch of thugs in professional sports.

That is the problem.