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Originally Posted by dalmations202
Big picture wise, and from a business standpoint, much of this makes sense -- including the gambling by officials. If you think that some of the players haven't tanked games over the years for $$$$$ then you are way to optimistic - that is one of the reasons why the players are paid so well. If you think that certain markets aren't given a slight edge sometimes in order to keep the numbers up -- then you haven't been watching.
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The players are paid so well because the league makes a lot of money and they've collectively negotiated that a percentage of that revenue goes to players. The league makes that money through ticket sales, TV contracts, merchandise sales, etc. They're not paying players millions of dollars a year so they won't tank games, that's absurd.