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I can't read this because of the paywall. ("Free registration" is just paying with my email and information.)
by shockeychap 2y ago
I can't read this because of the paywall. ("Free registration" is just paying with my email and information.)
- jmclnx 2y agoI could not get into it either. But I tend to agree with the various favoritism comments. But with a twist and it applies to all US Pro Sports. I believe in the US, due to TV revenue, the Professional Orgs want playoffs to occur between Nationwide popular teams to maximize TV revenue. So they they want to avoid having 2 teams in the finals that will not generate nationwide ratings. I have not watched any pro sports for decades. But going back, in basketball the 2 teams that generated huge ratings and buzz a long time ago were LA and Boston. I do not know what the "magic" teams combinations are now, but I am would not be surprised if the refs subtilely try to get the "popular" team to win.
- c22 2y agoI love whining about paywalls as much as the next guy, but I copied the URL into the "saved snapshots" search at archive.is and got this pretty quickly: https://archive.is/VgwLx https://archive.is/VgwLx