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Originally Posted by Inner Dirt
The finishes have always been random, why should they change now because of wide spread gambling? I remember an incident I think it was the year the 49ers streak for making the play-offs was broken. That would have been 1991. I was living in SoCal and a 49er fan back then and a couple friends and I were at Agua Caliente betting football. I don't remember the opponent, but the 49ers were ahead late, but not covering.
My friends had the 49ers opponent needing them to cash a parlay. The 49ers were in the red zone, but now just needed to take a couple knees to run out the clock. I told my friends not to worry the 49ers had too much class and will just run out the clock. They scored a TD, to my shock. Maybe they were pissed that they no longer controlled their own destiny.
My 49ers have too much class comment was mocked quite often after that.
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I think you misunderstood my post.Personally don't see a whole lot of difference between the Hawks not attempting to shoot when down 13 on the final shot clock of the game and a jockey grabbing hold of a horse in the final strides when it is obvious he will not win and then costing himself a placing in the tri or super. They are both a case of a gambler intentionally being deprived of an opportunity to cash a ticket. When the sports leagues lived in the pretend world that nobody bet their games they did not have any responsibility to care. But now that they are promoting gambling like crazy, they have a responsibility to give gamblers a fair shake. That is my point. I understand that this stuff evens out over time. But the new breed of sports bettor might not be so understanding as evidenced bye this article. Not a big deal to me, jmo. I will be betting the NBA when I am 90 years old
https://www.cbssports.com/nba/news/j...ssed-the-line/
"There's no doubt about it that it's crossed the line," Bickerstaff said. "The amount of times I'm standing up there and we may have a 10-point lead and the spread is 11 and people are yelling at me to leave the guys in so we can cover the spread, it's ridiculous. But again, I understand the business side of it, the nature of the business of it, but it is something that I believe has gone too far."
Bickerstaff went on to detail his personal experience with sports bettors who have found his information and sent him messages over losing bets.
"I personally have had my own instances with some of the sports gamblers, where they got my telephone number, were sending me crazy messages about where I live, and my kids and all that stuff," Bickerstaff said.
