Eagles @ Cowboys

[classicman]

This is going exactly as I predicted - Big Game = TIGHT team.
The only thing different is that the cowboys aren't running as much as I thought they would.

[xoxoxoBruce]

Yeah, but in the second half the Eagles are going to play, instead of the cheerleaders.

[bluecuracao]

This is going badly, because I came down with a cold and had to stay home today.

I hate Miles Austin now.

[W.HI.P]

Originally Posted by W.HI.P

i wish you were right, but there is too much money invested in this stadium to allow it to fade out.
but i'll tell you what....
its is very probable that this cowboys win on sunday will set up another game between the two teams in a wildcard game.
that will be a complete knock-out game in which we will get our revenge for this fixed loss on sunday

my money will be on the eagles if these two teams meet in the play-offs

[xoxoxoBruce]

How do they fix a game? Pay the Cowboys extra? Tell the Eagles they aren't getting paid? Buy the officials? Drug the GatorAde? Edit the game footage with a time machine?
It wasn't like they could sway the game with a field goal, it's a fucking blow out. Wait I know, they played McNabb.

[W.HI.P]

peoples perception in regards to how the nfl is run is far from truth.
gambling money is the one true god of this sport.
it is the only thing that is keeping this beast [the nfl] alive.
and it controls it completely.
i know ya'll wish to believe you're watching something thats fair, but its just not the way it is....its a buisness.
money and ownership overides all managment and all players on every team.
many books have been written describing these forces within the game.
things are simply getting worse due to the every growing money net in gambling.

[TonyRomo]

get me out of the game!

[jinx]

So how does it happen? What's the answer to Bruce's question?

And why are you a fan if you know it's all crap? That's like being a pro wrestling fan...

[W.HI.P]

Originally Posted by jinx

So how does it happen? What's the answer to Bruce's question?

there are many ways, and many reasons why something like this can happen.
let me give you an example.
when a trade involves a draft pick, one of the things that can be negotiated, is the quality of the pick....one might guarentee a 3 win season 1st round draft pick.
this kind of guarentee, would fix a whole season of games for the team that the draft pick involves.
these draft pick negotiations are also very common in other profesional sports [nhl, nba].

in the nfl, one of the most common fixed games, come from teams who have targeted a specific draft prospect, thus fixing many losses for that team....these fixes are arranged through the managment of the franchise, and the players on the field truly have no say in the matter.
these kind of fixes are pretty much common knowledge in the nfl.

And why are you a fan if you know it's all crap? That's like being a pro wrestling fan...

these kind of fixes actually benefit a gambler like myself who is aware that these things go on.
so yeah, its a living

[xoxoxoBruce]

I don't see how the front office can throw a game, if the players want to win, unless the players are coerced to not want to win. So the players, at least the key ones, have to be in on it. That would explain why McNabb has always been so inconsistent.

[W.HI.P]

these players recieve a considerable amount of money and are all under contract to a franchise.
if the franchise wants to draft gerhart, they're gonna draft him, and they're gonna lose as many games as it takes to draft him.
players don't make these decisions, they do whatever the fuck they're told to do by the hand that feeds them.

but this topic is not so much about how a franchise is run, rather how there is something greater which overides all owners and franchises, and that of course, is the money of gambling, which is simply overwhelming, and in result, controls the result of any game on any given day.

[jinx]

Why do they care who they draft then, if money and not talent wins the games?

[lumberjim]

Originally Posted by W.HI.P

mumbo jumbo.....obfuscation......nonsense.....magical connections.....

you're crazy


in the brain

[W.HI.P]

Originally Posted by lumberjim

you're crazy


in the brain

well, my crazyness has brought me profit on a day where my favorite team lost big against my teams greatest rival.

instead of being a devestating night, it was profitable...how crazy is that

[xoxoxoBruce]

See, you're part of the problem.