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The latest video created by The Fix Is In:
Here's the original The Fix Is In video:
And the sequel (featuring Steve Czaban, Chris Myers, and Howard Eskin among others):
If you're interested in how this sort of behavior relates to sports betting, click here to see a couple of related videos concerning that subject matter created by true members of the sports gambling fraternity.
If you don't believe me, here's your wake-up call. Michael Franzese was a capo in the Colombo crime family and was actively involved in fixing games. Since he freed himself from the mob, he's worked with all the major sports leagues and the NCAA talking to athletes about gambling and the danger it can put them in. Listen carefully because he's revealing what all of the leagues refuse to admit: games are being fixed today.
Another talk from Franzese, this a bit shorter.
The following video series comes from my man NFLRanking. His original documentary series on the NBA received over 3 million views on youtube before the NFL - not the NBA - forced youtube to shut down his channel. I highly recommend watching this entire documentary.
Dan Moldea, author of Interference: How Organized Crime Influences Professional Football on the old Pat Sajak Show. Moldea is a great guy and really did his homework for the book. The NFL went out of their way to ruin his career when his book was released. For the dirty details of the NFL's true operational tactics, visit Moldea's website.
At one point, I had the video of the 1985 NBA Draft which was apparently rigged by commissioner David Stern so that the prized #1 pick (which was to be Patrick Ewing) landed in the lap of the New York Knicks. The NBA complained to youtube often enough that it was pulled from their site. The NBA, NFL, etc. often flex their "copyright infringement" powers to remove videos that reveal their crimes & lies or simply show the leagues in a negative light. However, note how much other copyrighted material that should also be removed from youtube remains available. This is censorship, or at least a version of it, and youtube is willing to play along with these leagues.
This is a man after my own heart (of course, I say that because one of his final quotes was likely taken from my mouth). But these games - and there are more like them out there - look to be more than just typical "bad beats."
The following is a very real example of how NFL games can be manipulated and fixed right before your very eyes and no one will say a thing about it. Try and determine why this touchdown was taken off the board in this 2008 Steelers-Chargers game...without mentioning the point spread.
Take a moment and review the final moments of the Steelers-Cardinals Super Bowl game (start at the 7:12 mark). Was that really a Kurt Warner fumble? The announcers weren't so sure...and neither were the referees. But after watching the play, watch the video below it and hear the NFL's version of events in those final few moments.
The NFL's whitewashing of Super Bowl XLIII.
One Cardinals fan went so far as to point out officiating mistakes in Super Bowl XLIII while quoting directly from the NFL's own rule book.
These shenanigans happen in the NBA as well...
This is a good report on today's NBA referees...surprisingly it comes from a mainstream media source.
The NHL has its issues as well. This very recent example - where the home town clock stops for a second to allow the Los Angeles Kings to score the game-winner - is supposedly "under investigation." Can't wait to read that report. Note, too, that these two announcers have no idea how to spin this.
This one's even more mind-boggling. Now here's my thinking: what if - and this is a big "what if" - what if the NHL was able to embed something metallic into a puck while magnetizing the goal? Couldn't the league then perhaps control a game, repelling an unwanted goal while also being able to pull one in? Far-fetched, I know, but completely crazy?
You might not think so, but professional tennis is corrupt, too. In fact, they've been more proactive about match fixing than any league as of late. This brief report from HBO's RealSports gives a quick rundown of the problems facing the sport.
Doubt my "theories" about the NFL fixing Super Bowl III between the New York Jets and the Baltimore Colts? Watch the entire game below and decide for yourself.
Here is former professional wrestler Jake "The Snake" Roberts discussing how "real" wrestling and other professional sports really are.
Another real-life mobster, Henry Hill (on whose life the film Goodfellas is based), discussing fixing games - something he knew much about as he was involved in the original Boston College basketball game fixing scandal in the 1980s.
For some reason, Alex Jones won't have me on his show despite his obvious hatred of professional sports (or perhaps that's the exact reason why he won't have me on). Either way, the guy can rant and he makes some good points.
An older one, about LeBron's "Decision"
Boycott the Super Bowl (despite his popularity, Jones' call to action didn't really put a dent into Super Bowl XLIV's ratings)