Would you characterize WWE as an actual "sport"?
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shareWhen I was 8.
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i guess i would call it "stunt acting" there are risks to some pretty severe injuries.
i dont think people should disrespect them for it being a show, just know what it is.
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No, although I do agree with Quasimodo that actual sports are also scripted in a way.
shareif that were the case there would be no upsets and only big named teams would win as they get the bigger ratings. the current stanley cup champion is from florida where no one watches hockey. it would be better if the champion came from new york or detroit. or even canada.
share"if that were the case there would be no upsets and only big named teams would win as they get the bigger ratings."
You're forgetting about gambling.
it's impossible to "script" a team sport. gambling on sports has gone on for years.
shareMatch fixing isn't "scripting"???
shareall major sports are televised and analyzed to death these days. if serena williams was intentionally trying to lose a match, someone would notice very quickly.
shareThat's because Serena magically won almost every match until she got older and in worse shape, which made her losing a game less suspicious.
Also, I constantly see suspicious behaviour, especially in refereeing.
the whole game of soccer is suspicious imo
shareDuh.
shareas long as we agree.
shareJust like any other major sport. Remember Deflategate?
sharecheating to win is not the same as trying to lose.
shareSuspicious is suspicious.
And what are you saying? No match fixing in American Football???
i have seen no evidence of it?
sharehttps://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_match-fixing_incidents
No sport is safe.
those tend to be from smaller leagues and lesser sports ( and before universal television coverage).
shareLol, what a lame excuse. The soccer world is much, much bigger, so of course there's more chance of match-fixing being exposed.
So was the Black Sox scandal also in a smaller baseball league???
The Black Sox scandal was in 1919 long before television. It is difficult to throw a game if millions are watching. You might be able to do it once.
shareSo according to you there hasn't been any match-fixing in soccer either??? Only once, perhaps?
sharevery little in the major sports leagues in the modern tv era. the thing about the black sox scandal was that it was revealed. people talk.
shareMultiple examples given were in the upper leagues, including the 2006 World Cup. Obviously that's only the tip of the iceberg.
shareit is not a major issue in the big sports leagues. the athletes and coaches make too much money.
shareAnd the soccer players in the higher leagues I mentioned do not???
shareWell, soccer is the most corrupt sport. That I will agree with.
shareYeh the largest and most popular sport on the planet is the most corrupt based on what?
shareYou're surprised the biggest sport in the world has more cases of corruption?
shareWhen I say soccer I mean FIFA and UEFA. Both have had numerous financial scandals but neither are as big as the NFL or MLB in terms of revenue.
shareLol, you're forgetting the revenue of all the separate European leagues. 33 billion dollars in 2018/2019.
sharemost of those european soccer leagues have had financial corruption issues.
shareUhm, hello, biggest sport in the world. Chinese gamblers probably bet a lot more money on soccer games than American football games.
The idea that the NFL is somehow clean from match-fixing is ludricous. The NFL has also had corruption scandals. I remember the NFL paying people off in that concussion research scandal.
concussions have nothing to do with match fixing.
shareAre you pretending to be dense? They both have to do with corruption and paying people off. It's all about rich folks wanting to be even more rich.
I don't know how long you want to keep this up. The one thing I can say, is that you seem terribly naive. It's clear there's corruption in all major sports and match fixing is becoming more and more rampant.
Can't understand why this isn't the end of the convo, the "many eyes" fallacy has been debunked thousands of times over with major problems going unnoticed for years.
Taking a look at the bystander effect and the diffusion of responsibility shows just why "many eyes" fails, everyone thinks "if there is a problem, someone else will find it" and the more people there are in the system the less people are actually looking for problems. Furthermore, even if someone finds a problem they're less likely to do something about it if there are more people in the system (see: Kitty Genovese.)
I saw a match, US open maybe, years ago when Serena seemed like she turned the heat off against her sister to let her win a few games. Serena still took the win but it was obvious in my eyes.
I know that’s not scripted or some powerful entity calling the shots, but none of the announcers said anything during or post game.
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def. performance art/entertainment with a strong athletic component.
not a sport at all, other than the athleticism required to perform, as say a ballet dancer.
Going off-topic here, but didn't else think it was silly that WWE was classified as an "essential service" during the pandemic?
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