No I have had this debate on my other name a thousand times so not gonna spend much time but listen. All sports not just football but all, fall into the category of "entertainment". This means literally that the leagues can script, fix, rig, anything they want whenever they want with no penalty. Its the exact same laws and rules as wrestling. You can bet on the WWE at 5 dimes right now so it must be real right? At the end of the day its a business and that business is entertainment. The refs have gag orders on them and the players sign NDA's. Espn would NEVER air someone comprising this. Let me give u an example... in the nba lebron went to miami. When he left the cavs won the lottery 3 times with a 1.7% a 2.8% and a 15% chance. The odds of this happening are 7 thousandths of 1 percent. Then the most profitable player returns home to upset the best regular season team of all time and take everyones money. Now either it was scripted or the 7 thousandths of 1 percent chance came thru on a lottery done behind a fucking wall where we cannot see and just have to take their word for it! No multi billion dollar business is going to leave their revenue up to chance and hope they get lucky. They have every right to maximize their profits just like any other business. But of course the greatest threat to sports is that the fans question its authenticity, so the leagues have an entire department dedicated to that. They hire ex fbi, cia, secret service etc...