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  • Something about NIL I don't think has been mentioned yet

    From The NOTBCS Guy@21:1/5 to All on Sat Aug 13 08:37:35 2022
    "I see you're a 42-point favorite this weekend over WeNeedTheMoneyToPayForOurOtherSports State this weekend, and I'd hate to have to cut your licensing fees because I can't afford them, so could you turn down the jets a little in your next game? It's not
    as if you're hurting anybody. Who's going to notice if you win by only 35?"

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  • From The NOTBCS Guy@21:1/5 to All on Sat Aug 13 10:46:09 2022
    "I see you're a 42-point favorite this weekend over WeNeedTheMoneyToPayForOurOtherSports State this weekend, and I'd hate to have to cut your licensing fees because I can't afford them, so could you turn down the jets a little in your next game? It's
    not as if you're hurting anybody. Who's going to notice if you win by only 35?"
    The sports books ? Would that be considered match-fixing?

    "Point shaving," where you are trying to keep your team from covering the spread while still trying to win the game, is not quite the level of "match fixing," although up through the 2016-17 season, any athlete caught point shaving lost all remaining
    eligibility immediately (and any championships the school won where that athlete played after the first instance of point shaving would be sent to Vacated University).

    It is a lot easier to ask an athlete to win by less than a certain number than it is to ask an athlete to lose a game on purpose - especially if it's against a "cupcake" team where nobody who doesn't have a bet on the game is going to care whether you
    win by 35 or 70.

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  • From leonard hofstatder@21:1/5 to The NOTBCS Guy on Sat Aug 13 12:24:55 2022
    On 8/13/2022 10:37 AM, The NOTBCS Guy wrote:
    "I see you're a 42-point favorite this weekend over WeNeedTheMoneyToPayForOurOtherSports State this weekend, and I'd hate to have to cut your licensing fees because I can't afford them, so could you turn down the jets a little in your next game? It's
    not as if you're hurting anybody. Who's going to notice if you win by only 35?"


    The sports books ? Would that be considered match-fixing?

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  • From Michael Falkner@21:1/5 to leonard hofstatder on Sat Aug 13 19:47:56 2022
    On Saturday, August 13, 2022 at 10:25:04 AM UTC-7, leonard hofstatder wrote:
    On 8/13/2022 10:37 AM, The NOTBCS Guy wrote:
    "I see you're a 42-point favorite this weekend over WeNeedTheMoneyToPayForOurOtherSports State this weekend, and I'd hate to have to cut your licensing fees because I can't afford them, so could you turn down the jets a little in your next game? It's
    not as if you're hurting anybody. Who's going to notice if you win by only 35?"
    The sports books ? Would that be considered match-fixing?

    Sports Bribery -- and if it's done as is presented, that is Federal illegal.

    Now, if the conferences or the like rigged the game as such, THAT'S legal.

    Mike

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