NBA referee Tim Donaghy bet on the games he was officiating. I worked in the sport a bit; one other official said Donaghy didn’t affect the outcomes of games, just the point spreads.
That doesn’t affect the sport, just the gamblers.
That doesn’t affect the sport, just the gamblers.
The intensity is no longer there in sports if they are all about covering the spread because they want to get paid by the gamblers. It's all about money rather than the competition itself.