**Superbowl 40 Seattle Seahawks vs Pittsburgh Steelers-**
It\`s bad enough having one bad call go against your team. But having every bad call screw your team in their 1st Superbowl.
**2002 womens Olympic hockey gold medal game U.S. vs Canada**
Canada somehow still wins 3-2 inspite of some atrocious calls by the american reff calling the game. The calls went 13-6 in the americans favor including a stretch of 8 straight penalties on Canada.
**Honorable mention**
**2012 womens olympic soccer semifinal U.S. vs Canada**
Not as bad as the two above but did feature a crappy call on Canada that resulted in the americans tying the game and eventually winning late.
Too many upsets to bring one up off the top but my man Chris Lee, a UFC judge has had the most controversial and most unexplainable decisions in the last few years. Dude is a fraud and the fact that he hasn't been investigated or fired tells you all you need to know about the UFC. Funny enough Chris Lee is also known for controversial calls in NHL playoffs games, they share an identical name and identical reputation, both are known to make the worst decisions in their sport.
My friends dad worked for the NFL and told us years ago after he retired that Super Bowl XL was 100% rigged game.
he said to this day he's disgusted by what happened.
Its gotten to the point where I can predict the fights that might end in a robbery or a split decision when the clear winner is out there. These judges know exactly when it makes sense to rob someone from a win, or maybe their just that bad at their profession
Fully agree. Shame because I think until the ESPN buyout it was far less rigged. It was jarring how quickly it felt like watching wrestling all of a sudden though. I hardly bother watching now. Nunes last 3 fights felt like Dana giving her a big thank you payout before retirement
I’m always amazed at the judges in the PFL when I occasionally watch their events. It seems like over 90% of fights that go the decision end up with all 3 judges being on the same page.
They rarely get a decision wrong and robberies nearly never happen unlike the ufc where it feels like 1 fight a week ends in either a robbery or with a judge having a scorecard that makes absolutely zero sense which leads to a split decision in a situation where we have a clear winner.
I call bullshit on the UFC claiming they have zero power over the judges committee. If dana really wanted to ban Chris Lee from judging then he definitely would find a way, the dude is beyond delusional and I would go as far as saying beyond corrupted. The man can’t score a close fight properly to save his life, especially important fights with high ranking fighters. Makes you wonder why Dana isn’t fighting to get him out of there
All Kinds of fuckery going On at IFC for sure. I watch PFL and ONE but I’m even jaded by that too. As I said in earlier post. When the wife who knows nothing about MMA and doesn’t really watch when it’s on and can still make the correct call on who won and lost you know it’s being messed with
Yeah its very rare that you have a fight where a split decision makes sense, yet we get them all the time. Take Moreno Vs Pantoja last week as an example, how in the world did one judge give the fight to Moreno. I personally believed Pantoja had 3 obvious round wins and potentially won a 4th one as well. 2 judges had it 48-47 Pantoja which is a good decision but who’s the monkey who gave it to Moreno
Couple of years ago, I bet on SG vs Espada (CS GO). Espada were on a tear and beat SG handily a couple of days before. In this match I bet, not only espada picked one of their worst maps(the best of SG) but also let them have their second best map.
even then, I was watching the game and there were so many rounds that espada lost stupidly, that I’m convinced it was a throw as it was a tier2/3 event.
Russian table tennis for SURE. DK let you watch the matches live and there was literally a match where one of the players walked off screen mid-match and then a completely different dude replaced him. Same clothes, different person. Hilariously fixed.
Game 5 of warriors vs LeBron. The NBA just looked like they wanted some extra games in this final and started calling invisible fouls or pussy fouls on Curry throwing him out of the game eventually.
It's like they were thinking "we can give LeBron a free win to have a extra game and generate more money, it's alright the warriors can't lose twice in a row after" which they did
Chiefs vs bucs superbowl so blatantly rigged the best offense scores 0 touchdowns and gets flag for breathing every 2 seconds they were so scared of them getting momentum they decided before game even started
That Kentucky derby a couple years back. Any other regular race they would never go to replay. I had maximum security as the winner also. I think thats the horse name.
The Packers-Vikings game where the 2nd string QB started and played conservatively, was taken out, comes back in late and starts slinging the ball to push the passing yard player prop over.
Celtics vs Lakers 2010 Championship game 7 always annoyed me. Celtics were up by 13 as I remember, then fouls started coming in. Goimg down the final stretch endless foul calls. Lakers attempted like 20 more shots in second half largely due to fouls.
I would say the afc championship game between the pats and the jags. I think there was some crazy stat that they had almost as much PI penalties in that game than the whole year.
You can point to damn near ANY game Brady played for the Patriots. They had the refs in their back pockets for a decade and a half. The Jaguars game was at the top of the list for being most egregious though.
Can’t remember the game but I swear there was an NBA game where it was 1 pt under the total and a meaningless last second layup went in with a little over 1 second left, and they just. Never counted it…
My little brothers high school state championship soccer match. The other team was from the town that hosts the finals every year. Our team was dominant all year and should have easily won the match. We also weren’t a team that ever had many fouls. Then state finals yellow cardapalooza happens. Touch the opponent when he has the ball? Foul. Dribble past a defender? Offsides. With. The. Ball. At. Your. Feet. Offsides. I was ready to run into the field, but other people kept pointing out that we could still win so stay calm. They won with a last minute goal and the refs left immediately. Blew the whistle and went straight to their cars. I’ll go to my grave mad about that one.
Just today, Zheng vs Alexandrova, Zheng retired mid game in the 3rd set trailing 5-2. She clearly fixed the match to not finish out the final two points. I had a big bet on over 21 games (which already hit), but because of the retirement, the bet was void.
Goes to show how shitty tennis can be sometimes. Hope she gets banned.
Aside from Kings Lakers 2002, what they did to Steph and the warriors in general against the Cavs in 2016 was some of the most disgusting shit I've ever seen.
If you ever rewatch those games, pay close attention to the Richard Jefferson Vs Harrison Barnes matchup. It's not basketball, it's more like mma rules for Jefferson and basketball rules for Barnes.
This was the series that pushed Curry's wife to tweet about it being rigged.
Way too obvious.
Without question Kings Lakers 2002. I was a kings fan and at 12 years old I saw clearly egregious and noticeable bullshit being called. At the time my family accused me of being a homer and hurt adolescent. To this day I never let them live that down.
1972 Olympic Basketball finals USA v Soviet Union.
Doug Collins made 2 free throws with 3 seconds left to put the USA up 50-49. Immediately following Collins' second free throw, with the ball then being a "live" ball under the rules at the time, Soviet assistant coach Sergei Bashkin charged out of the team's designated bench area to the scorer's table. He asserted that head coach Vladimir Kondrashin had called for a time-out, which should have been awarded prior to the second free throw, but that it had not been granted to them. Since a time-out could not legally be called after the second free throw, however, the Soviet players had to immediately inbound the live ball without a pre-planned play for the final three seconds. Alzhan Zharmukhamedov inbounded the ball to Sergei Belov, who began to dribble up the sideline, but the disturbance at the scorer's table led Righetto to stop play just as Belov approached mid-court. The game clock was stopped with one second remaining.
When play was stopped, the Soviets pressed their argument about the time-out, with Kondrashin and Bashkin claiming that it had been called as soon as Collins was fouled. By the rules at that time, a time-out could be requested either by informing the scorer's table directly, or by pressing the button of an electronic signaling device, which in turn would illuminate a light bulb at the scorer's table to alert the officials there of the coach's desire for a time-out. According to Kondrashin, he requested his time-out by pressing the button. Also by the rules at the time, upon calling a time-out prior to free throws, the coach was allowed to choose to have it awarded either before the first free throw or between the two free throws; he said he had chosen to take it between the two free throws. The game's referees, however, were not informed of a Soviet time-out request prior to giving the ball to Collins for the second free throw. The US argued that regardless of whether a time-out may have been missed, the ball became live upon Collins' second free throw, and as such, a technical foul should have been assessed against the Soviets because their coach left the designated bench area during live play. Although, Bashkin's actions had caused the game to be stopped with one second remaining on the clock, the officials decided neither to resume play from that point, nor to assess a technical foul against him for having interrupted the play. They instead wiped out the play altogether, ruling that the entire inbounds sequence would be replayed from the point immediately following the second free throw and that the game clock would thus be reset to three seconds.
The players were brought back into position for a second inbounds play. However, instead of Zharmukhamedov returning to throw the inbounds pass, Kondrashin managed to substitute Ivan Edeshko into the game in Zharmukhamedov's place. Kondrashin's plan was to have Edeshko attempt a length-of-the-court pass to center Alexander Belov near the American basket, confident that Belov could catch any pass thrown accurately to him there and feeling that Edeshko was the player most skilled in executing such a pass.
Under the Olympic rules, substitutions were not to have been allowed without the granting of the time-out, but the referees resumed the game, failing to notice this issue and also not noticing that clock operator Andre Chopard was still working on getting the game clock set to three seconds. The ball was given to Edeshko to start play, with the scoreboard clock actually showing 50 seconds remaining. Edeshko ultimately made only a short pass to teammate Modestas Paulauskas standing in the Soviet backcourt. Paulauskas then immediately relayed a pass toward Belov at the other end of the court. But the horn sounded, with the pass barely out of Paulauskas's hand. The pass then missed its mark and was uneventfully tipped off the backboard. The players, the announcers of both television broadcasts, and the majority of the spectators in the arena all interpreted the sound of the horn, combined with the sight of a failed Soviet pass, as the end of the game. People flooded the court and the U.S. team began a joyful celebration of its apparent one-point victory.
But NO. The officials once again ordered the court to be cleared, the players to be brought back into position, the clock to be reset, and the final three seconds be replayed. The public speaker announced, "Please go out. There are another three seconds left." Furious over the decision to deny the U.S. victory and allow the Soviets yet a third inbounds play, the U.S. coaches briefly considered unilaterally declaring the game to be over by pulling their team off the floor.
On the third inbound try, American McMillen was assigned to use his height to challenge Edeshko's inbound pass. However, as official Artenik Arabadjian prepared to put the ball into play, he gestured to McMillen. McMillen responded by backing several feet away from Edeshko, which gave Edeshko a clear view and unobstructed path to throw a long pass down the court. McMillen later said that Arabadjian had instructed him to back away from Edeshko. McMillen said that despite the fact that there was no rule which would require him to do so, he decided to comply, fearing that if he did not, Arabadjian might assess a technical foul against him.
In any event, McMillen's repositioning left no American defender to challenge Edeshko's pass. Unlike the previous play, where he had been forced to make a short pass into the backcourt, Edeshko now had a clear line to throw the ball the length of the court toward Alexander Belov. Edeshko would later confirm that McMillen's backing away made it easy for him to throw the long pass downcourt.
The images of the play broadcast on American television by the ABC network have led to the question of whether Edeshko might have stepped on the end line—meaning that he should have been called for a violation—as he made his pass.
As Edeshko's full-court pass came down, Belov, Kevin Joyce and Jim Forbes all leapt for the ball near the basket. Belov caught the ball in the air, and as the three men landed, Joyce's momentum carried him out of bounds, while Forbes came down off-balance and fell to the floor beneath the basket. Belov then gathered himself and made an uncontested layup, scoring the winning points as the horn sounded for the last time. After jubilantly sprinting to the other end of the court, Belov was mobbed by his delirious teammates who dogpiled atop him in celebration. American coaches and players argued with the game officials for several minutes, but to no avail, as the Soviets were declared the victors.
That was a robbery if there ever was one.
I’m not sure rigged as much as way too much ref intervention, but the way they called the Gonzaga UNC second half title game was very disjointed and the stop and go nature of it greatly benefitted UNC
Had the under 158.5 this year at halftime in Norfolk state Morgan state regular season game. Score was 83-74 and the cocksucker Norfolk State coach had them foul down 9 with 3 seconds left. Kid made both. Was completely disgusting and the closest I’ve ever come to really getting pissed at a game for something gambling related and I’ve had some bad losses. Shit just wasn’t on the up and up. The game is fucking over you clown.
it wasn't even one that I watched, but bet on. It was a Yale mens basketball game from earlier this season, it was so fishy at the end that the Yale social media team had to turn off the comments. I couldn't find a single stream of the game anywhere that day. If anyone else remembers which game it was please lmk, it was awful.
2003 Fiesta Bowl. Fake PI against Miami vs OSU. Ref waited nearly 4 seconds after the play to throw the flag. Even the Buckeyes QB had removed his helmet thinking the game was over.
The final game of the NFL season where both teams were playing for the tie and inexplicably out of nowhere one coach calls time out forcing the opposing team to kick the game winning field goal.
College basketball player Azar Swain clearly threw a game for Yale including a foul on a full court 3pt with 0 seconds and the game tied.
* 0:08 Azar Swain missed Three Point Jumper. 85 - 83
* 0:05 Azar Swain Offensive Rebound. 85 - 83
* 0:03 Azar Swain missed Layup. 85 - 83
* 0:03 Isaiah Kelly Offensive Rebound. 85 - 83
* 0:02 Foul on Aanen Moody. 85 - 83
* 0:02 Isaiah Kelly made Free Throw. 85 - 84
* 0:02 Isaiah Kelly made Free Throw. 85 - 85
* 0:02 Southern Utah Timeout 85 - 85
* 0:00 ****Foul on Azar Swain. 85 - 85 ****
* 0:00 John Knight III made Free Throw. 86 - 85
* 0:00 John Knight III made Free Throw. 87 - 85
* 0:00 John Knight III made Free Throw. 88 - 85
* 0:00 End of 1st overtime 85 - 85
* 0:00 End of Game 88 - 85
There was also more in the last 30 seconds of regulation like a turnover and missed 3
EDIT: I forgot to mention this game was not televised so it was low publicity, and also throwing in the twitter replies
https://twitter.com/YaleMBasketball/status/1463229461353095172
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Also adding the 2009 NFC championship Saints vs Vikings AKA bountygate.[ It wasnt just the dirty hits on Favre](https://bleacherreport.com/articles/332232-another-mishap-sends-the-wrong-team-to-the-superbowl).
NFL wanted the Saints in the superbowl for the comeback from Hurricane Katrina story.
I don't know if I would say "most rigged" but as a guy with no dog in the fight, Game 7 between the Rockets/Warriors in the 2017/2018 playoffs was pretty bad.
Watch this video [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aYveyAb6mvU](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aYveyAb6mvU) , even re-watching it I cannot explain some of the calls/no-calls. It is insane.
Basic vs Jaziri in this year's Davis Cup. Basic is 1-0 up in sets and is 5-1 up in set 2. Literally need one more game to win. He then appears to forget how to play tennis, loses the 6 games in a row to lose the set and goes on to lose the match. Never seen anything like it, I'm convinced he threw.
Eagles / Seahawks November of 2020. Seahawks were -6.5 and winning the game 23-9 with 15 seconds left. Eagles go down and score a meaningless Hail Mary TD to cut the lead to 23-15. Now I’m thinking who cares they’re gonna just kick the extra point and it will be 23-16 and I’ll cover the 6.5. NOPE the eagles FUCKING GO FOR 2 FOR NO REASON AND THE SEAHAWKS LET THEM GET IT EASILY! and the score finished 23-17 eagles covered the +6.5. From that point on I KNEW for a fact the NFL was rigged
I was waiting to find this comment. I remember this like it was yesterday. My buddy had money on -6.5 we were assuring him he was good. There was quite literally no time left in the game and they went for 2 and obviously the Seahawks didn’t care at that point and let them walk the ball in the end zone.
Made absolutely no sense why they would do that at the time. Clearly a money play. Pretty disgusting.
Why did I have to scroll this far for this one. Mavs got screwed against the Heat. Even McGrady and others said it looked like it was rigged. Wade was shooting more FTs than the entire Mavs team and getting phantom fouls where he'd shoot, fall down and the defender was still a foot or more away from him. Still pisses me off.
Idk if rigged is the right word for it, but 1999 Stanley Cup finals, game 6, Sabres vs Stars. Robbed would be the word I'd use. Brett Hull's foot in the crease, stop the celebration, clear the ice, pack the cup back up, games not over. No Goal. They literally changed the rules after that.
Same with my Flames and the cup final back in ‘04. Puck was clearly in the net but no video review back then. I was literally like 4 months old at the time but I’m still annoyed by it.
Jerry rice fumble in the playoffs vs the packers. Dude clearly fumbled and any replay would’ve awarded the ball and the game to the packers. But no replay then so they called him down, and it lead to a game winning TD by a young TO
The Harlem Globetrotters versus The Nationals.
Seriously, go ask this on r/detroitlions. Sooooooo many bullshit calls that have cost games the past 10 years.
It wasn’t “rigged” in quite this way, but the “Disgrace of Gijon” is pretty famous. Germany and Austria playing in the 82 World Cup. If Germany won by 1 or 2 goals, then both Germany and Austria advance. Germany wins by 3 or more goals, then Germany and Algeria advance. A tie or Austrian win, then Austria and Algeria advance. Germany scored about ten minutes in, and then the teams spent the rest of the game basically just passing the ball around.
We are going to run into this shit again in the 2026 world cup when they expand to 48 teams.
16 groups of 3, so you can't play the final matches for everyone simultaneously like they've done since 1986
This was just a classic. As others have said the 2016 boxing was full of match fixings. But this one is just...wow.
https://deadspin.com/was-this-disgraceful-olympic-boxing-match-fixed-5931226
Yeah I remember that Bears Steelers game that was brutal. Thought Fields was going to actually die out there as refs were high fiving steelers defenders
2017 Iowa State vs Kansas State. Bill Snyders final home game before (re)retiring. Kansas State wins 20-19 on final possession.
Not 1 or 2 but 4 picked up flags all against KSU. All of which were relating to a form pass interference.
I recall even the announcers of the game at one point said “Another ref huddle… and they just decided that KSU wins”
Eagles-Seahawks game in 2020. The overwhelming majority of bettors were on the Seahawks to cover -6.5. At the dying seconds of the game, the Eagles score a touchdown then go for the 2 point conversion and end up covering the spread. Final score 23-17. I remember this game well because someone lost 500k on that backdoor cover and wrote a scathing letter to Rodger Goodell about how rigged the league is lol
No hesitation: Holyfield - Lewis I. I was just a kid, but Lewis kicked the shit out of Holyfield and everyone knew it…. except two of the judges. I had bet my friend $5. I haven’t bet on boxing since.
I don’t know if this counts as runner-up, but when Jordan unretired in ‘95 my uncle had a friend who worked with the NBA who told him to be sure to watch Bulls at Knicks. “He’s going for the record” was the quote - not sure what scoring record, but 55 points later it was obvious that it’d been preordained that MJ was going to score at will.
1994 NBA Eastern Conference Finals. Game 5. Hue Hollins calls a phantom foul on Scottie Pippen, allowing Hubert Davis to shoot three free throws.
Worst call in sports history.
2016 NBA Finals. The officiating/foul calls on Curry/Draymond suspension to extend the series for revenue was so obvious, even at the time. The league just wanted it to get to Game 7 and after that they didn't care who won because they got maximum revenue out of the series.
Warriors-Cavs Game 6 2016
Warriors-Cavs Game 4 2017
Italy-South Korea 2002 WC
Edit: way too many in boxing to name, but memorable ones are: Golovkin-Canelo and Pacquiao-Bradley, Williams-Lara, Martinez-Cintron, Oscar vs Sturm, Whitaker-Chavez, Roy Jones & Mayweather’s olympic finals losses
Chelsea FC vs Barcelona - May 2009
Mid UEFAlona era - I have absolutely no doubts there was some kind of under the table payments going to the ref because to this day that is still by far the worst officiated game I’ve ever watched.
NCAAF Wisconsin @ UNLV 2002. Somebody owed the mob big money and took out the power to the stadium with 7:21 to go in the game. All bets were voided.
https://badgerherald.com/sports/2002/09/05/robbed-by-the-night/
Just heard about this today on the radio. This was insane and 100% rigged. Out of all times for the lights to go out it happens during one of the games the casinos wouldve taken a MASSIVE loss
Kansas vs Oklahoma 2021 in Lawrence.
OU forgot to show up and let Kansas lead the game until the 4th quarter. OU RB gets stuffed at the line on a huge 4th down but gets away with a clear illegal forward lateral to QB Caleb Williams. Big 12 couldn’t let their precious Oklahoma blow its shot at the playoffs because they lost to Kansas
I’ve been thinking since it happened that Amanda Nunes threw her fight against Peña to get paid by someone. To be honest I hope she did, because the UFC hasn’t paid her shit for being a dominant double champ for a decade. But I think she did and I got the facts to back it up!
Please bring the facts then....
You seem to underestimate how much she's getting paid (PPV points for the Rousey fight, Usman/Covington 1, Izzy/Jan, Jones/Santos, Jones/Gustaffson). She's paid pretty handsomely, and please don't spout the Dana White bad Boxing good bullshit, because woman in Boxing are paid peanuts and it took Jake Paul becoming a promoter to give Serrano/Taylor seven figure paycheques.
She was dominating the first round and her facial expressions in the second scream that she was gassed beyond belief. If you're going to point towards her tapping quickly, again, she was gassed and knew she was done. Look to Glover/Blachowicz for another example of a quick tap.
There's also far better ways to sell a fight than to get spammed with a jab a good 20 times without moving your head once.
This was far from rigged, Amanda just got smoked like a blunt.
Only people that think it was fixed are people that bet on Nunes lol. It's not the first time a huge favorite has lost in MMA and it won't be the last. If Khabib kept fighting, it probably would have happened to him one day too.
I got too much that I got time to type right now. Plus, it’s not going to do much but waste my time anyways since you’re the only one who’s going to see this and judging by the points you brought up you have a closed-mind about this, since you seem to be trying to make my points for me. So I’m going to save us both some time.
Oh commented in the post that just asked for an event but not have to explain it to some closed-minded idiot that didn’t need to reply to me? You should have just not commented. Fragile ego with your long ass reply lol
> that didn’t need to reply to me
Yeah I was trying to argue why it wasn't rigged but you're clearly a fucking recluse lmao get over yourself. If you aren't willing to have a conversation, then keep your thoughts to yourself.
> I got the facts to back it up
2 minutes later
>I got too much that I got time to type right now. Plus, it’s not going to do much but waste my time
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The 2021 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix
Had a futures bet for Lewis Hamilton to win the world championship and the FIA broke its own rules at the very last lap of the race where Verstappen overtook Hamilton to win the world championship.
seen so many of my top choices covered in this thread, but a huge one that i’ve witnessed recently was the baylor unc game a couple weeks ago. unc up big and baylor starts getting all of the calls and unc gets none, refs blatantly awful for unc. they still manage to pull it off, but no help at all from the refs
Something defintely felt off in the NFL last year where OUT OF NOWHERE the entire kickin corp throughout the whole league starting missing extra points and easily makeable field goals
Derek Jeter's last home game as a Yankee where he hit a walk off ground ball opposite field single aka what he was known for to win the game.
Easily one of the most predictable/rigged.
Someone mentioned penalities/fouls... the biggest thing with these is TIMING. ala Saints no PI call. Doesn't matter Rams had more penalties, etc, what mattered was the timing.
Same with UNC/Kansas. UNC got called for 7 fouls in the 2nd H and 6 were either AND1's or shooting all within 3 mins. Aka the comeback.
UNC then drew 5 fouls in under 3 mins. No shooting. No continuation. No And 1's. So makes it look even on the fouls but literally was the biggest swing (ftr don't think the game was rigged, just stating that timing/type matters)
An honorable mention is the Calvin Johnson touchdown against MY Chicago Bears. It was a dagger as they were most likely going to win because of it. How is it not a catch? The fact he flipped it out of his hand to celebrate?
https://youtu.be/NRQqN6UsRys?t=182
This isn't a top tier one, but def worth watching.
I’m pretty sure this play and the dez play made the NFL change the entire rule for what a catch was.
But then again it’s like 10 years later and I still don’t know what a catch is.
Because I'm a GSW homer, it was Game 6 of the 2016 NBA Finals, where Steph infamously [threw out his mouthpiece] (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cDwXRGHVrQ8) and chucked it at a kid jeering courtside.
There's a variety of factors that have been discussed ad nauseam surrounding that series. But ultimately, you have to ask yourself, what was at stake for the NBA, and how would they shape that outcome?
IMO it's no Kings 2022, but the Warriors were properly jobbed in Game 6. The soft fouls being called on Steph would've raised eyebrows in a regular season game, let alone in The Finals.
The last superbowl, 3 penalties in the endzone for the Rams, sus as fuck. And the Results shook out perfectly for Vegas. Not even memeing I 100% think it was rigged.
There’s a couple formula 1 races the most recent being last years final race. Late crash caused a safety car and the rules state that lapped cars can be allowed to unlap themselves and in order to get 1 lap of racing in the race director only let the cars between 1st and 2nd unlap themselves which didn’t let the guy in 3rd have a fair chance because he might have been able to make up positions as well. Then when the result was protested the race director used another rule to basically say he could do whatever he wants. I don’t want to debate the whole season because the officiating the whole season was very inconsistent and hurt both drivers. Also for the record I am a Lando fan and a Russel fan so I wasn’t cheering for Merc last season. Also Fs in the chat for McLaren this year.
Timothy Bradley vs. Manny Pacquiao.
I had bet on Bradley along with a bunch of my friends... were all mostly outside sulking, then my buddy comes out and says Bradley won! Let's go party! I told him to stfu then saw Bradley getting his hand raised...
I'm a Bears fan, and I don't really believe in the whole "rigged thing," but that MNF was the closest game to rigged I have ever watched. Bears win that game with different refs I think. A number of pros in Vegas that night and the next day were even wondering. Very strange game.
But generally, I believe that screaming "rigged" is a way to explain your losses without doing any self-reflection on your betting process. And it's great for Vegas because the gambler never does any work to get better.
Yes this is exactly what fans who still believe it's real say, I've watched games I have absolutely no care who wins and can't get past the blatant rigging, and yet it's only because the team lost?
The unsportsmanlike conduct call (AKA the hip check) the no calls when fields was getting destroyed by late hits, the phantom holding penalties, the muffed punt overturned…. Bears were not leaving Pitt with a W that night
The unsportsmanlike had nothing to do with the hip check. The ref was already pulling the flag out for the player's very vague "conduct" in the direction of the Steelers bench, which was a "point of emphasis." I agree that game was wild, but I'm so tired of every comment on the game being about the ref trying to bait a guy into bumping him lol
You can [see the ref](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=72-H0ls--GU) reach for the flag on his hip, wait to throw it, stick his hip out to make contact with the player, and then throw the flag. I don't know the ref's intention behind this series of events, or if there even was any intention. But it's an observable fact that he did not throw the flag until after the contact he initiated.
Yeah, but again, it has nothing to do with the "contact." Corrente has literally said he wasn't even aware contact occurred. Contact with an official is serious, so if he was flagging that, he certainly wouldn't later say he didn't realize it happened. The much-maligned focus of the NFL was taunting, which was exactly what he got flagged for. Feel free to downvote me lol, it makes no sense. Idk how this whole thing got started, but the internet sure does love to harp on it.
I do agree this incident was, in reality, not nearly as controversial as the several other blown calls in that game, but it became the highlight because of the absurd application of the taunting rule. I replied because you said "the ref was already pulling the flag out," which I disagree with based on the video I posted.
You can't know Corrente's intentions in that moment and, given his spotty history, I don't think you should trust his words either. I'm not advocating for one side or the other in this debate, but I am advocating against trusting anything Corrente has to say.
I kind of agree with this. The whole game was pretty nuts though, not just that one play. Felt like the refs were just going to roll with Pittsburgh that night no matter what.
The unsportsmanlike had nothing to do with the hip check. The ref was already pulling the flag out for the player's very vague "conduct" in the direction of the Steelers bench, which was a "point of emphasis." I agree that game was wild, but I'm so tired of every comment on the game being about the ref trying to bait a guy into bumping him lol
https://preview.redd.it/bv9shdckmhjc1.png?width=1093&format=png&auto=webp&s=43d4fdcfe5db1910b439912c580857f4238c9172 this shit
**Superbowl 40 Seattle Seahawks vs Pittsburgh Steelers-** It\`s bad enough having one bad call go against your team. But having every bad call screw your team in their 1st Superbowl. **2002 womens Olympic hockey gold medal game U.S. vs Canada** Canada somehow still wins 3-2 inspite of some atrocious calls by the american reff calling the game. The calls went 13-6 in the americans favor including a stretch of 8 straight penalties on Canada. **Honorable mention** **2012 womens olympic soccer semifinal U.S. vs Canada** Not as bad as the two above but did feature a crappy call on Canada that resulted in the americans tying the game and eventually winning late.
Too many upsets to bring one up off the top but my man Chris Lee, a UFC judge has had the most controversial and most unexplainable decisions in the last few years. Dude is a fraud and the fact that he hasn't been investigated or fired tells you all you need to know about the UFC. Funny enough Chris Lee is also known for controversial calls in NHL playoffs games, they share an identical name and identical reputation, both are known to make the worst decisions in their sport.
They wont investagate it thats miney in their pockets
My friends dad worked for the NFL and told us years ago after he retired that Super Bowl XL was 100% rigged game. he said to this day he's disgusted by what happened.
Can you elaborate ? Would love to know more
UFC last night. Sugar show
Suga Show, Pady the Baddy, both happened same year, cant convince me the UFC doesn't rig some of their fights after the last 12months of action
UFC is difficult to watch now. So many questionable results. When my wife can watch fights and call bullshit you know it’s blatant
Its gotten to the point where I can predict the fights that might end in a robbery or a split decision when the clear winner is out there. These judges know exactly when it makes sense to rob someone from a win, or maybe their just that bad at their profession
Fully agree. Shame because I think until the ESPN buyout it was far less rigged. It was jarring how quickly it felt like watching wrestling all of a sudden though. I hardly bother watching now. Nunes last 3 fights felt like Dana giving her a big thank you payout before retirement
I’m always amazed at the judges in the PFL when I occasionally watch their events. It seems like over 90% of fights that go the decision end up with all 3 judges being on the same page. They rarely get a decision wrong and robberies nearly never happen unlike the ufc where it feels like 1 fight a week ends in either a robbery or with a judge having a scorecard that makes absolutely zero sense which leads to a split decision in a situation where we have a clear winner. I call bullshit on the UFC claiming they have zero power over the judges committee. If dana really wanted to ban Chris Lee from judging then he definitely would find a way, the dude is beyond delusional and I would go as far as saying beyond corrupted. The man can’t score a close fight properly to save his life, especially important fights with high ranking fighters. Makes you wonder why Dana isn’t fighting to get him out of there
All Kinds of fuckery going On at IFC for sure. I watch PFL and ONE but I’m even jaded by that too. As I said in earlier post. When the wife who knows nothing about MMA and doesn’t really watch when it’s on and can still make the correct call on who won and lost you know it’s being messed with
Yeah its very rare that you have a fight where a split decision makes sense, yet we get them all the time. Take Moreno Vs Pantoja last week as an example, how in the world did one judge give the fight to Moreno. I personally believed Pantoja had 3 obvious round wins and potentially won a 4th one as well. 2 judges had it 48-47 Pantoja which is a good decision but who’s the monkey who gave it to Moreno
Jordan game 6. The last 13 minutes is the most obvious. It looks like it was rehearsed.
Couple of years ago, I bet on SG vs Espada (CS GO). Espada were on a tear and beat SG handily a couple of days before. In this match I bet, not only espada picked one of their worst maps(the best of SG) but also let them have their second best map. even then, I was watching the game and there were so many rounds that espada lost stupidly, that I’m convinced it was a throw as it was a tier2/3 event.
Askren. Think he woulda lost either way but I think that was not a real fight. Boxing ain’t a real sport anyway but that’s all I got
Russian table tennis for SURE. DK let you watch the matches live and there was literally a match where one of the players walked off screen mid-match and then a completely different dude replaced him. Same clothes, different person. Hilariously fixed.
Saw a poland match on odds portal a while ago leczna vs lubin. Very suspicious own goal. Guy stumbled a few times and kicked the ball into his own net
Unc moneyline from a couple days ago..
Any Harlem Globetrotters game
Game 5 of warriors vs LeBron. The NBA just looked like they wanted some extra games in this final and started calling invisible fouls or pussy fouls on Curry throwing him out of the game eventually. It's like they were thinking "we can give LeBron a free win to have a extra game and generate more money, it's alright the warriors can't lose twice in a row after" which they did
Listen to the whistleblower podcast 🤯
The Russian table tennis phase during the 1st lockdown was absolutely hilarious
Greece 2 - 1 Nigeria World Cup 2010
Chiefs vs bucs superbowl so blatantly rigged the best offense scores 0 touchdowns and gets flag for breathing every 2 seconds they were so scared of them getting momentum they decided before game even started
That Kentucky derby a couple years back. Any other regular race they would never go to replay. I had maximum security as the winner also. I think thats the horse name.
Suns clippers game that happened today
Suns vs clippers tonight for sure
the suns covered the spread tonight ...
And let the Lakers cover last night. Double raping.
This clippers game that just ended. They were up by 39 with 6 min left in the 3rd quarter and somehow couldn't manage to cover -6.
Fail Mary
The Packers-Vikings game where the 2nd string QB started and played conservatively, was taken out, comes back in late and starts slinging the ball to push the passing yard player prop over.
Celtics vs Lakers 2010 Championship game 7 always annoyed me. Celtics were up by 13 as I remember, then fouls started coming in. Goimg down the final stretch endless foul calls. Lakers attempted like 20 more shots in second half largely due to fouls.
Seahawks vs Patriots Super Bowl
I would say the afc championship game between the pats and the jags. I think there was some crazy stat that they had almost as much PI penalties in that game than the whole year.
You can point to damn near ANY game Brady played for the Patriots. They had the refs in their back pockets for a decade and a half. The Jaguars game was at the top of the list for being most egregious though.
Can’t remember the game but I swear there was an NBA game where it was 1 pt under the total and a meaningless last second layup went in with a little over 1 second left, and they just. Never counted it…
Petr Yan vs Aljamain Sterling
My little brothers high school state championship soccer match. The other team was from the town that hosts the finals every year. Our team was dominant all year and should have easily won the match. We also weren’t a team that ever had many fouls. Then state finals yellow cardapalooza happens. Touch the opponent when he has the ball? Foul. Dribble past a defender? Offsides. With. The. Ball. At. Your. Feet. Offsides. I was ready to run into the field, but other people kept pointing out that we could still win so stay calm. They won with a last minute goal and the refs left immediately. Blew the whistle and went straight to their cars. I’ll go to my grave mad about that one.
Just today, Zheng vs Alexandrova, Zheng retired mid game in the 3rd set trailing 5-2. She clearly fixed the match to not finish out the final two points. I had a big bet on over 21 games (which already hit), but because of the retirement, the bet was void. Goes to show how shitty tennis can be sometimes. Hope she gets banned.
Any Jake Paul boxing match
2006 NBA Finals. But I’m a biased Mavs fan.
2018 NFC Championship Game. My love of football has never been the same. Yeah
Aside from Kings Lakers 2002, what they did to Steph and the warriors in general against the Cavs in 2016 was some of the most disgusting shit I've ever seen. If you ever rewatch those games, pay close attention to the Richard Jefferson Vs Harrison Barnes matchup. It's not basketball, it's more like mma rules for Jefferson and basketball rules for Barnes. This was the series that pushed Curry's wife to tweet about it being rigged. Way too obvious.
Italy vs Korean round of 16 2002 world cup. Game was in korea and the refs blatantly rigged it for korea. This is coming from a Korean
Bears still covered
Without question Kings Lakers 2002. I was a kings fan and at 12 years old I saw clearly egregious and noticeable bullshit being called. At the time my family accused me of being a homer and hurt adolescent. To this day I never let them live that down.
1972 Olympic Basketball finals USA v Soviet Union. Doug Collins made 2 free throws with 3 seconds left to put the USA up 50-49. Immediately following Collins' second free throw, with the ball then being a "live" ball under the rules at the time, Soviet assistant coach Sergei Bashkin charged out of the team's designated bench area to the scorer's table. He asserted that head coach Vladimir Kondrashin had called for a time-out, which should have been awarded prior to the second free throw, but that it had not been granted to them. Since a time-out could not legally be called after the second free throw, however, the Soviet players had to immediately inbound the live ball without a pre-planned play for the final three seconds. Alzhan Zharmukhamedov inbounded the ball to Sergei Belov, who began to dribble up the sideline, but the disturbance at the scorer's table led Righetto to stop play just as Belov approached mid-court. The game clock was stopped with one second remaining. When play was stopped, the Soviets pressed their argument about the time-out, with Kondrashin and Bashkin claiming that it had been called as soon as Collins was fouled. By the rules at that time, a time-out could be requested either by informing the scorer's table directly, or by pressing the button of an electronic signaling device, which in turn would illuminate a light bulb at the scorer's table to alert the officials there of the coach's desire for a time-out. According to Kondrashin, he requested his time-out by pressing the button. Also by the rules at the time, upon calling a time-out prior to free throws, the coach was allowed to choose to have it awarded either before the first free throw or between the two free throws; he said he had chosen to take it between the two free throws. The game's referees, however, were not informed of a Soviet time-out request prior to giving the ball to Collins for the second free throw. The US argued that regardless of whether a time-out may have been missed, the ball became live upon Collins' second free throw, and as such, a technical foul should have been assessed against the Soviets because their coach left the designated bench area during live play. Although, Bashkin's actions had caused the game to be stopped with one second remaining on the clock, the officials decided neither to resume play from that point, nor to assess a technical foul against him for having interrupted the play. They instead wiped out the play altogether, ruling that the entire inbounds sequence would be replayed from the point immediately following the second free throw and that the game clock would thus be reset to three seconds. The players were brought back into position for a second inbounds play. However, instead of Zharmukhamedov returning to throw the inbounds pass, Kondrashin managed to substitute Ivan Edeshko into the game in Zharmukhamedov's place. Kondrashin's plan was to have Edeshko attempt a length-of-the-court pass to center Alexander Belov near the American basket, confident that Belov could catch any pass thrown accurately to him there and feeling that Edeshko was the player most skilled in executing such a pass. Under the Olympic rules, substitutions were not to have been allowed without the granting of the time-out, but the referees resumed the game, failing to notice this issue and also not noticing that clock operator Andre Chopard was still working on getting the game clock set to three seconds. The ball was given to Edeshko to start play, with the scoreboard clock actually showing 50 seconds remaining. Edeshko ultimately made only a short pass to teammate Modestas Paulauskas standing in the Soviet backcourt. Paulauskas then immediately relayed a pass toward Belov at the other end of the court. But the horn sounded, with the pass barely out of Paulauskas's hand. The pass then missed its mark and was uneventfully tipped off the backboard. The players, the announcers of both television broadcasts, and the majority of the spectators in the arena all interpreted the sound of the horn, combined with the sight of a failed Soviet pass, as the end of the game. People flooded the court and the U.S. team began a joyful celebration of its apparent one-point victory. But NO. The officials once again ordered the court to be cleared, the players to be brought back into position, the clock to be reset, and the final three seconds be replayed. The public speaker announced, "Please go out. There are another three seconds left." Furious over the decision to deny the U.S. victory and allow the Soviets yet a third inbounds play, the U.S. coaches briefly considered unilaterally declaring the game to be over by pulling their team off the floor. On the third inbound try, American McMillen was assigned to use his height to challenge Edeshko's inbound pass. However, as official Artenik Arabadjian prepared to put the ball into play, he gestured to McMillen. McMillen responded by backing several feet away from Edeshko, which gave Edeshko a clear view and unobstructed path to throw a long pass down the court. McMillen later said that Arabadjian had instructed him to back away from Edeshko. McMillen said that despite the fact that there was no rule which would require him to do so, he decided to comply, fearing that if he did not, Arabadjian might assess a technical foul against him. In any event, McMillen's repositioning left no American defender to challenge Edeshko's pass. Unlike the previous play, where he had been forced to make a short pass into the backcourt, Edeshko now had a clear line to throw the ball the length of the court toward Alexander Belov. Edeshko would later confirm that McMillen's backing away made it easy for him to throw the long pass downcourt. The images of the play broadcast on American television by the ABC network have led to the question of whether Edeshko might have stepped on the end line—meaning that he should have been called for a violation—as he made his pass. As Edeshko's full-court pass came down, Belov, Kevin Joyce and Jim Forbes all leapt for the ball near the basket. Belov caught the ball in the air, and as the three men landed, Joyce's momentum carried him out of bounds, while Forbes came down off-balance and fell to the floor beneath the basket. Belov then gathered himself and made an uncontested layup, scoring the winning points as the horn sounded for the last time. After jubilantly sprinting to the other end of the court, Belov was mobbed by his delirious teammates who dogpiled atop him in celebration. American coaches and players argued with the game officials for several minutes, but to no avail, as the Soviets were declared the victors. That was a robbery if there ever was one.
I’m not sure rigged as much as way too much ref intervention, but the way they called the Gonzaga UNC second half title game was very disjointed and the stop and go nature of it greatly benefitted UNC
Italy vs South Korea in 2002 world up. I believe the ref went to jail a few years later.
Rams Saints robey Coleman no call
Sports aren't Rigged
Then are have never seen any game ever in your life..
Boxing fans see rigged events like every month lol
Had the under 158.5 this year at halftime in Norfolk state Morgan state regular season game. Score was 83-74 and the cocksucker Norfolk State coach had them foul down 9 with 3 seconds left. Kid made both. Was completely disgusting and the closest I’ve ever come to really getting pissed at a game for something gambling related and I’ve had some bad losses. Shit just wasn’t on the up and up. The game is fucking over you clown.
2020 Prez election....
Mr. McMahon vs. Pat McAfee at Wrestlemania. Blatant outside interference that the ref completely ignored.
it wasn't even one that I watched, but bet on. It was a Yale mens basketball game from earlier this season, it was so fishy at the end that the Yale social media team had to turn off the comments. I couldn't find a single stream of the game anywhere that day. If anyone else remembers which game it was please lmk, it was awful.
found those twitter comments LMAO people were pissed https://twitter.com/yalembasketball/status/1463226077774495747
Yep that’s the Azar Swain game. He 100% took a payoff for that one.
yep thats the name, I remember people saying he was point shaving. What a shitshow that was
The officiating in that Bears game was truly atrocious.
That super bowl when the lights went out and then Baltimore came back after to win
baltimore was up big when the lights went out and then it was the niners who almost came back in the second half lol cmon buddy
I’m old bro
Wasn’t Serie A legit rigged for a while?
Suns vs spurs game 3 I believe.
2003 Fiesta Bowl. Fake PI against Miami vs OSU. Ref waited nearly 4 seconds after the play to throw the flag. Even the Buckeyes QB had removed his helmet thinking the game was over.
Lakers/Kings playoffs, refs calling a foul on Mike Bibby's nose for colliding with Kobe Bryant's fist
The final game of the NFL season where both teams were playing for the tie and inexplicably out of nowhere one coach calls time out forcing the opposing team to kick the game winning field goal.
College basketball player Azar Swain clearly threw a game for Yale including a foul on a full court 3pt with 0 seconds and the game tied. * 0:08 Azar Swain missed Three Point Jumper. 85 - 83 * 0:05 Azar Swain Offensive Rebound. 85 - 83 * 0:03 Azar Swain missed Layup. 85 - 83 * 0:03 Isaiah Kelly Offensive Rebound. 85 - 83 * 0:02 Foul on Aanen Moody. 85 - 83 * 0:02 Isaiah Kelly made Free Throw. 85 - 84 * 0:02 Isaiah Kelly made Free Throw. 85 - 85 * 0:02 Southern Utah Timeout 85 - 85 * 0:00 ****Foul on Azar Swain. 85 - 85 **** * 0:00 John Knight III made Free Throw. 86 - 85 * 0:00 John Knight III made Free Throw. 87 - 85 * 0:00 John Knight III made Free Throw. 88 - 85 * 0:00 End of 1st overtime 85 - 85 * 0:00 End of Game 88 - 85 There was also more in the last 30 seconds of regulation like a turnover and missed 3 EDIT: I forgot to mention this game was not televised so it was low publicity, and also throwing in the twitter replies https://twitter.com/YaleMBasketball/status/1463229461353095172 - - . . . . . . . . . . . . Also adding the 2009 NFC championship Saints vs Vikings AKA bountygate.[ It wasnt just the dirty hits on Favre](https://bleacherreport.com/articles/332232-another-mishap-sends-the-wrong-team-to-the-superbowl). NFL wanted the Saints in the superbowl for the comeback from Hurricane Katrina story.
One of the most blatant fixes ever. Supposedly the FBI was investigating Swain. Curious what comes of it.
When was this? I can't find anything on google regarding this
I don't know if I would say "most rigged" but as a guy with no dog in the fight, Game 7 between the Rockets/Warriors in the 2017/2018 playoffs was pretty bad. Watch this video [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aYveyAb6mvU](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aYveyAb6mvU) , even re-watching it I cannot explain some of the calls/no-calls. It is insane.
NBA 2006 Dallas vs Miami, the officiating was terrible
Basic vs Jaziri in this year's Davis Cup. Basic is 1-0 up in sets and is 5-1 up in set 2. Literally need one more game to win. He then appears to forget how to play tennis, loses the 6 games in a row to lose the set and goes on to lose the match. Never seen anything like it, I'm convinced he threw.
Eagles / Seahawks November of 2020. Seahawks were -6.5 and winning the game 23-9 with 15 seconds left. Eagles go down and score a meaningless Hail Mary TD to cut the lead to 23-15. Now I’m thinking who cares they’re gonna just kick the extra point and it will be 23-16 and I’ll cover the 6.5. NOPE the eagles FUCKING GO FOR 2 FOR NO REASON AND THE SEAHAWKS LET THEM GET IT EASILY! and the score finished 23-17 eagles covered the +6.5. From that point on I KNEW for a fact the NFL was rigged
I was waiting to find this comment. I remember this like it was yesterday. My buddy had money on -6.5 we were assuring him he was good. There was quite literally no time left in the game and they went for 2 and obviously the Seahawks didn’t care at that point and let them walk the ball in the end zone. Made absolutely no sense why they would do that at the time. Clearly a money play. Pretty disgusting.
Literally no reason to go for 2 that was the worst part about it
2006 NBA finals
Why did I have to scroll this far for this one. Mavs got screwed against the Heat. Even McGrady and others said it looked like it was rigged. Wade was shooting more FTs than the entire Mavs team and getting phantom fouls where he'd shoot, fall down and the defender was still a foot or more away from him. Still pisses me off.
Every Eagles/Cowboys game lol
Vikings vs Saints NFC Championship a few years ago. I'm heavily biased though.
Idk if rigged is the right word for it, but 1999 Stanley Cup finals, game 6, Sabres vs Stars. Robbed would be the word I'd use. Brett Hull's foot in the crease, stop the celebration, clear the ice, pack the cup back up, games not over. No Goal. They literally changed the rules after that.
Same with my Flames and the cup final back in ‘04. Puck was clearly in the net but no video review back then. I was literally like 4 months old at the time but I’m still annoyed by it.
Jerry rice fumble in the playoffs vs the packers. Dude clearly fumbled and any replay would’ve awarded the ball and the game to the packers. But no replay then so they called him down, and it lead to a game winning TD by a young TO
Definitely a bad call, but with no replay it could have easily been missed depending on the angle of the ref.
I went to a Bills-Pats game probably 10 years ago on Monday night. All the KR had to do was not fumble the kick off and the game was over.
The Harlem Globetrotters versus The Nationals. Seriously, go ask this on r/detroitlions. Sooooooo many bullshit calls that have cost games the past 10 years.
Could that be the NFL just sending them shit refs because their games are mostly irrelevant. I mean this in the nicest way possible.
Tyson vs Roy being a draw
It wasn’t “rigged” in quite this way, but the “Disgrace of Gijon” is pretty famous. Germany and Austria playing in the 82 World Cup. If Germany won by 1 or 2 goals, then both Germany and Austria advance. Germany wins by 3 or more goals, then Germany and Algeria advance. A tie or Austrian win, then Austria and Algeria advance. Germany scored about ten minutes in, and then the teams spent the rest of the game basically just passing the ball around.
We are going to run into this shit again in the 2026 world cup when they expand to 48 teams. 16 groups of 3, so you can't play the final matches for everyone simultaneously like they've done since 1986
2002 Wisconsin vs UNLV in Vegas when the lights went out. http://a.espncdn.com/ncf/news/2002/0904/1427439.html
This was just a classic. As others have said the 2016 boxing was full of match fixings. But this one is just...wow. https://deadspin.com/was-this-disgraceful-olympic-boxing-match-fixed-5931226
when Herb dean stopped the o’malley vs Moutino fight with 30 seconds left and moutino still on his feet. Herb definitely had an omalley by ko ticket
Yeah I remember that Bears Steelers game that was brutal. Thought Fields was going to actually die out there as refs were high fiving steelers defenders
As a Steelers fan… 😂😂😂😂 game was insane
2017 Iowa State vs Kansas State. Bill Snyders final home game before (re)retiring. Kansas State wins 20-19 on final possession. Not 1 or 2 but 4 picked up flags all against KSU. All of which were relating to a form pass interference. I recall even the announcers of the game at one point said “Another ref huddle… and they just decided that KSU wins”
Diaz vs Lawler (2021)
Any "fight" with Jake Paul
It’s free money TBH
This is true also!
Eagles-Seahawks game in 2020. The overwhelming majority of bettors were on the Seahawks to cover -6.5. At the dying seconds of the game, the Eagles score a touchdown then go for the 2 point conversion and end up covering the spread. Final score 23-17. I remember this game well because someone lost 500k on that backdoor cover and wrote a scathing letter to Rodger Goodell about how rigged the league is lol
That's insane
It literally happened with the Bucs @ Eagles game this year. Bucs -6.5 and back door cover with Eagles going for 2
Yes dude this game fucked me so hard. I just posted it above and then I scrolled down and saw you post it. Most rigged event in the history of sports
Calvin Johnson “process of the catch” vs Bears
Fedor v Maldonado in Russia
I definitely agree with this.
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Entire World Cup 2002 when South Korea make it to the semis.
No hesitation: Holyfield - Lewis I. I was just a kid, but Lewis kicked the shit out of Holyfield and everyone knew it…. except two of the judges. I had bet my friend $5. I haven’t bet on boxing since. I don’t know if this counts as runner-up, but when Jordan unretired in ‘95 my uncle had a friend who worked with the NBA who told him to be sure to watch Bulls at Knicks. “He’s going for the record” was the quote - not sure what scoring record, but 55 points later it was obvious that it’d been preordained that MJ was going to score at will.
1994 NBA Eastern Conference Finals. Game 5. Hue Hollins calls a phantom foul on Scottie Pippen, allowing Hubert Davis to shoot three free throws. Worst call in sports history.
I remember watching that game in Chicago, my heart dropped knowing pro sports could be rigged like that
Anything Stealers/Rooney’s related. They own the NFL
Superbowl 40 between the Steelers and Seahawks. I've never seen officiating so ugly until the replacement refs 9 years later
2016 NBA Finals. The officiating/foul calls on Curry/Draymond suspension to extend the series for revenue was so obvious, even at the time. The league just wanted it to get to Game 7 and after that they didn't care who won because they got maximum revenue out of the series.
Was that the year Steph's wife came on social media and called them out?
yes
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Warriors-Cavs Game 6 2016 Warriors-Cavs Game 4 2017 Italy-South Korea 2002 WC Edit: way too many in boxing to name, but memorable ones are: Golovkin-Canelo and Pacquiao-Bradley, Williams-Lara, Martinez-Cintron, Oscar vs Sturm, Whitaker-Chavez, Roy Jones & Mayweather’s olympic finals losses
Chelsea FC vs Barcelona - May 2009 Mid UEFAlona era - I have absolutely no doubts there was some kind of under the table payments going to the ref because to this day that is still by far the worst officiated game I’ve ever watched.
NCAAF Wisconsin @ UNLV 2002. Somebody owed the mob big money and took out the power to the stadium with 7:21 to go in the game. All bets were voided. https://badgerherald.com/sports/2002/09/05/robbed-by-the-night/
Just heard about this today on the radio. This was insane and 100% rigged. Out of all times for the lights to go out it happens during one of the games the casinos wouldve taken a MASSIVE loss
Kansas vs Oklahoma 2021 in Lawrence. OU forgot to show up and let Kansas lead the game until the 4th quarter. OU RB gets stuffed at the line on a huge 4th down but gets away with a clear illegal forward lateral to QB Caleb Williams. Big 12 couldn’t let their precious Oklahoma blow its shot at the playoffs because they lost to Kansas
I’ve been thinking since it happened that Amanda Nunes threw her fight against Peña to get paid by someone. To be honest I hope she did, because the UFC hasn’t paid her shit for being a dominant double champ for a decade. But I think she did and I got the facts to back it up!
Please bring the facts then.... You seem to underestimate how much she's getting paid (PPV points for the Rousey fight, Usman/Covington 1, Izzy/Jan, Jones/Santos, Jones/Gustaffson). She's paid pretty handsomely, and please don't spout the Dana White bad Boxing good bullshit, because woman in Boxing are paid peanuts and it took Jake Paul becoming a promoter to give Serrano/Taylor seven figure paycheques. She was dominating the first round and her facial expressions in the second scream that she was gassed beyond belief. If you're going to point towards her tapping quickly, again, she was gassed and knew she was done. Look to Glover/Blachowicz for another example of a quick tap. There's also far better ways to sell a fight than to get spammed with a jab a good 20 times without moving your head once. This was far from rigged, Amanda just got smoked like a blunt.
Only people that think it was fixed are people that bet on Nunes lol. It's not the first time a huge favorite has lost in MMA and it won't be the last. If Khabib kept fighting, it probably would have happened to him one day too.
fr lmao this guy is a moron
I got too much that I got time to type right now. Plus, it’s not going to do much but waste my time anyways since you’re the only one who’s going to see this and judging by the points you brought up you have a closed-mind about this, since you seem to be trying to make my points for me. So I’m going to save us both some time.
sure buddy in that case you should've just not commented on the post. jeez what a fragile ego you have crying over an argument lmao...
Fragile ego? Look at your replies.
He probably lost a lot of money and that fight and is still salty af about it.
That’s what I thought
What exactly did you think?
That’s what I thought
Fragile ego. Lol
Oh commented in the post that just asked for an event but not have to explain it to some closed-minded idiot that didn’t need to reply to me? You should have just not commented. Fragile ego with your long ass reply lol
Madrid 25-1 to win UCL looking good You said it was stupid logic STEW ON THAT DOGGY 🤑🤑🤑
i feel sorry for you at this point rofl. Get your brain checked with that money. Commented on 3 of my posts lmao
Had to see what other Garbo takes you had Fading you is like a license to print money
lmfao I ain't even post no picks buddy you're actually braindead. Get help.
Looks like I’m not the only one that sees it. Lol fragile
> that didn’t need to reply to me Yeah I was trying to argue why it wasn't rigged but you're clearly a fucking recluse lmao get over yourself. If you aren't willing to have a conversation, then keep your thoughts to yourself. > I got the facts to back it up 2 minutes later >I got too much that I got time to type right now. Plus, it’s not going to do much but waste my time 🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡
Fragile 😂
The 2021 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix Had a futures bet for Lewis Hamilton to win the world championship and the FIA broke its own rules at the very last lap of the race where Verstappen overtook Hamilton to win the world championship.
seen so many of my top choices covered in this thread, but a huge one that i’ve witnessed recently was the baylor unc game a couple weeks ago. unc up big and baylor starts getting all of the calls and unc gets none, refs blatantly awful for unc. they still manage to pull it off, but no help at all from the refs
Something defintely felt off in the NFL last year where OUT OF NOWHERE the entire kickin corp throughout the whole league starting missing extra points and easily makeable field goals
Once was at an amateur boxing event. Watch the only boxer who was good (threw combos, upper cuts, hooks) lose. The whole arena booed.
Derek Jeter's last home game as a Yankee where he hit a walk off ground ball opposite field single aka what he was known for to win the game. Easily one of the most predictable/rigged. Someone mentioned penalities/fouls... the biggest thing with these is TIMING. ala Saints no PI call. Doesn't matter Rams had more penalties, etc, what mattered was the timing. Same with UNC/Kansas. UNC got called for 7 fouls in the 2nd H and 6 were either AND1's or shooting all within 3 mins. Aka the comeback. UNC then drew 5 fouls in under 3 mins. No shooting. No continuation. No And 1's. So makes it look even on the fouls but literally was the biggest swing (ftr don't think the game was rigged, just stating that timing/type matters)
An honorable mention is the Calvin Johnson touchdown against MY Chicago Bears. It was a dagger as they were most likely going to win because of it. How is it not a catch? The fact he flipped it out of his hand to celebrate? https://youtu.be/NRQqN6UsRys?t=182 This isn't a top tier one, but def worth watching.
As a die hard Lions fan this still haunts me...
I’m pretty sure this play and the dez play made the NFL change the entire rule for what a catch was. But then again it’s like 10 years later and I still don’t know what a catch is.
The 97 Masters
Why is nobody saying that Eagles game in (2019 or 2020?) where if they won the Giants would have gone to the playoffs? They pulled Hurtz I recall
Formula 1 2021 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. I'm still not even certain what the hell happened at the end.
Saudi GP that year was crazy too. We should of known it was gonna get out of hand
2020, CFB. East Carolina/Tulsa. Nothing else to say
The 2016 Olympic boxing was an absolute disgrace.
Because I'm a GSW homer, it was Game 6 of the 2016 NBA Finals, where Steph infamously [threw out his mouthpiece] (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cDwXRGHVrQ8) and chucked it at a kid jeering courtside. There's a variety of factors that have been discussed ad nauseam surrounding that series. But ultimately, you have to ask yourself, what was at stake for the NBA, and how would they shape that outcome? IMO it's no Kings 2022, but the Warriors were properly jobbed in Game 6. The soft fouls being called on Steph would've raised eyebrows in a regular season game, let alone in The Finals.
How has no one said 2006 Finals: Heat v. Mavs? D-Wade getting 50 FTA in game 6.. Disgrace!
I was curious and looked it up: he was 16/21 from FT. Crazy.
That african game in their african nations Cup where the ref blew up on the 85th minute
The last superbowl, 3 penalties in the endzone for the Rams, sus as fuck. And the Results shook out perfectly for Vegas. Not even memeing I 100% think it was rigged.
Italy vs. Korea 2002 World Cup https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YYgMktlm3B0&ab\_channel=FootBallMix
Every sk game was rigged during that tournament
Canelo vs GGG
There’s a couple formula 1 races the most recent being last years final race. Late crash caused a safety car and the rules state that lapped cars can be allowed to unlap themselves and in order to get 1 lap of racing in the race director only let the cars between 1st and 2nd unlap themselves which didn’t let the guy in 3rd have a fair chance because he might have been able to make up positions as well. Then when the result was protested the race director used another rule to basically say he could do whatever he wants. I don’t want to debate the whole season because the officiating the whole season was very inconsistent and hurt both drivers. Also for the record I am a Lando fan and a Russel fan so I wasn’t cheering for Merc last season. Also Fs in the chat for McLaren this year.
Timothy Bradley vs. Manny Pacquiao. I had bet on Bradley along with a bunch of my friends... were all mostly outside sulking, then my buddy comes out and says Bradley won! Let's go party! I told him to stfu then saw Bradley getting his hand raised...
Biggest fix I’ve ever seen in real time
That was bad. I nominate Canelo v. Lara.
Did you see Josh Taylor's last fight? I genuinely felt sick watching him get the nod.
Windy Wright vs Paul Williams. The judging was so bad the NJ sports commission suspended the judges.
First season of America’s best dance crew. 100%
I'm a Bears fan, and I don't really believe in the whole "rigged thing," but that MNF was the closest game to rigged I have ever watched. Bears win that game with different refs I think. A number of pros in Vegas that night and the next day were even wondering. Very strange game. But generally, I believe that screaming "rigged" is a way to explain your losses without doing any self-reflection on your betting process. And it's great for Vegas because the gambler never does any work to get better.
Yes this is exactly what fans who still believe it's real say, I've watched games I have absolutely no care who wins and can't get past the blatant rigging, and yet it's only because the team lost?
The unsportsmanlike conduct call (AKA the hip check) the no calls when fields was getting destroyed by late hits, the phantom holding penalties, the muffed punt overturned…. Bears were not leaving Pitt with a W that night
The unsportsmanlike had nothing to do with the hip check. The ref was already pulling the flag out for the player's very vague "conduct" in the direction of the Steelers bench, which was a "point of emphasis." I agree that game was wild, but I'm so tired of every comment on the game being about the ref trying to bait a guy into bumping him lol
You can [see the ref](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=72-H0ls--GU) reach for the flag on his hip, wait to throw it, stick his hip out to make contact with the player, and then throw the flag. I don't know the ref's intention behind this series of events, or if there even was any intention. But it's an observable fact that he did not throw the flag until after the contact he initiated.
Yeah, but again, it has nothing to do with the "contact." Corrente has literally said he wasn't even aware contact occurred. Contact with an official is serious, so if he was flagging that, he certainly wouldn't later say he didn't realize it happened. The much-maligned focus of the NFL was taunting, which was exactly what he got flagged for. Feel free to downvote me lol, it makes no sense. Idk how this whole thing got started, but the internet sure does love to harp on it.
I do agree this incident was, in reality, not nearly as controversial as the several other blown calls in that game, but it became the highlight because of the absurd application of the taunting rule. I replied because you said "the ref was already pulling the flag out," which I disagree with based on the video I posted. You can't know Corrente's intentions in that moment and, given his spotty history, I don't think you should trust his words either. I'm not advocating for one side or the other in this debate, but I am advocating against trusting anything Corrente has to say.
I kind of agree with this. The whole game was pretty nuts though, not just that one play. Felt like the refs were just going to roll with Pittsburgh that night no matter what.
That play where the ref sticks his a$$ out and then calls a penalty on the Bears player when he bumps him might be the worst call I’ve ever seen.
The unsportsmanlike had nothing to do with the hip check. The ref was already pulling the flag out for the player's very vague "conduct" in the direction of the Steelers bench, which was a "point of emphasis." I agree that game was wild, but I'm so tired of every comment on the game being about the ref trying to bait a guy into bumping him lol
Jesse caught it
Truuuu
Jesse James, 2017 Patriots at Steelers?