Thoughts on the referee corruption scandal in the NBA

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Originally Posted by bkbjones

And here I thought the NFL was the one that was fixed...:

The NFL has a special outside task force that looks at every call that has an effect on the point spread or over/under of a game. An example would be an official making a late pass interference call in a game that sets up a meaningless TD as far as who wins, but allows a team to cover the spread.

The task force would look at that call and into the official to see if there is anything suspicious.

I also know that MLB tracks the over/under on their games and the umpire strike zones for any anomalies.

I don't think the NBA or NHL do any of that.