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Michael Mandelbaum

The cardinal sin in sports, what could really wreck it, is not cheating to win, which has gone on forever, but cheating to lose. That threatens a fundamental aspect of sports' appeal, which is their spontaneity. If games are fixed, they're no different fr

Michael Mandelbaum

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The biggest problem in sports is not trying to cheat in order to win, since that has always happened, but deliberately losing on purpose. This kind of cheating destroys the unpredictable nature of games, which is what makes watching sports exciting and genuine.

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