NFL- vick and dogs.
NBA - game fixing.
MLB- bonds and record.
2007-07-25 10:35:02 · 18 answers · asked by Amanda B 4 in Sports ➔ Baseball
The NBA.
David Stern is not coming off very strong right now.
The NFL has a good commish in Goodell and knows how to take care of these situations. The MLB is marginal in my opinion anyway and Bonds doesn't hurt the sport now, just it's legacy looking back at this period.
2007-07-25 10:38:56 · answer #1 · answered by bneffer2 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The NBA will be hurt the most. As I see it Vick's issues are off-the-field and will result in a suspension, but it has very little to do with the league itself. When Barry Bonds breaks the record, he will have done so WITHOUT breaking any rules. If he did, in fact, take steroids, they were legal at the time, and he has not failed any drug tests since the banning of performance-enhancing drugs. Therefore, this event should be celebrated instead of causing problems. In the NBA, however, there was a referee who is believed to have betted on games that he officiated. This means he could have altered the outcome of numerous games, cost many people their jobs or a loss of pay. He even officiated in a handful of PLAYOFF games, possibly resulting in a different NBA champion than had he been unbiased. For example, he was one of the refs for Game 3 of the Suns-Spurs series. He made some questionable calls against the Suns, which may have cost them the game. Had the Suns gotten fair calls, they may have won that game, won the series, and won the title. I'm not saying Donaghy is the reason they didn't win the title, but he may have been a factor. Due to this scandal, David Stern is struggling to keep the integrity of the league. Hopefully, one ref's mistakes doesn't cost the league for years to come.
2007-07-25 12:04:05 · answer #2 · answered by avondale4eva 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Vick and dogs, that will come and go. I am sure there are ordinary people that are being charged with something similar and probably worse who are not athletes.
Bonds and record. Bonds is/was not the only one using banned substances.
The NBA however without a doubt will be hurt by this.
One reason you go to or watch sporting events is the unpredictability of not knowing who will win. Now if there are games that are being fixed why bother watching?
That's what the WWE is for.
Fixed games by far will ruin sports as we know it.
2007-07-25 11:35:19 · answer #3 · answered by rio r 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
NBA- Game Fixing:
Whereas the NFL and the MLB will be hurt by two individuals and their actions that will not largely affect the league as a whole, the NBA as a whole will be hurt because it effected so much. This was a game fixing scandal, meaning that this ref affected the outcomes of games that he was officiating. This is very much within the league. Vick's scandal isn't within the league and although Bonds and the record are very close to the game fixing scandal, it isn't as scandalous.
2007-07-25 10:42:48 · answer #4 · answered by sum1 w/ @n @nsw3r 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It would have to be the NBA because game fixing is a eithics issue that has literally effected the credibility of the game, not the players. Bonds and steroids has effected bonds and perhaps the Giants, Vick and the dogs has affected vick and the perhaps the falcons because they might not have him this season or ever. But the NBA as a whole has been effected because cheating referies effects the integrity of the leage. So in my opinion, it will hurt the NBA alot alot alot alot alot alot allllllot more.
2007-07-25 11:57:44 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
NBA for sure cuz game fixing ruins the whole sport. Bonds will have his record broken by A-Rod in the next 6 years and Vick is just one player on a average football team.
2007-07-25 10:51:56 · answer #6 · answered by tbg1972 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Definitely the NBA. The other two situations deal with individual players for the most part. To have an official of the NBA go corrupt like this is wildly damaging and raises some serious questions about the very integrity of the league itself. How many refs are corrupt? How many key games were fixed? Were the playoffs a sham? These are foundation rattling questions.
2007-07-27 04:01:31 · answer #7 · answered by psyduck702 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I know only the merest surface gloss about what scandals are re-confirming the reputations of the lesser sports, but Bonds isn't harming baseball at all. Yeah, lots of hue and cry, blithering and unfocused outrage, but attendance is heading for yet another record and people watch games on Fox despite the hair-pulling, teeth-gnashing production values.
People might talk a lot about Bonds because they're in love with the sound of their own voices, but that's not nearly the same as having something to say.
2007-07-25 14:46:04 · answer #8 · answered by Chipmaker Authentic 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
None will be hurt at all!! Fans easily look the other way and want to be entertained. That individuals like Vick and Bonds are unworthy to be role models for youth, overall, the fans look past them and enjoy the SPORT.Therefore, the leagues will NOT be affected.
Chow!!
2007-07-25 11:09:56 · answer #9 · answered by No one 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
NBA by far. A crooked ref means probable fixed games including game three of the conference finals between Phoenix and San Antonio. Vick and his dogs is just stupidity and that jackass commissioner was a doormat in 2002 when the labor negoiations came up due and the players weasled their way out of drug testing again. (this was in response to McNugget's 70 homers in a season) it blew up in their faces a few years later. FIRE SELIG NOW!
2007-07-25 10:45:01 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋