If something like the boston bombings were to happen in detroit,would that mean a championship for the tigers?

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or the lions,pistons and red wings? It seems like pro sports has become some kind of a charity event.

It is like if your state gets attacked then it's sports to the rescue to help make you feel better!!!

Does professional sports have any integrity at all?

Answer 1

No it wouldn't

Answer 2

You know, i have thought this before, and in other cases, but really, you have to ask yourself the big question of "how?". They clearly didn't bribe the umpires because of the obstruction call, and i don't think carlos beltran, who hasn't ever won a world series, would have given up for just money. They couldn't have been bribed because they make a ton of money anyway. Why would they do it? How? Just seems to much of a impossible thing to accomplish.



Now, sounds like you are a Detroit fan, as am I, and sounds like you are just a little upset that they beat us and won. But you also have to think that was it bad for baseball the Red Sox won? No. Did the Tigers have their opportunities? Yes. Did the cardinals have their opportunities? Yes.



I will only be concerned when if the Patriots, Celtics, and Bruins win championships in their respected sports this season.

Answer 3

Of course they would.

Just like New York and Washington, DC teams won so many championships following 9/11.

Oops, that's right - not a single one of the NY teams won a championship until the Giants won the Super Bowl in 2008.

And teams from Washington haven't won a single championship since then.



As for the whole Saints' Katrina connection, you do realize that Katrina happened in August of 2005 and the Saints won the Super Bowl following the 2009 season, don't you? In other words, they had to wait for the FIFTH season after the hurricane occurred to be "healed".



And of course, we all know how well the Colorado teams did after the mass shooting in Aurora.



Seriously, for anyone to think that any multi-billion dollar industry would run the risk of people finding out that games were fixed in some sort of attempt to make people "heal" after a tragedy is incredibly short-sighted. Baseball, as well as the NFL, NBA and NHL would lose incredible amounts of money if any legitimate proof were to be shared. And given that it would take thousands of people to pull off such a thing. the odds that every single person involved would keep their mouths shut would be astronomical.



Sorry, but people who believe in conspiracy theories such as these are either WAY too gullible, WAY too paranoid, or WAY to lazy to actually think about reality.

And most are probably a mix of all three.



BTW - The Apollo moon landings did not take place at a secret military post in Kansas, 9/11 was not an inside job by the US government and Elvis is still dead.

Answer 4

Living in a city destroyed by a bad economy and a former mayor who was a crook is enough. It's not all about a media fueled charity event. In the end it's the good business practices and a little luck of the team involved. It's called reality.



The Red Sox did not win because of the tragedy at the Boston Marathon. They won because they were the best team at the time.

Answer 5

No.



Heck, Detroit has been economically destroyed, so one would have expected one of their teams to have won something. But by this logic, the New Orleans Saints would have won after Hurricane Katrina. Or some team in the New York area (Nets, Knicks, Devils, Islanders, Rangers, Giants, Jets, Yankees, Mets) would have won because of the damage from Hurricane Sandy, or after the 9/11 attack.



This question is just ridiculous.

Answer 6

The Boston Bombings could have happened in TIMBUCKTWO, South Dakota, with no deaths, just a few Americans coughing and all other news would have been blacked out for a week. Since my generation is running the country and we were almost 50 during 9-11, and we do remember that awful Viet Nam war, but were just school kids, now we are running the country and we have never dealt with what our parents and grand parents had to deal with, so, they are not sure how to react, they should remember Mark Twains quote, "just tell the truth, then you don't have to pretend or try to remember this or that".

Answer 7

You gotta be out of your mind asking a question like that. Think it thru a little before you post baloney. And yeah the Red Sox helped the city. And then went one further and brought us a World Championship. And four dead and 240+ injured is no charity event. Don't insult the fabric of America. I very rarely take things seriously on this forum but that question is an insult. Screw this question.o

Answer 8

Yes the World Series was rigged so the Red Sox would win.

Answer 9

Are you implying that the sports in this country are rigged because if so gtfo.

Answer 10

I agree with Rick. Your question is insulting.