NBA referee Tim Donaghy apparently called excessive fouls to throw basketball games in favor of teams that he and his pals were betting on. Donaghy defends himself by claiming that the NBA isn't real basketball, like college teams play.
The idea that pro basketball is as real as pro wrestling might not sit so well with many, but has it ever occurred to many Americans that their political system is a fixed game?
The Court of King's Bench (AKA the Praetors) are supposed to be the referees of the American government. Ever since the 30s, their role has become that of a super-legislature, achieving through their dictate what Congress cannot do. On everything from the unceasing ability of the Federal government to tax and regulate (Wickard v. Filburn) to striking down legitimate laws the States made concerning abortion, King's Bench does far more than tell the law. The Federal Judiciary in general is the proudest bastion of the American left.
In light of Tim Donaghy calling fouls to throw games, his claims that his actions don't matter because the NBA is entertainment, and not a real game, and the unnerving similarity between King's Bench and the way Donaghy officiated basketball games, one comes to a sobering conclusion. Is American politics a real competition, or just entertainment?
The idea that pro basketball is as real as pro wrestling might not sit so well with many, but has it ever occurred to many Americans that their political system is a fixed game?
The Court of King's Bench (AKA the Praetors) are supposed to be the referees of the American government. Ever since the 30s, their role has become that of a super-legislature, achieving through their dictate what Congress cannot do. On everything from the unceasing ability of the Federal government to tax and regulate (Wickard v. Filburn) to striking down legitimate laws the States made concerning abortion, King's Bench does far more than tell the law. The Federal Judiciary in general is the proudest bastion of the American left.
In light of Tim Donaghy calling fouls to throw games, his claims that his actions don't matter because the NBA is entertainment, and not a real game, and the unnerving similarity between King's Bench and the way Donaghy officiated basketball games, one comes to a sobering conclusion. Is American politics a real competition, or just entertainment?
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