Do you value entertainment or fairness more?

[iamgine]

Not talking about blatant game fixing in the finals.

More about...say it's Lakers vs Hornets in a play-in game. Lebron and AD is out injured but they will be back in time for playoff.

Would you mind if the NBA nudge the game slightly in the Lakers favor? A few calls here and there. Cause Hornets would be way less entertaining in the playoff.

[FKAri]

This is an extreme example to use and I doubt you'll find any fan OK with the NBA doing something like this. That being said, there are many things most people including me are totally OK with when it comes to favoring entertainment over fairness. We're OK with them not stopping play every time there's a call or no call to review it to make sure they get it exactly right. Letting fans sit as close as they do courtside which prevents players from properly diving for loose balls. Though, I've heard some complaining about that in the past. There's always going to be give and take and every sport and league draws its line in the sand somewhere.

[ArbitraryWater]

a more apt question would be the use of VAR on technical/non judgement matters in football or live hawkeye in tennis, where the technology gives a fair and immediate truth, and there are others who would lament the lack of excitement or drama in that.

which i find ridiculous. truth and fairness should go first in sports and competition. you can find plenty of excitement and drama in there.

[tpols]

Basically asking do you prefer a lie over the truth.

[HoopologyPhD]

I have no values, I am a modern human

[bdonovan]

Not talking about blatant game fixing in the finals.

More about...say it's Lakers vs Hornets in a play-in game. Lebron and AD is out injured but they will be back in time for playoff.

Would you mind if the NBA nudge the game slightly in the Lakers favor? A few calls here and there. Cause Hornets would be way less entertaining in the playoff.

I'm assuming the league is already biased for entertainment; re: Tim Donaghy, former NBA ref-


"Papers filed in court contain damning allegations by Donaghy that a 2002 playoff series was rigged by referees and that league officials encouraged refs to affect the outcome of games by calling fouls or, in other situations, not calling on fouls on star players."

Given how much revenue comes from TV, I would have to imagine they want the bigger markets and teams with nationwide following. How far they go to achieve that I don't know.