The NBA takes care to “protect its integrity”

« Adam Silver Force in Game 7 », « Adam Silver reveals his plan for Game 7 »… Last June, during the grand final between the Thunder and the Pacerscontent of this type abounded on the web. Against a background of regularly surfacing conspiratorial vectors, according to which the Major League dice are loaded.

The league keeps a close eye on what is being said about it and knows what issues are coming up. ” If this sport is not seen as fair, with fair competition and maximum integrity, we will eventually lose our fan base. I don’t doubt that », coward Adam Silver asked, on the sidelines of the NBA Cup final, about genre ideas.

The league boss takes these matters very seriously – even if it means sleeping rough – and tries not to “ personally » comments like this. “ But to the extent that anyone thinks that the league is manipulating things, that they have an advantage for the team, or that they want more games in the series rather than less, or a certain outcome, I think that’s extremely harmful to the game. »

In response to these allegations, the league assures “ redouble (one’s) efforts » especially regarding sports betting. Are there any improvements in tracking? Or how are injuries reported, so equal opportunities are guaranteed?

Convince specialist companies to relocate

Adam Silver then takes case example of Terry Rozierwhich does not really go in the direction of the integrity he stands for. “ It is now public knowledge, we knew, as did our bookies, that there were dubious bets on this match before it took place. They actually voided bets on this match because something strange was going on, so the system worked well from that perspective. »

However, is it possible to keep track of everything? Not only on legal betting and their ” 40 different jurisdictions » in the United States, « but also (on) prediction markets, which are now a form of legalized sports betting “. And of course, everything that does not fall within the legal framework, which, according to the manager, represents ” probably more than 50% of sports betting even today ».

In more detail, the league considers itself the best vulnerable » with “under” bets (betting on the idea that the statistical threshold will not be reached) or “prop bets” (specific events that can happen during the match). The league is thus trying to convince legal sports betting companies that these arrangements would not be profitable for anyone.

« From a business perspective, if their consumers don’t trust the integrity of the product, why would they be willing to bet? » asks Adam Silver, aware that the sports betting curve is increasing, not the other way around. ” The volume continues to grow, which just means we’ll have to do whatever it takes to protect our integrity », term-t-il.