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Meanwhile, the potential of corruption in sports when millions of dollars are regularly bet on games could begin to flourish, if it's not already been doing that for years and years. But to put this in perspective, I'm talking about rarecasesinvolving intentional bad calls. However, just one instance like that involving a paid off official, can make illegal gamblers millionsin corrupt income.

Someone in the baseball or soccer hierarchy needs to take a stand for integrity! If that doesn't happen, players and fans need to demand it! As John 8:32 in the Bible says: "And ye shall know the truth and the truth shall make you free."Close photographic scrutiny of questionable callswould make sports and umpires and referees freer from critical attacks on their integrity. It would give sports more freedom from public lack of confidence. And it would give the younger generations the freedom to dreamthat integrity is significant not only to sports, but to life.

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Thomas D. Williams, a freelance writer, worked at The Hartford Courant for almost 40 years before retiring in November 2005 to become an investigative freelancer on Internet news sites. He has written a unique nature book, The Spirits of Birds, (more...)
 
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