I'll quote myself here, since I can't "double quote" the regular way...
All professional sporting events & even some of the olympics...ARE RIGGED!
Look at how much money is involved & then ask yourself...
Wouldn't there be a MUCH larger fan base, (potential purchacers of goods that predominantly, aren't needed...luxury items) if we made the highly marketable proceedings (what we hang our ads on) more INTERESTING?
Let's pre script the whole season...baz-e-boll, fooot-ball, nAZZcar, socker, NHRA (perhaps one of the most blatant offenders, with perennial "good ol' guy" John Force), NBA (nothing but ads), & on & on...
MONEY!
Now
THERE is a conspiracy theory to think about...