Here's an interesting example; remember the old "Black Sox"
scandal? Some players threw the World Series away for a cash
payoff; would financial independence be considered an acceptable
"trade-off" to make for losing?  Or can that "bigger prize" only be
attained within the sphere of the sport itself? Hey, what the heck -
the other team got to win the Series, so wasn't throwing the games at
least a little bit altruistic? ;-)

Also, does the team need a 51% "yes" majority among its players to
throw a game? Or is this strictly a dictatorial decision to be made by
the Solomon-esque coach? What about the players who consider it to
be wrong?

Robert