So here’s the question, do you believe the league itself could be the mastermind, doing this to beat the betting public? And if this is really happening but can’t be proven, what’s our approach as bettors to still make a profit from it?
I believe if the leagues wants to go against the bettors they wouldn't even be stressing so much to do that but if there ever be a rig in the big leagues then it's either there are prominent people who are gambling with and against us bettors, like a high profile gamblers request the league to manipulate in their favour to give them more edge to win big, h nice if not for this I don't even thing league will intentionally want to rig a game, it's just an imaginary scenario it's never reality.
Hence there is no approach anyone can use to beat the big players if they want to go against us, the only thing you can do if a match is looking to be rigged you can double chance your opportunity by placing a bet on both side who ever wins you also win.
I've heard of match fixing although i don't really believe in it cause I don't have a reliable source that would testify concerning it but I think what you've said is possible since some high profiled bettors can manipulate the odds against bettors for instance you'll see a small team winning against Big team that lots of bettors staked on them to win sometimes it makes me feel some high profiled person staked on them so it was manipulated for them to win.