Conspiracy Theories! Post'em

[lucafen4]

Everyone's got one about something.... post'em! This should make for some interesting topics and conversations.

JFK; 9/11; Trump, ISIS, Bettman vs. Canada.. -- be respectful

[MZac]

E. Karlsson has been subbing in for W. Karlsson most of the season. Trying out forward position and possible re-signing destination in Vegas.

[lucafen4]

Here's one... after the unexplained mass shootings in Vegas and Texas... just what if... what if?! There was a secret society/domestic terrorist cell in the USA -- that randomly taps members to conduct these exact acts? In the void of other explanations... the mind goes wandering.

[StuntMan12]

E. Karlsson has been subbing in for W. Karlsson most of the season. Trying out forward position and possible re-signing destination in Vegas.

Lol good one. Would make sense ... they both got long hair :P

Here's one... after the unexplained mass shootings in Vegas and Texas... just what if... what if?! There was a secret society/domestic terrorist cell in the USA -- that randomly taps members to conduct these exact acts? In the void of other explanations... the mind goes wandering.

Not the first time I've heard this

[LawMan]

I'll keep it on the slightly lighter side of things:

Michael Jordan did not retire from the NBA, he was suspended because he had a gambling habit that got out of control. Not wanting to have the face of the NBA and icon fall into a Pete Rose-esque scandal and fight the NBA commissioner, David Stern, quietly went to Jordan and hatched a plan that would allow Jordan to serve a suspension without admitting it was a suspension. Thus, Jordan announced his intention to attempt to make it as a professional baseball player. Wanting to keep an eye on his greatest asset and make sure Jordan got his gambling habit somewhat under control the owner of the Bulls, Jerry Reinsdorf, had Jordan signed to the baseball team he owned, the Chicago White Sox, and had several employees of the White Sox assigned to watch Jordan 24/7.

After serving his 2-year suspension David Stern quietly allowed Jordan to return to the NBA. Jordan sent out a two-word press release "I'm Back" and 3 more titles later everyone forgets that time that the most popular and famous athlete in the world at the time, and arguably the greatest basketball player ever, was removed from the league for off court issues.

[Pengwin7]

My big conspiracy theory from 2014 was that the Florida Panthers owners would look to re-locate.
In 2015, Panthers ownership did use the threat of claiming bankruptcy toward a threat of re-location to pilfer subsidies from Broward county commissioner vote in that following year, 2015.
Good summation of those events in later fall/winter 2015 can be read here.
[FWIW - Viola is the guy that Trump originally nominated for Secretary of the Army.]

The Panthers are still in Florida for the time being... at least through year 9 of the lease extension they got.
With the valuations of hockey clubs skyrocketing... the team may still bolt (pun intended) in 2023.
So I'll hold my conspiracy theory that the team is still long-term-south-Florida-toast.

[2014olympicgold]

I'll keep it on the slightly lighter side of things:

Michael Jordan did not retire from the NBA, he was suspended because he had a gambling habit that got out of control. Not wanting to have the face of the NBA and icon fall into a Pete Rose-esque scandal and fight the NBA commissioner, David Stern, quietly went to Jordan and hatched a plan that would allow Jordan to serve a suspension without admitting it was a suspension. Thus, Jordan announced his intention to attempt to make it as a professional baseball player. Wanting to keep an eye on his greatest asset and make sure Jordan got his gambling habit somewhat under control the owner of the Bulls, Jerry Reinsdorf, had Jordan signed to the baseball team he owned, the Chicago White Sox, and had several employees of the White Sox assigned to watch Jordan 24/7.

After serving his 2-year suspension David Stern quietly allowed Jordan to return to the NBA. Jordan sent out a two-word press release "I'm Back" and 3 more titles later everyone forgets that time that the most popular and famous athlete in the world at the time, and arguably the greatest basketball player ever, was removed from the league for off court issues.

^ I'm sure this is true.

Here's a good one to kinda make a 2017 movie less worthy to watch:
In 1973, professional tennis player and hustler Bobby Riggs challenged women’s tennis legend Billie Jean King to a "Battle of the Sexes" match, the implied meaning of which was to sort out whether or not the best female player in the world could keep up with a decent male player.

King ended up dismantling Riggs, and some believed Riggs had bet against himself and purposely let the match get away from him.



This is Most likely true. Riggs had challenged Margaret Court—then the No. 1 female tennis player in the world—to another man versus woman match prior to his showdown with King and had won easily.

[rtstr]

I'll keep it on the slightly lighter side of things:

Michael Jordan did not retire from the NBA, he was suspended because he had a gambling habit that got out of control. Not wanting to have the face of the NBA and icon fall into a Pete Rose-esque scandal and fight the NBA commissioner, David Stern, quietly went to Jordan and hatched a plan that would allow Jordan to serve a suspension without admitting it was a suspension. Thus, Jordan announced his intention to attempt to make it as a professional baseball player. Wanting to keep an eye on his greatest asset and make sure Jordan got his gambling habit somewhat under control the owner of the Bulls, Jerry Reinsdorf, had Jordan signed to the baseball team he owned, the Chicago White Sox, and had several employees of the White Sox assigned to watch Jordan 24/7.

After serving his 2-year suspension David Stern quietly allowed Jordan to return to the NBA. Jordan sent out a two-word press release "I'm Back" and 3 more titles later everyone forgets that time that the most popular and famous athlete in the world at the time, and arguably the greatest basketball player ever, was removed from the league for off court issues.

LawMan not sure if you realize this but this isn't really a theory, it's basically all true!
And, to build on it in a more serious tone.... I live in Chicago and my good friend's father was a vice cop here for a long time. He said that the police force in Chicago was about 99% sure that Jordan's dad was killed because of unpaid gambling debt's that MJ had.

[Axeman33]

My conspiracy theory:

There's a cure for a lot of the different cancers out there but the organization's won't release the cure because that would affect their fund-raising. If people believe there's a cure they will stop donating.

How much money each and every year goes towards cancer research? A LOT!

[lucafen4]

My conspiracy theory:

There's a cure for a lot of the different cancers out there but the organization's won't release the cure because that would affect their fund-raising. If people believe there's a cure they will stop donating.

How much money each and every year goes towards cancer research? A LOT!

Piggy backing this... is that pharmaceuticals created cancer - have the cure, but the disease is so profitable, they keep the cure hidden. Money rules all.

[Axeman33]

I know it's a touchy subject but I do believe it.

[0PucksGiven]

Has anyone heard of the Avril Lavigne conspiracy? It actually makes a fairly good deal of sense.

[2014olympicgold]

I almost forgot about the 1985 NBA draft and the Frozen envelope theory to get Ewing to the Knicks.

[lucafen4]

Has anyone heard of the Avril Lavigne conspiracy? It actually makes a fairly good deal of sense.

do explain

[PenguinHunter]

My conspiracy theory:

There's a cure for a lot of the different cancers out there but the organization's won't release the cure because that would affect their fund-raising. If people believe there's a cure they will stop donating.

How much money each and every year goes towards cancer research? A LOT!

I have thought about this and have heard it before and think that it makes a lot of sense.

Two thoughts always come to mind

1) The people that are working in these facilities... they realize that they are working on a great cause and you think that if there was a cure that someone would be good-hearted enough to tell the truth about the cure.... or at least leak it to the media.

2) Yes, there is a lot of money being received to try and find the cure.... but how much money is there in being the first to find the cure and to provide it to the cancer community... there is probably some money in that for sure.