This may not be connected, but it seems the exhaustive detail in reviewing everything that might cancel a goal came along about the same time as the explosion of gambling as a league revenue partner. There is big money wagered on so many aspects of each game that adds pressure to microscopically check every detail that might impact a payout.
I wonder if betting on face-off wins is why we're seeing the ridiculous number of wave-outs this year as well? I see that sort of thing as having a lot of potential for fixing--it's easy to have a bad night in the circle and no one could tell if a player were deliberately losing enough draws to keep his percentage under a certain number that may pay off his cousin's friend, etc.
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