PBA is business and there's no surprise if Meralco will win since Ginebra will throw that game until it reach to game 7 we already see that on previous finals they always do that to accumulate more money from the game that's why I hate to bet on every game and prefer to bet on race to 4.
That was always the speculation but sometimes I disagree with that as in some of the cases you will see that both teams are serious in winning a particular game in the finals. Last conference finals, TNT vs SMB is doing everything to win on every match. It was ended on Game 6.
On the upcoming Game 2, watch the game closely and if you see both teams are putting effort, then erased the speculation. It's easy to tell if one team is allowing the other team to win just to extend the series.
It can never be proven that the game is rigged, but we can make based on our own judgement.
Me, I've been a fan of the PBA for a long time and based on my observation, there are some games that I feel it's rigged so I usually think twice when the line is too good to be true, just like this line, Ginebra beat the Bolts in game 1 and now they are the underdog, so I am thinking also that Meralco could possibly win this.
Every sports are corrupt since there's always millions or billions of money betting on them, and that could affect the reputation of the organization especially when there are corrupt officials inside.