Once again, there's more head-shaking controversy surrounding the Olympics as Swedish hockey team coach Bengt-Ake Gustafsson suggested that his team would be better off losing to Slovakia tonight(or, right now, actually) in order to get a better match-up in the medal round. Obviously, the International Ice Hockey Federation is sending a representative to the game tonight to make sure Sweden is giving a full effort.

And here's where it gets a little more interesting: the betting lines on the game have gone absolutely apeshit. Betting maestro magazine Covers reports that most bookmakers are trying desperately to readjust their lines—which opened as a Pick game yesterday—and has now gone as high as Slovakia being a -190 favorite to win.

Hmm. Is Sven Svorgensen(or whatever the coach's name is; it's up in the first graph someplace) sandbagging this thing just to play some jedi crap against the Slovakians? Or he maybe he's just a dope.

If you see Swedish hockey players checking themselves or taking naps on center ice in the middle of the game, it's safe to assume he wasn't kidding.

Line Going Crazy as Swedes Talk of Throwing Game [Covers]

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