This whole affair should come as no surprise at all. When you develop a system where winning it all is the only thing that matters, notions of being ethical are the first casualties.
What I take away from this thread is the conclusion that sports have become a dysfunctional obsession for more people than I might have thought. Dopey old me.
Unless you’re thinking of repeats, I suppose the window is the single year that a championship is won. No idea what year that might be. This is why the games are played out, and not simply simulated.
You could use encrypted electronic communication between the bench, catcher, and pitcher. if we’re going to replace umpires with technology we might as well go all in.