I'd be more inclined that the fix is in to keep the Pats going now, than in 2001.
Basketball? I dont know. Michael Jordan could have pulled a Gilbert Arenas and pulled out a gun on a defender in his prime and they'd still call a phantom defensive foul.
And I am not sure why Jordan even bothered to ever dribble the ball. It wasnt like he would have got called for traveling....EVER.
The Jordan craze turned me off the NBA, for all time most likely.