Twenty More NBA Officials Involved in Gambling???
1050AM in New York is saying that Tim “Ratfink” Donaghy will sing like a canary and implicate at least 20 NBA refs, who Donaghy says are involved in gambling.
Mr Moohead naturally has questions. Just because a ref goes to a casino, doesn’t make him a piece of shit like Donaghy. What I want to know is…did other NBA refs bet on NBA games? Were they involved in a gambling “fraternity” that helped decide the outcomes of games?
Through my years of viewing, I have seen many games that I believed were fixed. Not just phantom calls, but free throw charity given to a team in the 4th quarter of games. Crucial players getting hit with a flurry of calls early. Things that would definitely change a game.
Tim Donaghy is now a pariah. What he says will be brushed off like a Jose Canseco book. But the spectre of a massive gambling fraternity in pro sports looms large. David Stern faces a potential crisis. The league may be forced to induce voluntary referee resignations, in order to put a fresh coat of paint over the foul stench of gambling activity.
I have been a cynic for years. I feel like a Kennedy conspiracy advocate, except now my fears are exploding in headlines. Keep it tuned here. The fun is just beginning.
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Comment by: Rat
Posted on August 18th, 2007 at 12:45 pmAlmost like the Republican party only a little less corrupt.
Comment by: Brian
Posted on August 19th, 2007 at 9:47 amAnyone who thinks this doesn’t occur fairly often in any sport is fooling themselves. Here is an excellent recent article from USAToday about it’s prevelance in college football.
http://www.usatoday.com/sports/college/2007-05-08-point-shaving-cover_N.htm
“‘Is it a huge problem? I wouldn’t say that. But it’s a continual problem,’ says Matt Heron, chief of the organized crime section at FBI headquarters in Washington. ‘It’s out there. We know it’s out there. Whether we can prove it is a different matter.’”