ChevyVanMiller Posted February 19, 2019 Share Posted February 19, 2019 http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/25980368/how-former-ref-tim-donaghy-conspired-fix-nba-games 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Punching Bag Posted February 19, 2019 Share Posted February 19, 2019 Could easily see that in NFL especially since certain zebras appear to have P*ts colors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KD in CA Posted February 19, 2019 Share Posted February 19, 2019 Is the NBA still denying this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
row_33 Posted February 20, 2019 Share Posted February 20, 2019 Meh.... Another just-so story fueling the biases of those who have a reason to keep it going. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted February 20, 2019 Share Posted February 20, 2019 I'm gonna read that article later tonight. But I recall reading about this story years ago. One takeaway was Donaghy and whomever he was reffing with would make a bet, first one to call a foul would buy the after game pizzas. One game no foul was called for something like 8 minutes. Players were getting hammered, and looking at the ref with a look like "what the ***** do I need to do to get a call" 3 hours ago, Limeaid said: Could easily see that in NFL especially since certain zebras appear to have P*ts colors. the just give it them game was fixed IMO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Augie Posted February 20, 2019 Share Posted February 20, 2019 Sad story all around. This guy was married with young kids. Lived outside of Sarasota, FL and I remember going by his very nice house and seeing the kids toys in the driveway after he was caught. I hate this for everyone involved. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Poojer Posted February 20, 2019 Share Posted February 20, 2019 Friggin' Delco douches! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teddy KGB Posted February 20, 2019 Share Posted February 20, 2019 Pos cost Mavs the 06 title Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
row_33 Posted February 20, 2019 Share Posted February 20, 2019 the only time i felt the game was rigged was the Kings getting taken to the cleaners for one of their series against the Shaq/Kobe Lakers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CommonCents Posted February 20, 2019 Share Posted February 20, 2019 Just now, row_33 said: the only time i felt the game was rigged was the Kings getting taken to the cleaners for one of their series against the Shaq/Kobe Lakers Poor Vlade Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
row_33 Posted February 20, 2019 Share Posted February 20, 2019 i don't believe the winnings were that large, this can't be quantified the population that takes the NBA point spread seriously is too small to allow a portion of it to makes hand-over-fist millions, it's a perfect market of information it's the lowest end of "fixing" a game to play with the point spread in an NBA game, most teams are too tired to bother on the road and these days 3 of the 10 starters are going to take the game off at the last second because they are just too tired to play tonight Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted February 20, 2019 Share Posted February 20, 2019 I always thought basketball players could fix a game the easiest. Every point spread at the end of the game goes down to free throws. It would be so easy to miss free throw or two on purpose at the end of games Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
row_33 Posted February 20, 2019 Share Posted February 20, 2019 27 minutes ago, Pete said: I always thought basketball players could fix a game the easiest. Every point spread at the end of the game goes down to free throws. It would be so easy to miss free throw or two on purpose at the end of games the NBA has the problem that teams are quite often not bothering to show up to play "in good faith" during the regular season, way more than the other pro sports combined the only time in the regular season you can be certain they will honestly try is on Christmas Day, they are probably warned of massive fines by the Commish if they dog one of these games away Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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