07-22-2007, 10:58 PM | #1 |
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The NBA ref betting scandal
Is anyone really surprised by this? I mean honestly?
Anyone remember the name Jake O'Donnell? I sat next to him on flight from PHX to SLC many years ago. He flat out told me that a lot of NBA refs gambled all the time. This is the biggest non-surprise sports story to me to come along in a long time. The only surprise for me is that it actually took this long for something like this to be made public.
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I honestly believe that because gambling is legal in Vegas, we'll never see an NBA, NFL, NHL or MLB franchise there. And I wouldn't be surprised if organized crime has fingerprints in this mess.
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07-23-2007, 04:19 AM | #3 |
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Remember a few years ago all the NBA refs that were suspended for selling their first class tickets to people and then flying coach. Tim Donaghy was the main guy that started all of that, you would think that the NBA would have learned he was shady back then.
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They said have already said he was linked to the Gambino crime family.
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07-23-2007, 04:22 AM | #5 |
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Plus he coached game 3 of the Spurs - Suns series.
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07-23-2007, 04:22 AM | #6 |
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Simmons has a great article on the scandal.
http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2...simmons/070722 As a Jazz fan I now feel completely vindicated for the many years I've spent complaining about how crooked the refs are. |
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It's a shame that the NBA doesn't do what the Palermo Soccer club does. The club plays in Italy's Serie A league and it handed out thousands of tee shirts with this on it: Translated: The Mafia sucks. (there wasn't a website on it - I can't find a pic of the actual tee shirt). There are also these signs all around the city of Palermo: Translated: The Mafia sucks. Let's defend our freedom. Good to see this happening. (Sorry if I've hijacked this thread now.)
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