Looks like an NBA ref has been connected in an organized gambling ring and may have been manipulating scores with his calls. That would be HUGE news.
http://www.nypost.com/seven/07202007/news/columnists/nba_in_a_fix_columnists_murray_weiss.htm
Possible big time scandle in the NBA
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badabing8888 wrote:Looks like an NBA ref has been connected in an organized gambling ring and may have been manipulating scores with his calls. That would be HUGE news.
http://www.nypost.com/seven/07202007/news/columnists/nba_in_a_fix_columnists_murray_weiss.htm
Stuff like this is the kind of thing that taints your sport.
sfsfsfgiants wrote:badabing8888 wrote:Looks like an NBA ref has been connected in an organized gambling ring and may have been manipulating scores with his calls. That would be HUGE news.
http://www.nypost.com/seven/07202007/news/columnists/nba_in_a_fix_columnists_murray_weiss.htm
Stuff like this is the kind of thing that taints your sport.
Absolutely. Certainly something to keep an eye on
The court has always seemingly felt tipped, now we just know why.
Of all the sports NBA refs have the greatest say in the outcome of the game. It is the only sport with an infraction limit which can cripple a team if a player fouls out.
This has the potential to blow up big time. I hope the NBA does an internal investigation into this, at the very least. It is about time that the aura of objectivity is removed from the NBA referee body as a whole.
Of all the sports NBA refs have the greatest say in the outcome of the game. It is the only sport with an infraction limit which can cripple a team if a player fouls out.
This has the potential to blow up big time. I hope the NBA does an internal investigation into this, at the very least. It is about time that the aura of objectivity is removed from the NBA referee body as a whole.
Thunder wrote:The court has always seemingly felt tipped, now we just know why.
Of all the sports NBA refs have the greatest say in the outcome of the game. It is the only sport with an infraction limit which can cripple a team if a player fouls out.
This has the potential to blow up big time. I hope the NBA does an internal investigation into this, at the very least. It is about time that the aura of objectivity is removed from the NBA referee body as a whole.
I would add the NFL refs can influence a game tremendously as well. They could throw the flag for holding almost anytime they want and wipe out HUGE plays.
As a Seahawk fan, I saw first hand in the SuperBowl what shitty officiating can do.
The wiping out of plays is harsh, but if a lineman gets 4 holding calls in a game he isn't done for the day (well, at least not by the rules. The coach might bench him at that point as well).
I guess with other sports you can work around it and keep playing but in basketball it takes 6 whistles to end your day . . . or just a set of Ts. I'd be willing to bet that basketball, by percentage and rate, has more players tossed or deemed no longer able to play by rules infractions than any other sport. The loss of players, to me, outweighs all else in tipping the field.
I guess with other sports you can work around it and keep playing but in basketball it takes 6 whistles to end your day . . . or just a set of Ts. I'd be willing to bet that basketball, by percentage and rate, has more players tossed or deemed no longer able to play by rules infractions than any other sport. The loss of players, to me, outweighs all else in tipping the field.
These are the things that affect how a sport is seen.
Steve Nash's joke was priceless about how he said, "Oh God, was a ref that officiated game five the Suns/Spurs series?" Ah man, doesn't that get you thinking...
Maybe he referee'd a game during the Warriors/Jazz series also?
Steve Nash's joke was priceless about how he said, "Oh God, was a ref that officiated game five the Suns/Spurs series?" Ah man, doesn't that get you thinking...
Maybe he referee'd a game during the Warriors/Jazz series also?
