Jun 15, 2021
8:14:13am
8:14:13am
NBA absolutely has interest in downplaying the scope/scale of Donaghy scandal
and I don't think we saw even the tip of the iceberg there. honestly, should have been an FBI organized crime investigation, rather than a simple internal audit from the NBA that miraculously cleared the NBA of all wrongdoing and pinned the blame on a lone bad wolf. it was clearly much wider and deeper than that.
so to answer your question, the NBA's scandal isn't that they encouraged referees to extend series in order to boost revenue; its that they provided cover to refs who were benefitting personally from ties to gambling and organized crime as a way to save face because a full investigation would have revealed the ineptitude and incompetence of NBA leadership.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/tim-donaghy-fixed-nba-games-under-david-sterns-watch-they-are-both-to-blame/2019/03/03/e217dce0-3d3e-11e9-a06c-3ec8ed509d15_story.html
so to answer your question, the NBA's scandal isn't that they encouraged referees to extend series in order to boost revenue; its that they provided cover to refs who were benefitting personally from ties to gambling and organized crime as a way to save face because a full investigation would have revealed the ineptitude and incompetence of NBA leadership.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/tim-donaghy-fixed-nba-games-under-david-sterns-watch-they-are-both-to-blame/2019/03/03/e217dce0-3d3e-11e9-a06c-3ec8ed509d15_story.html
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6/15/21 7:46am
Why is Scott Foster still employed when he made 304 phone calls in the five month span between December 2006 and April
6/15/21 7:53am
There were multiple refs involved in the point shaving scandal, the NBA wanted to act like it was a rouge ref, hence
6/15/21 7:58am