Refs Betting on Games? - Detroit Pistons Fan Community

**dba** · #1 (**permalink**) 07-20-2007, 10:23 AM

Now this will be a real mess.

NBA ref reportedly bet on own games - NBA - MSNBC.com

Dumars4Ever · #2 (**permalink**) 07-20-2007, 10:34 AM

I was about to link to this as well. So who do we think it was? Someone who was refereeing the Dallas-Miami finals and had money on Wade as series MVP?

hlbimage · #3 (**permalink**) 07-20-2007, 10:51 AM

Finally some justice for the Piston and the Suns. I knew it was too easy for the Spurs and the Cavs to get to the Finals.

TaShawn · #4 (**permalink**) 07-20-2007, 11:11 AM

This is what I have been saying for a while. It would just be too easy to affect the spread and not the win-loss outcome.

No fans really care if their team is up six and only end up winning by 3, as long as they get the win (excluding Low).

And it can be subtle. The ref doesn't have to do anything too obvious to make it happen, as long as he makes it happen more times than not.

Now which ref was it?

kpaav · #5 (**permalink**) 07-20-2007, 11:49 AM

Exactly. Especially at the end of games when things are in the bag. How bout call a few fouls that some refs would let go and then add to the spread with free throws.

The Low · #6 (**permalink**) 07-20-2007, 12:13 PM

It's like I've always said...these guys are either crooked or incompetent with some of the calls we see.

...Looks like crooked is a 2-1 favorite

mikhail1973 · #7 (**permalink**) 07-20-2007, 12:15 PM

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Originally Posted by TaShawn

This is what I have been saying for a while. It would just be too easy to affect the spread and not the win-loss outcome.

No fans really care if their team is up six and only end up winning by 3, as long as they get the win (excluding Low).

And it can be subtle. The ref doesn't have to do anything too obvious to make it happen, as long as he makes it happen more times than not.

Now which ref was it?

Comon, Tay, leave Low alone.

He has enough to worry about as it is.
Now, on the other hand I'd love to know who that ref was. This is interesting stuff indeed. We've always talked about NBA conspiracies, and here may be a proof of something.

The Low · #8 (**permalink**) 07-20-2007, 12:20 PM

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Originally Posted by mikhail1973

Comon, Tay, leave Low alone.

He has enough to worry about as it is.
Now, on the other hand I'd love to know who that ref was. This is interesting stuff indeed. We've always talked about NBA conspiracies, and here may be a proof of something.

I'd be annoyed by it, but Tay's right.

Darth Tater · #9 (**permalink**) 07-20-2007, 12:23 PM

We will know soon enough. Stern cannot keep this one quiet. This is going to be a public relations nightmare for him.

Yep, there is a silver lining in every cloud.

mikhail1973 · #10 (**permalink**) 07-20-2007, 12:41 PM

ESPN - TrueHoop

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This is pretty much the worst thing that can happen to a professional sports league. For all the talk of image issues, equipment issues, and even drug issues, the word "fix" is most deadly. It is sports' original sin, the reason there's a commissioner in baseball. Betting on the NBA is significantly smaller than on the NFL and baseball and even college basketball. It is a small enough percentage for sports books in Vegas that casinos have even been willing to suspend betting on it under certain circumstances, like last season's All-Star Game. So gambling and the NBA often aren't discussed unless it is in the context of moving a team to Vegas. But it is still big business.
In the past there have been college basketball point shaving tales, but never in the NBA and never involving an official. Getting to a college point guard is one thing, getting to the guy that controls putting players on the foul line is another. Especially in a 48-minute NBA game, where there are so many fouls called and each foul in the bonus is an automatic two shots. There are so many NBA games that are not really close that end up being decided by 5-8 points.

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