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TheeTFD · #51 (**permalink**) 06-15-2008, 03:19 AM

I don't know if that art. made me happy or sad. All I can think about is the Ps being up 10 in the 4th Q game 7 against the Spurs, then let the Spurs rip off 15 straight points.

lpgrl26 · #52 (**permalink**) 06-15-2008, 11:38 PM

ESPN - NBA's pursuit of restitution from Donaghy a blunder - NBA

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Is the FBI investigating Donaghy's allegations? Will others be charged with crimes?

The FBI already has investigated the allegations. Donaghy first met with FBI agents in July 2007. A team of agents has been probing his stories ever since. As the result of their investigations, federal prosecutors have filed what is known as a 5(k) letter. The 5(k) letter means the agents have checked on the stories and have concluded Donaghy was truthful. The 5(k) letter does not apply to the 2002 Western Conference finals Game 6 because the statute of limitations had expired. More than five years went by before Donaghy described that game to any agents. There was no reason to look into that game because no one could be charged with a crime. The 5(k) letter does apply to statements Donaghy made to agents regarding the three games in 2005. The information could result in a reduction of Donaghy's prison sentence when Amon sentences him July 14. He faces a maximum of 33 months in prison under federal guidelines.

Although the FBI has concluded Donaghy was truthful, it does not mean others will be charged with crimes. Agents and prosecutors easily could have concluded that the rigging of the four games was reprehensible but did not qualify as a federal crime. There was no indication of gambling or money laundering or racketeering on the part of the NBA in Donaghy's allegations. If the NBA wants to extend a series to a seventh game, it might be fraud upon the fans, but it is not a federal crime.

TheeTFD · #53 (**permalink**) 06-16-2008, 08:50 PM

Stern is losing this battle. His stance is Don is a criminal and ignore him. He played Bavetta last nite like nothing mattered.
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Personally I think the league is clean but it's unstable. Until Stern acknowledges this I hope his reign crumbles.
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The poll strengthens...

roscoe36 · #54 (**permalink**) 06-16-2008, 09:16 PM

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Originally Posted by TheeTFD

Personally I think the league is clean but it's unstable. Until Stern acknowledges this I hope his reign crumbles.

I'm not going to mince words. I think it is corrupt.

TheeTFD · #55 (**permalink**) 06-17-2008, 08:12 PM

Sheed can handle his own battles.
Surely you don't mean that.

TheeTFD · #56 (**permalink**) 06-17-2008, 09:25 PM

Seems like someone by now would have come forward. One would think that at least that Donoghe guy would have told us. [Quote Max]
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I hope you liked your call.

**max** · #57 (**permalink**) 06-21-2008, 12:50 AM

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Six years ago, consumer advocate Ralph Nader sent a letter to NBA commissioner David Stern asking him to review the officiating in the now-infamous Game 6 of the Western Conference finals between the Lakers and the Kings.

He was lampooned by some for his foray into the sports arena and skewered by Lakers fans, who questioned whether he's a Kings fan, which he's not.

The Lakers subsequently won Game 7 and their third consecutive championship, and the controversy gradually quieted.

Then came Tuesday's allegations, in a court filing by disgraced former referee Tim Donaghy, that two of the three referees who worked that Kings-Lakers game altered its outcome.

Now, Nader says he feels vindicated.

"There were some suspicions that the referees that were chosen were company men," Nader said.

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He readily admits there are far more important issues in America than NBA officiating, but he sees it as a relevant consumer issue in that many fans see sports as a sanctuary and deserve to believe in its legitimacy. Nader still would like to see the NBA's officiating practices put under a microscope -- by an independent, objective entity.

ESPN Page 2 - Neumann: Nader remains irked by NBA officiating

TheeTFD · #58 (**permalink**) 06-21-2008, 09:22 PM

Max I heard that interview on Sirius.
Nader can be so anti-establishment that I love his initiatives. He will not kiss any Big Business azz.
ML Sports can't be compromised, cause then we can't bet on them. ;>i]

**max** · #59 (**permalink**) 06-21-2008, 10:19 PM

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Originally Posted by TheeTFD

Max I heard that interview on Sirius.
Nader can be so anti-establishment that I love his initiatives. He will not kiss any Big Business azz.
ML Sports can't be compromised, cause then we can't bet on them. ;>i]

Stern would be well advised not to blow him off though. Nader is both smarter and a better lawyer than him.

TheeTFD · #60 (**permalink**) 06-22-2008, 12:32 PM

NBA to disgraced referee: Pay us back for cost of shoes
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NBA wants their money back from Don. $1.4 mil. including travel expenses and free tickets.
Stern just doesn't get it. He's getting more petty as it goes.
It's no longer a conspiracy theory it's just dork management.

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