Refs Betting on Games?

As soon as this dude is sentenced if I was Sheed I would file a grivance to get a refund on the 1.6 million that he loss for getting suspended for threating the felonious ref.

I got Sheed's back !

A Stern test for David tomorrow. Probably his toughest yet.

Stern's arrogance is what's really going to hurt him. If this happened to the NFL, everyone would think it's just one bad apple and move on.

But this is the NBA, where everyone already believes it's fixed and people have watched refs call games with two separate rule books, one for stars, and one for everyone else.

Curious to see how Lebron's hop step, Wade's ability to draw fouls, and Shaq's charges are called next year.

YouTube - Another Lebron James travel

Question for Stern:

Why were your efforts geared towards enforcing a dress code and forcing YOUR ball down player's throats among other trivial pursuits; as opposed to ensuring the integrity of the game and the league?

This man is "power-drunk." He needs to go.

Amen...it's been a long time coming. He will get respect from NO one any longer...even after all the spin-doctoring he will throw out tomorrow.

You shouldn't be.

Fans and Pundits alike have notoriously short memories.

They forget things like heated rivalries and contradictory player quotes all the time.

Example: Phoenix trying to place Marbury and a hopefully rejuvenated Penny Hardaway together to form a successful duo.

You mean the same Marbury that refused to shake Anfernee's hand during their first game against each other? He told him that he would never shake his hand because he didn't respect him and his game was garbage. Add some "sentence enhancers" in there for effect please.

How that slipped the minds of so many people was beyond me.

Yet, alas, that is the way things are.
Average retention period for writers and fans = one game.

You're usually only as good as your last game as an athlete.

But most of us should be able to relate. Most people are only as good as the last day they have worked in their respective jobs.

Annual employee reviews and salary contracts in sports are usually not based on the last day or even last week of performance much more than they are on the job performance over the whole period under review.

Under normal circumstances there will always be a little more weight put on the most recent period during the review period, but only in cases of extreme performance change over the review period will a significant amount of weight be put on the most recent performance vs the performance in the beginning or middle of the review period

10 years ago I would have agreed with you wholeheartedly, but since that time I have often been in the unenviable position of arbitrating numerous so called merit reviews and the processes and procedures that have gone into what they are ultimately comprised of by the reviewer.

It has definitely led me to believe that in most cases recent acts grossly outweigh yearly performance on the whole when it comes to areas of review that tend to be subjective.

Furthermore, when speaking to these same people firsthand on a daily basis, it has become even more apparent to me that the predominating opinion they form of their employees is most definitely based on said employees most recent days performance.

Thanks for the update

That is too bad it has become that way. But I guess it is inevitable given the culture today, with instant news and the latest headline being on the front web page no more than a couple of hours or so, etc.

When Sheed said "I am tired of all the flopping/cheating" after Game 6 I never thought that he would get this much vindication. 90% sure that other NBA refs do similar stuff, maybe not the exact same thing but things that could effect crucial games.

There will not be full disclosure about what doneghy did; doneghy will plead guilty and the rest will go away......the public will not get any details....the coverup has started already.

LOL...good top ten list.