So, Should We Believe Donaghy?
Jun/14/2008 09:43 PM Filed in: HSOs from a
Bitter P1
Donaghy, as you'll recall, is the incredibly crooked ref who's been busted for throwing, and betting on, NBA games.
Donaghy chose NBA Finals week, no doubt timed for maximum exposure/explosion, to come out with charges that refs routinely fix games and favor certain teams. There are now rumblings that other investigations of refs may be in the works, including investigations by the FBI.
Heck, even Ralph Nader is jumping on the bandwagon.
So, I don't know whether or not to believe Donaghy or not. But I do know this: the NBA's credibility on this issue is tattered. Guys like Mark Cuban look more sane all the time.
And the video of those fouls that got me called "bitter" are still out there for the world to see.
It didn't look good then. To some of us, it looks even worse now.
(BTW, in an erie bit of timing, the day Donaghy made his most recent charges about game-fixing was the day Eliot Asinof died. Who is Eliot Asinof, you ask? The guy who wrote the definitive book on America's most notorious game-fixing scandal, "Eight Men Out.")
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