OldAdmin
Bench Warmer
What do you guys think, is he just trying to save his own butt or are these real things that happened. I think that he has manipulated statements to make them sound worse, in order to get a reduced sentence for cooperating with the feds.
Here is a small snippet from hoopshype.com that describes what he is alleging.
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Donaghy claims he was told that two refs who were “company men” acting in the interest of the NBA conspired to extend a playoff series in 2002 to a seventh game. The referees allegedly ignored flagrant fouls committed by the team that needed to win. They also reportedly called "made-up fouls" against the other team which led to the ejection of two of their players. The team favored by the refs won that night and the next game to win the series. New York Daily News / June 10[/FONT]
Here is a small snippet from hoopshype.com that describes what he is alleging.
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Ex-NBA referee Tim Donaghy told the feds two refs fixed the outcome of one playoff series - and that officials were told not to eject star players from games for fear of hurting ticket sales. The bombshell allegations are contained in a court document filed Tuesday by Donaghy's lawyer. It describes the “inner workings" of the NBA in which top league executives used referees to manipulate games. New York Daily News / June 10[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]An NBA source close to the officials said of Donaghy: "He sounds like a sports-talk-show fan, that everything is a conspiracy. He'd throw his own mother under the bus to save his [butt]. That's all this is.'' Lauro also requested yesterday that the court issue a subpoena for NBA documents relating to the league's request for restitution from Donaghy. The league claims that the Donaghy case, and the internal investigation it sparked, cost it $1 million. Philadelphia Daily News[/FONT][FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Donaghy claims he was told that two refs who were “company men” acting in the interest of the NBA conspired to extend a playoff series in 2002 to a seventh game. The referees allegedly ignored flagrant fouls committed by the team that needed to win. They also reportedly called "made-up fouls" against the other team which led to the ejection of two of their players. The team favored by the refs won that night and the next game to win the series. New York Daily News / June 10[/FONT]
