Ex-NBA Official Tim Donaghy gets 15 months prison
July 31, 2008 by James Edwards
Filed under NBA Basketball
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Tim Donaghy will be switching uniforms
They sent him to the big house.
U.S. District Judge Carol Amon sentenced Donaghy to prison time, plus three years of supervised release, saying he’d let the sport down by taking thousands of dollars from a professional gambler in exchange for inside tips on games — including ones he refereed.
“The NBA, the players and the fans relied on him to perform his job in an honest manner,” Amon said. Donaghy listened with his arms folded but showed no emotion.
Tim received 15 months, but could have gotten 33. His lawyer argued for treatment not incarceration.
This story just keeps going with more developments.
The NBA has a gambling stigma?
Tim Donaghy claims games were requested fixed in the past?
David Stern hires all kinds of official overseers, including a retired Army general?
And now enters that dreaded word Racism.
Justin Wolfers, an assistant professor of business and public policy at Penn’s Wharton School, who co-authored a study that said white referees called fouls at a greater rate against black players than against white players, said the league needs to share all of the information it has.
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Hey James, just happened to surf through–always fun finding another NBA blog. Good luck with this.