# One of the largest Professional Sports Scandals evaR **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [July 24, 2007, 12:05pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/one-of-the-largest-professional-sports-scandals-evar/32888 "2007-07-24T12:05:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Nikuk](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/nikuk/32/7254_2.png) [@Nikuk](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Nikuk)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2007, 12:05pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/one-of-the-largest-professional-sports-scandals-evar/32888/1 "2007-07-24T12:05:08Z")
potentially. You know how I know the NBA is in serious trouble? One of the largest pro sports scandals could be unfolding… and no one cares. :bloated: Anyone following this? [http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19890393/](http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19890393/) > NBA referees’ competency has always been criticized. After three high-profile negative stories in the last three months, the questions have shifted to their credibility. > One official was suspended after allegedly challenging an NBA superstar to a fight, and an academic report suggested a bias by referees against players of the opposite race. > Now, most damaging, a referee’s at the center of a potential point-shaving scandal. > With the **FBI investigating Tim Donaghy for allegedly betting on games that he officiated** , confidence in the guys blowing the whistles may never have been lower. Ref betting on the game he’s ref’ing \>\>\>\>\>\> Pete Rose. ---
**Author:** ![Bacon](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bacon/32/7230_2.png) [@Bacon](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Bacon)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2007, 12:06pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/one-of-the-largest-professional-sports-scandals-evar/32888/2 "2007-07-24T12:06:59Z")
[quote=“Nikuk”"] NBA … and no one cares. [/quote] Sorry had too, but for some reason this doesn’t suprise me. ---
**Author:** ![Nikuk](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/nikuk/32/7254_2.png) [@Nikuk](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Nikuk)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2007, 12:08pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/one-of-the-largest-professional-sports-scandals-evar/32888/3 "2007-07-24T12:08:10Z")
lol. it’s so true… I don’t even follow the laegue anymore. Too many whiners, potheads, meatheads, and overpaid-overhyped-overdosed kids without guidance. But a scandal is a scandal. ---
**Author:** ![AFhockey31](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/afhockey31/32/5086_2.png) [@AFhockey31](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/AFhockey31)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2007, 12:14pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/one-of-the-largest-professional-sports-scandals-evar/32888/4 "2007-07-24T12:14:37Z")
[quote=“Nikuk,post:3,topic:32888"”] Too many whiners, potheads, meatheads, and overpaid-overhyped-overdosed kids without guidance. [/quote] wait… what sport are we talkin bout here ?? ---
**Author:** ![Nikuk](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/nikuk/32/7254_2.png) [@Nikuk](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Nikuk)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2007, 12:17pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/one-of-the-largest-professional-sports-scandals-evar/32888/5 "2007-07-24T12:17:27Z")
[quote=“AFhockey31,post:4,topic:32888"”] wait… what sport are we talkin bout here ?? [/quote] lol. Off the field professionalism: NBA \< MLB \< NFL \< NHL Better? ---
**Author:** ![Adictd2b00st](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/adictd2b00st/32/7625_2.png) [@Adictd2b00st](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Adictd2b00st)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2007, 12:17pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/one-of-the-largest-professional-sports-scandals-evar/32888/6 "2007-07-24T12:17:55Z")
i agree with that list nikuk :tup: nice work haha ---
**Author:** ![micah](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/micah/32/7257_2.png) [@micah](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/micah)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2007, 12:20pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/one-of-the-largest-professional-sports-scandals-evar/32888/7 "2007-07-24T12:20:11Z")
.nm ---
**Author:** ![Nikuk](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/nikuk/32/7254_2.png) [@Nikuk](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Nikuk)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2007, 12:20pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/one-of-the-largest-professional-sports-scandals-evar/32888/8 "2007-07-24T12:20:31Z")
[quote=“Adictd2b00st,post:6,topic:32888"”] i agree with that list nikuk :tup: nice work haha [/quote] TV ratings: NFL \> MLB \> NBA \> NHL 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Adictd2b00st](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/adictd2b00st/32/7625_2.png) [@Adictd2b00st](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Adictd2b00st)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2007, 12:21pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/one-of-the-largest-professional-sports-scandals-evar/32888/9 "2007-07-24T12:21:38Z")
sad but true, MLB and NBA are the biggest wastes of time, ah well… NHL and NFL are my only list 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Nikuk](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/nikuk/32/7254_2.png) [@Nikuk](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Nikuk)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2007, 12:24pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/one-of-the-largest-professional-sports-scandals-evar/32888/10 "2007-07-24T12:24:03Z")
[quote=“Adictd2b00st,post:9,topic:32888"”] sad but true, MLB and NBA are the biggest wastes of time, ah well… NHL and NFL are my only list 😛 [/quote] couldn’t agree more. :tspry: ---
**Author:** ![micah](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/micah/32/7257_2.png) [@micah](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/micah)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2007, 12:25pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/one-of-the-largest-professional-sports-scandals-evar/32888/11 "2007-07-24T12:25:24Z")
more waste of time is MLS ---
**Author:** ![Rx3](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/rx3/32/7194_2.png) [@Rx3](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Rx3)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2007, 12:33pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/one-of-the-largest-professional-sports-scandals-evar/32888/12 "2007-07-24T12:33:39Z")
I saw the live news conference with Stern on ESPN around 11:30am today. This could be big. If the Feds get this guy to roll, I have a feeling other refs will be implicated. ---
**Author:** ![Avatar](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/avatar/32/5076_2.png) [@Avatar](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Avatar)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2007, 12:39pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/one-of-the-largest-professional-sports-scandals-evar/32888/13 "2007-07-24T12:39:10Z")
NBA = :crap: ---
**Author:** ![Nikuk](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/nikuk/32/7254_2.png) [@Nikuk](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Nikuk)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2007, 12:40pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/one-of-the-largest-professional-sports-scandals-evar/32888/14 "2007-07-24T12:40:40Z")
[quote=“Rx3,post:12,topic:32888"”] I saw the live news conference with Stern on ESPN around 11:30am today. This could be big. If the Feds get this guy to roll, I have a feeling other refs will be implicated. [/quote] thats the impression i was given by a friend who watched it. Hence the thread… i was looking to see if anyone had any more info or cliffs on the “official statements”. ---
**Author:** ![Locutus](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/locutus/32/7574_2.png) [@Locutus](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Locutus)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2007, 12:46pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/one-of-the-largest-professional-sports-scandals-evar/32888/15 "2007-07-24T12:46:17Z")
[quote=“Nikuk”"] Anyone following this? [http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19890393/](http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19890393/) . [/quote] ya. i meant to post this… i watched in this afternoon on sports center. pretty outrageous if you ask me. ---
**Author:** ![JustinH](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9fc29f/32.png) [@JustinH](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JustinH)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2007, 12:52pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/one-of-the-largest-professional-sports-scandals-evar/32888/16 "2007-07-24T12:52:21Z")
When I was a kid, I would watch the great Bulls teams. Jordan and the rest. Now, I can’t even force myself to watch five minutes of an nba game. I was watching one, I forget the team, but their jerseys looked like clown costumes, and the court was decorated like a rainbow with advertisements all over it. The game has lost alot. ---
**Author:** ![TrueBlue](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/trueblue/32/7245_2.png) [@TrueBlue](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/TrueBlue)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2007, 12:52pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/one-of-the-largest-professional-sports-scandals-evar/32888/17 "2007-07-24T12:52:57Z")
Yeah, I’ve heard about this. Stern and the NBA, potentially a massive reffing/betting scandal Goodell and NFL players shooting up nightclubs/dogfighting/possessions and discipline Selig and refusing, then changing his mind about being present for Bond’s breaking the HRR, possibly the BIGGEST record in American pro sports… Bettman, ruining the new NHL? :gotme: 😛 ---
**Author:** ![ryanmcell](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ryanmcell/32/7510_2.png) [@ryanmcell](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ryanmcell)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2007, 12:53pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/one-of-the-largest-professional-sports-scandals-evar/32888/18 "2007-07-24T12:53:23Z")
What is the NBA? Seriously… I used to be a huge fan back in like 98-01 then it all became stupid. ---
**Author:** ![Rx3](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/rx3/32/7194_2.png) [@Rx3](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Rx3)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2007, 1:02pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/one-of-the-largest-professional-sports-scandals-evar/32888/19 "2007-07-24T13:02:57Z")
Who cares, NFL training camp starts Thursday, and college football will be ramping up in 2 weeks… Nobody will be paying attention to the NBA. ---
**Author:** ![SoloIIscoob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/35a633/32.png) [@SoloIIscoob](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SoloIIscoob)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2007, 6:23pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/one-of-the-largest-professional-sports-scandals-evar/32888/20 "2007-07-24T18:23:42Z")
[quote=“Rx3,post:19,topic:32888"”] Who cares, NFL training camp starts Thursday, and college football will be ramping up in 2 weeks… Nobody will be paying attention to the NBA. [/quote] tru indeed rick [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/one-of-the-largest-professional-sports-scandals-evar/32888.md?page=2)