“Without identifying anyone or naming teams, Tim Donaghy also claimed the NBA routinely encouraged refs to ring up bogus fouls to manipulate results but discouraged them from calling technical fouls on star players to keep them in games and protect ticket sales and television ratings.”
phoenixnyc about 8 years ago
Ah, but have any of them ever earned a headline like “Jeff Triplette Is Just Making Stuff Up”?
braindead Premium Member about 8 years ago
“Without identifying anyone or naming teams, Tim Donaghy also claimed the NBA routinely encouraged refs to ring up bogus fouls to manipulate results but discouraged them from calling technical fouls on star players to keep them in games and protect ticket sales and television ratings.”
June 2008
Officiating is waaay better now, right?
1941gko almost 8 years ago
The “zebras” are seen way too much in all sports, regardless of wearing stripes or not!