OT: NBA coach Billups caught in Mafia and sports gambling sting (LINK)

[sb1]

The poker shuffler cheating story is so wild. It's like a real life movie villain script.

 

[XLIX]

And they'd destroy these couch potato sports fans who make fun of them.

No. No they really wouldn’t.

My high school team could beat a WNBA team.

 

[Steve102]

Fun fact. I got into a pretty heated debate on a Celtics forum I am now banned from for telling one of the wannabe reporters to get off his ass and question the leagues BS when it comes to the referees and their BS. Basically was telling me to do it myself because he didn't want to lose his access basically.

Guardians of the gate wouldn't even touch this, and you want to believe that none of these reporters sniffed any of this over the years? Please. Shame on all of them.

Agree. Some of these celebrity reporters make way too much money to be bothered digging into anything, while the other smaller players don't want to lose access. It's BS.

 

[Real fan 02]

Yeah Stern gave Jordan two options. Either "retire" and go play baseball for a couple of years or get suspended for gambling.

Exactly. Funny how he went to play baseball for the same Owner who owned the bulls.

 

[A Defiant Goose]

And they'd destroy these couch potato sports fans who make fun of them.

If you need to compare their skill level to ours that kinda proves the point

 

[ViperGTS]

And they'd destroy these couch potato sports fans who make fun of them.

Slow down buckaroo. It's all in good fun.

 

[brdmaverick]

How long before we officially find out something fishy was going on with the Patriots-Saints ref crew?

 

[sb1]

The NFL cannot tolerate this kind of activity because of #integrity and stuff.

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[captain stone]

And they'd destroy these couch potato sports fans who make fun of them.

They're made fun-of because they're inferior in every single way but pretend that they're not; and worse, that people should care about them.

 

[captain stone]

How long before we officially find out something fishy was going on with the Patriots-Saints ref crew?

Or Mike Carey's crew...?

 

[captain stone]

He seemed to be short of a full deck when he was here in Boston

He wasn't known as Scary Terry for nuthin.'

 

[XLIX]

Kevin Garnett linked. Unclear precisely how. Torre seems to think it is little more than the notion that he showed up at one event and quickly left, and he wasn't involving in suckering people in.

NBA Legend Kevin Garnett Named in Shocking Gambling Scandal

NBA legend Kevin Garnett’s name has surfaced in a stunning gambling scandal that’s shaking the basketball world. Read to know more.

www.profootballnetwork.com

 

[borg]

Hollywood screenwriters suddenly have a hell of a story plagiarize.....

 

[upstater1]

If you need to compare their skill level to ours that kinda proves the point

I mean, they're not as good as men.

Is that the point?

 

[upstater1]

They're made fun-of because they're inferior in every single way but pretend that they're not; and worse, that people should care about them.

They pretend they're not? Name one who believes otherwise.

As for people caring about them, check out NCAA attendance at women's games. It's pretty good. The tourney makes a ton of money.

 

[A Defiant Goose]

I mean, they're not as good as men.

Is that the point?

No, they're not as entertaining. I'd watch the WNBA if women were getting put on a poster and getting dunked on and there were high scoring games. I'm not watching a 70 to 64 game of layups.

Do you have a daughter in the WNBA or something? It sucks. Objectively. Not even an opinion. It is fact that it sucks

 

[SlowGettingUp]

This news puts added pressure on the NFL to improve their officiating. They do not want accusations of match-fixing dominating the news on Mondays.

Wouldn't be hard for them to improve. Full-time paid referees instead of amateurs, and more active intervention from the sky judge for non-calls as well as calls.

"After Further Discussion": How the NFL's "Sky Judge" is Changing the Game

The NFL has been testing out a new form of officiating that views the game from above. The NFL's "Sky Judge" is about to change everything.

fanbuzz.com

 

[XLIX]

This news puts added pressure on the NFL to improve their officiating. They do not want accusations of match-fixing dominating the news on Mondays.

Wouldn't be hard for them to improve. Full-time paid referees instead of amateurs, and more active intervention from the sky judge for non-calls as well as calls.

There is nothing about "full time" referees that is going to change anything.

 

[DarrylS]

This gambling scandal does not surprise me at all, always thought since all major sports embraced these online gambling sites, it was not if but when.
Every time I see a sponsor like Draft Kings or other online sport book it makes me think that those once revered guardrails no longer exist. The NFL and all other major sports have allowed gambling a seat at their proverbial table.

 

[Raccoonsuit]

Adam silver is a really bad commissioner. The Donagey scandal never went away as so many of those refs he was friends with never were investigated.

All the kawhi stuff the last few months and crickets. Hes not even suspended! Terry rozier.... Silver said they saw his irregular betting but there wasn't anything they could do? What?!?

Nothing personal against Harden but when they started allowing his blatant foul baiting and 20 steps after you gather the ball i just kinda lost my passion for the nba. But all this cheating and sketchy outcomes at the end of games makes me not care at all