Thursday, February 11, 2010

Cheater

You may or may not recognize this man above, but this man is Tim Donaghy, he is/was a referee in the NBA, who retired after 17 years in the NBA. He got caught for betting on games he was refing, and other NBA games as well. Here are some of his credentials:

Age: 40
NBA experience: Referee in 772 regular-season games in 13 seasons
2005-06 season: 63 games; team officiated most often -- Trail Blazers (7 games)
2006-07 season: 68 games; team officiated most often -- Heat and 76ers (8 games)
High school: Cardinal O'Hara (Springfield, Pa.; one of four NBA refs to attend O'Hara)
College: Villanova, 1989
Of note: In his first dozen seasons as an NBA referee, worked 704 regular-season games and 15 playoffs ... Also has seven years of CBA officiating experience ... Played varsity baseball at Villanova ... Participated in the NBA Read to Achieve program.


-- Sources: NBA officials media guide and the Elias Sports Bureau

Here is another website to read more about what he did:
http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/20269972/

David Stern has to worry about all sorts of things in the NBA, but gambling and cheating in the NBA is one of the larger topics that I could personally think of, and what better for an example but this man.

Here's a game he referee'd in the NBA playoffs:

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