How Former Ref Tim Donaghy Conspired to Fix NBA Games

Re:How Former Ref Tim Donaghy Conspired to Fix NBA Games by Spooky23 on Wednesday February 20, 2019 @03:58PM (#19211903)

There’s so much money in sports betting now, there’s no way that there isn’t a ton of corrupt behavior going on.

Allowing widespread legit betting is asking for less than honest behavior. Even a single player throwing a few shots or missing/hitting a metric can make people money.

The leagues can also not notice things that encourage behavior that fans like. Baseball players on steroids attracted a lot of buzz in the 90s and early 2000s.

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Re:How Former Ref Tim Donaghy Conspired to Fix NBA Games by jds375 on Wednesday February 20, 2019 @04:35PM (#19212229)

It's true there's a lot of money in sports betting, but there is even more money in the NBA (TV deals, player salaries, team valuations, etc). That larger sum of money would be existentially threatened by continued corruption within the league due to sports betting. Thus, one would think that more money would go towards stopping any corruption.

I suppose that doesn't mean there wouldn't be any corruption, but it seems like there would certainly be less?

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Re:How Former Ref Tim Donaghy Conspired to Fix NBA Games by Spooky23 on Thursday February 21, 2019 @09:50AM (#19217193)

People aren’t rational, and many people are hooked on gambling.

Look at Pete Rose as an example.

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