Sunday, August 19, 2007
Now What, NBA?
Absolutely disgusted...that's how I feel after hearing the 1050 ESPN Radio report out of New York claiming that Tim Donaghy will name as many as 20 other NBA referees who also gambled on NBA games.
This unfortunate news is so disheartening not only to myself but every NBA fan out there. We were betrayed I tell you. We invested so much time, energy and emotions into a league in which its games apparently weren't even legitimate. As a Mavericks fan myself, I took the 2006 NBA Finals like an unprotected boxer receiving a Mike Tyson upper-cut to the chin. I eventually recovered but now after the Donaghy development I find myself more irate than before over all of the phantom Dwayne Wade calls. For many of those screaming Mavs fans who insisted that the league was rigged, maybe they weren't being that ridiculous after all.
We were all lied to and only God knows how many games were influenced by these scandolous referees. How can we ever watch an NBA game again without thinking twice about whether it is fixed or not? I can't believe I just typed that sentence and meant it. What a sad day. I'm not sure what can be done to regain our trust, but hopefully something can erase this awful event from my memory and I can one day watch the NBA again without a suspicious eye.
This unfortunate news is so disheartening not only to myself but every NBA fan out there. We were betrayed I tell you. We invested so much time, energy and emotions into a league in which its games apparently weren't even legitimate. As a Mavericks fan myself, I took the 2006 NBA Finals like an unprotected boxer receiving a Mike Tyson upper-cut to the chin. I eventually recovered but now after the Donaghy development I find myself more irate than before over all of the phantom Dwayne Wade calls. For many of those screaming Mavs fans who insisted that the league was rigged, maybe they weren't being that ridiculous after all.
We were all lied to and only God knows how many games were influenced by these scandolous referees. How can we ever watch an NBA game again without thinking twice about whether it is fixed or not? I can't believe I just typed that sentence and meant it. What a sad day. I'm not sure what can be done to regain our trust, but hopefully something can erase this awful event from my memory and I can one day watch the NBA again without a suspicious eye.
3 Comments:
I thought he was going to name 20 NBA refs that were involved with gambling in some sort, not necessarily on NBA games... did I read that wrong?
Oh don't worry, the sports viewing public always will always forgive and forget...eventually. What else can "Joe six-pack" do when his only distraction from his fat wife and under acheiving kids is being called on the carpet? In addition to that, we've turned into a sedated populous with a serious short term memory loss problem.
Screw it, let 'em call their own fouls.
I've lost all respect for the NBA now.
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