The Legality of Sports Betting is Affecting How NBA Games are Officiated
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Posted Apr 11, 2021, 5:44 AM UTC · edited
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Yes because clearly this is the only time games have been officiated horribly
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No it isn't
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Not a thinking class
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Riiiiiight.
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Sports betting has been legal forever. Any ref or person who ever wanted fix a game didn't need to wait for it to now be legal in a bunch of states.
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Take it from an Australian - gambling is a cancer on society and absolutely sucks when it infiltrates sports coverage.
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why you say that?
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Because that's what it is.
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Because it absolutely dominates all coverage. There's live odds during the game, annoying ads during the game, clickbait on apps etc. It's just everywhere, and gambling addiction is a thing that ruins lives, something more so than drug addiction. It can fuck up generations of families due to debt.
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yeah shit is annoying af
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Scott Foster in the playoffs is a scary scary sight
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Any evidence?
NBA refs have been caught in the past doing illegal bets, but I'm still convinced that the ref who went to jail over it was just used as a scapegoat by the NBA to save face.
Idk if there's any evidence of that continuing though. It's far more likely that the refs are just little bitches.
I think the threat of FBI investigation was enough to cool down the point shaving stuff with the refs. I'm sure it was more than just Donaghy doing it at the time but we'll never know because the NBA leaked that the FBI was investigating so the other participants could clean things up.
I got your evidence right here
*Sorry, I just watched The Departed
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Seems like it would have been cited or linked if there was.