ICanOutreboundWalter wrote:-= original quote snipped =-
The thing is, there is so much that you can do to be "in on it" that isn't really that bad.
Say, for instance, you are Gabe Pruitt. You walk into the trainers room looking for the i-Pod nano you lost, and what do you see but Paul Pierce in agonizing pain on the trainers table.
Boom, Pruitt calls his boys back in Southern California... "Man this sucks, P looks hurt to me, I hope he can play!"
His boys, always thinking, rush out to the casino and drop 10K each on the Pistons. Has Pruitt done a single thing to make the Celts lose? No. But has he helped people make money, and gotten somewhat involved? Yes.
I do think that all sorts of players, trainers, coaches, refs are in on it to some extent. I just don't think that extent is literally throwing games. If I'm not mistaken, Donaghy bet a lot of over/unders...which just means that to make his side hit, all he had to do was swallow the whistle, or blow it a ton, depending on the side.
^^I think it's got to be more serious than that. And I love how the league took the Roger Clemens stance of "he's only saying stuff to save his ass". That's bunk. Donaghy, like McNamee, knows he cannot avoid jail time and has nothing to lose by unloading it all.
Stern's worst nightmare...let's see how it all plays out...
Well, that's one strategy. I actually don't mind that team--Breen's alright, and you have to admit that one dunk LeBron had on KG was pretty awesome...though the "NO REGARD FOR HUMAN LIFE" line was lame. What is LeBron? Hitler? Stalin? Pol Pot? Relax Mr. Breen!
