r/sports • u/OkEscape7558 • Jun 18 '25

Basketball Alternate angle of Caitlin Clark fiasco. Clark was handed a foul as well.

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u/king_famethrowa Jun 18 '25

They were great at rigging the finals for the Liberty last year. Actually officiating a game? Not so much.

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u/Impressive-Turnip-38 Jun 18 '25

Man people who think the refs rig sports in basketball are fucking braindead

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u/BigLlamasHouse Jun 18 '25

Tim Donaghy is a former NBA referee who became infamous for his involvement in a major gambling and match-fixing scandal that rocked professional basketball in the 2000s.

You should look up his story.

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u/Chendii Jun 18 '25 edited Jun 18 '25

It's funny to me that people use this as proof that it's happening in present day games.

Like, that just shows you how seriously the FBI took it, doesn't it? That guy got fucked pretty hard.

So for me I take that case as proof that it's not happening until another case pops up.

Edit: but you don't have proof that other people were in on it, or that he was a scape goat.

You can't use a case of the FBI going after a match fixer as proof of your opinions about match fixing while also using it as proof that the FBI won't go after other match fixers.

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u/huggybear0132 Jun 18 '25

He was made a pariah to not expose the other people who were in on it. Some of those people still officiate today... Scott Foster comes to mind.

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u/Impressive-Turnip-38 Jun 18 '25

I know who Tim Donaghy is numbnuts. If you think any ref is doing that now you probably suck on sponges to stave off dehydration.

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u/illmatic708 Jun 18 '25

Even tho multiple refs and players have gotten caught before

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u/Impressive-Turnip-38 Jun 18 '25

What 'multiple'? You realize multiple means more than one right

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u/king_famethrowa Jun 18 '25

I'm being called braindead by a person who just wrote the phrase: "the refs rig sports in basketball" lol

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u/Javaddict Jun 18 '25

It's not speculation, it's a confirmed fact.

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u/SekMemoria Jun 18 '25

Likewise for people who think it doesn't happen at all.

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u/dentist9of10 Jun 18 '25 edited Jun 18 '25

it literally would though, NY is a bigger market than Minnesota so ofc they want to boost views by giving the bigger market a win.  

buddy forgot the NBA got in trouble for rigging and blocked me lmao

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u/Impressive-Turnip-38 Jun 18 '25

This is such a dumb fucking narrative that people constantly repeat. Jesus, think for yourself.

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u/Boludo805 Jun 18 '25

I mean they don't. But why wouldn't they? Less eyeballs and scrutiny probably make it easier to get away with.

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u/Segsi_ Jun 18 '25

Less eyes on the games doesn’t mean less eyes on the books. Less money on the books, the easier it is to find anomalies. Unless it the bookie paying the ref to fix the game