No wonder the refs are tempted to cheat by sports bookies

[stretch]

slob on my nob, like corn on a cob

check in with me, and do your job

[baseline bum]

hey face of course the NBA covers their flights and hotel. that was a no brainer ..... but regardless they are on the road and have more expenses than someone who is working a "normal" job. not to mention the fact that they are away from their families the entire time only to come back home with $40,000-$60,000.

The NBA covers all of the expenses short of strip club bills for these guys... and $100,000 is about the minimum for a ref. If you've worked 10+ years you're probably a lot closer to the $300,000 range than the $100,000 one.

[baseline bum]

well I agree that integrity shouldn't have a price, but how can the NBA justify paying some of their worthless executives over $1,000,000 per year whenever all they do is sit on their ass in an office doing next to nothing while a referee actually has REAL effects on games?. sure $100,000 is a lot of money, but including taxes, also take away probably close to a fourth of that in travel expenses. A ref making $100,000 per year probably sees about $40,000 of that.

I am not saying that isn't good money. All I am saying is that it is no wonder why the refs are tempted by more $$$ to help throw a game.

Boo ing hoo... refs have to pay taxes like the rest of us.

[hater]

hey face of course the NBA covers their flights and hotel. that was a no brainer ..... but regardless they are on the road and have more expenses than someone who is working a "normal" job. not to mention the fact that they are away from their families the entire time only to come back home with $40,000-$60,000.

wow you are so completely clueless, its pathetic.

They don't spend a dime when they are on the road. They expense everything.

too much cajun sauce done ed up your brain!

[TampaDude]

They don't spend a dime when they are on the road. They expense everything.

WERD...back in the day, I used to travel all the time as a DOD contractor...100K+ miles a year...Uncle Sam picked up the tab for EVERYTHING...I ate a lot of steak dinners and sushi when I was traveling...per diem FTMFW...

[Armando]

100,00 chump change? Man sign me up for that crappy job.

[mFFL03]

100K a year?

psssshhh

I got kids to feed jack

[BlackSwordsMan]

wow refs get 100 grand a year?

[Supergirl]

thats not even the point. the point is that you can see how easily tempted the refs may be to take a larger sum of money to blow games and the fact that the NBA executives get paid 10 times more than the refs whenever they do next to nothing for it.

No, I don't really see how that follows at all.
I shold go rob a bank or cheat on my taxes because some corporate schmucks make 10 times as much as I do while doing half as much work? There is a serious logical fallacy in your argument.

[greyforest]

everyone crying that refs should be happy with their $100k salaries don't understand.

the refs are put in a position in which they can potentially make a LOAD of cash. they have a huge influence on the outcome of nationally broadcast professional sports - an industry through which billions of dollars flow every month.

if you live in the US you must understand the fundamental nature of capitalism. SOMEBODY is willing to pay the refs to bias the game, because they can profit more than they pay the refs. these people could be bookies, individuals betting on games, teams - GMs, owners, the NBA itself, etc.

you think the scandal last year was just some isolated incident? ha!