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Congress may call hearing on NBA scandal
/ Associated Press
Posted: 58 minutes ago
The chairman of a House subcommittee is requesting a meeting with NBA commissioner David Stern concerning the betting scandal involving former referee Tim Donaghy.
Rep. Bobby Rush, who heads the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection, said he is also considering calling a hearing on the matter "should the facts warrant public scrutiny."
"If the allegations prove true, this could be one of the most damaging scandals in the history of American sports," the Illinois Democrat wrote in a letter sent to Stern on Wednesday and released to the press on Thursday.
Donaghy is the target of an FBI investigation for allegedly betting on games, including some he officiated, over the last two seasons. He resigned July 9.
Rush wrote that he appreciated the need for the league to conduct its own investigation and that he would like to meet with Stern at "the earliest appropriate time."
"Unfortunately, fairly or not, the NBA, more than any other professional sport, has been consistently dogged with allegations that league referees needlessly affect the outcomes of games by making bad calls," Rush wrote.
congress...
Dude, I've been saying this for years. Back in the DROB days. If there was a forum on Commodore 64, I was saying this .
I am all for better referees. This will only help the Spurs. The fact that fans think the Spurs benefit from refs is ridiculous. The Spurs win despite the refs, not the other way around. What about the 2006 Spurs-Mavs series when Dirk set records for free throw attempts. Or the 2004 series with the Lakers?
Both Duncan and Parker should go to the line more if the refs were fair.
Doesn't Congress have bigger to worry about?
That would be a neat trick seeing as how there are only 16 games.9-8 in 2007
Man, that was back when you were knee-high to a grasshopper. No wait....
yeah, like steroids in baseball ...
and some kind of fight in i..rock? some little country we don't need to worry about
Well, given that they waived their magic wand and solved all the roid issues in baseball I guess they should be able to help the NBA.
Is Zombie Terri Schiavo still around? I'd like to hear what she has to say about Congress' latest point of interest.
she was tossed by daughy.
Maybe Stern can take along a translator and pretend he doesn't speak the language?
All the NBA has to do is study Alberto Gonzalez and nothing will happen. Ask for 'executive privilege' and voila! no crime.
9-7 makes the playoffs, lose in Wildcard to make it 9-8...That would be a neat trick seeing as how there are only 16 games.
I guess that whole illegal immigrant problem was solved and doesn't need to be dealt with.
If Alberto Gonzales came out of a commitee unharmed. nothing will happen to stern of his NBA
My thoughts exactly.
I wonder if John McCain is an outraged Sun Fan.
yeah, me too. I feel the league owes us about 5 more les. at least. maybe 6 if you count 1979.
how about an Atari 1200
"Congress may call hearing on NBA scandal... thus proving there is truth in the rhetorical 'Geeze! It's going to take an act of Congress to win this game!' often used by frustrated Memphis Grizzlies fans."
Why bother? What difference did it make, right?
Crooked Politicians outing crooked refs. What a joke.
i'm sure it has something to do with family values.
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