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Personal Foul, Part 1

December 6, 2009 4:52 PM

Disgraced ex-NBA referee Tim Donaghy speaks for the first time about betting on pro basketball games, his Mafia involvement and subsequent prison term. Bob Simon reports.

Ex-NBA Ref Tim Donaghy: Mob Threatened Me
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by RobbedWriter December 13, 2009 2:17 AM EST
Now that you can see how the NBA is monopolized by mobsters and that the leaders of the nation are supporting the situation, you should look at the bigger picture. The Vietnam war was about a monopoly in the heroin industry. Leaders in the US government worked with the mobsters to both kill JF Kennedy and RF Kennedy because J/R opposed escalating the war and opposed the bankers who pushed for the war. JFK signed Executive Order 11110 to reduce the warmongering bankers' powers knowing that they were extorting money from taxpayers to pay for military force in building monopolies in the heroin industry and now in the oil industry. These leaders working with mobsters also work with ADL to stop anyone who interferes with their illegal business practices. They kill students who protest illegal wars, they illegally imprison protesters. In fact, they shot John Lennon for war protesting. Most shocking of all is that put Charles Manson in prison only because he was a rising star who was associating with war protesters. The criminal element in government united with the ADL to defame Charles Manson to reduce his political power. The perfect chance to destroy Manson's power came when Roman Polanski's wife was caught in a sex tape having sex with other celebrities. Her husband must have been fuming since she was pregnant and he must have doubted that he was the father. Polanksi likely gave his address to a friend who hired the hit because Manson said that Tate was murdered by someone who was racist against whites, a ritualistic murder of a white woman. Since the Talmud tells Jews to kill whites with Yahway's blessing that leads to the raper of teenage white girls, Polanski. Manson wasn't occultist. The criminal element of the government is an occult group who do ritualistic human sacrifice that they call "war." Vietnam was such a ritualistice human sacrifice. Jew Kissinger wanted to do his Talmudic duty by killing as many whites as possible while financially profiting from in in the manner of mass murdering Jews King David and King Solomon. For the Talmudic occult cabal, doing evil is a thing to dance about, it's a joy to kill. Manson was not an occultist. The fact that Polanski is protected by leaders of the world though he admitted to raping a white teenager, one suspects that he is an occultist who works with or works for the occult leaders.

Like with the NBA, occultists in Hollywood distract you with rigged and subversive entertainment (e.g. Polanski's incest-themed films) while the occult leaders of the war profit from ritualistic human sacrifice that they deceitfully call "war."

Manson wisely said that the leaders do not feel like criminals for the Mai Lai massacre in which they hung women from the trees and cut the babies out of their wombs. The leaders call that fair play and legal. The Beatles call that kind of act "sexy" (in their song "Sexy Sadie." The music industry is full of occult members who are able to monopolize the airwaves with subversively themed music and make kingdoms for themselves on earth by being willing to be the tools of occult leaders.
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by toucandave December 11, 2009 3:46 PM EST
I don't think I stated it clearly earlier. But basically if Tim knows the outcome of a game with 80% confidence by just knowing the guys reffing the game, you KNOW that the league knows the outcome of the game too. And they are the ones choosing the refs, so they are the ones choosing the outcomes. The fix is in.
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by alak0926 December 10, 2009 5:44 PM EST
This is a real travesty. Holding grudges against players and allowing that to effect their calls makes these refs almost as guilty as Donaghy. The only difference is the legality. They are doing something in my mind just as bad as betting. Its plain and simple. The GAMES ARE NOT LEGIT!!! The fix may not be in for gambling purposes but the FIX IS IN!! Fans are clearly being cheated. The players they root for aren't being treated on the court in a fair way which means the games aren't on the up and up. The NBA has had a real problem for years with the horrible officiating that has effected the outcome of many games. That has been true before even learning about the egregious conduct of these officials. And the NBA did nothing. No one had the balls to say to these refs that disliking a player and "TEACHING HIM A LESSON" IS EQUAL TO FIXING A GAME. END OF STORY!!! Now anyone who pays a nickel to see a fixed game is a fool. And these refs who look down on Donaghy are the ones fixing the games even if money isn't involved. They openly admit to biased, crooked officiating. In order to teach players a lesson. ITS DESPICABLE !!!
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by toucandave December 10, 2009 3:36 PM EST
I think what is "reprehensible", is that the league knows what Tim does and that THEY choose which refs are going to be reffing that game. The NBA "fixes" games this way. See the Mavericks in the Finals several years back. I stopped watching (and wasting my time) since then.
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by phyter1 December 8, 2009 9:09 PM EST
Its amazing to me that when the Patriots got caught video taping opponents signals, there was a huge uproar and several US congressmen wanted to launch a full investigation into "Spy gate". But here we have a NBA official stating that the phantom calls that we all witness during every game, are in fact, phantom calls. Donaghy is blowing the whistle on the refs and the NBA for favoring certain players and franchises.....yet this story is being swept under the rug. This information could completely destroy the NBA and yet nobody in power wants to look into it.

Anyone (besides Lakers fans) can see the favoritism that is shown towards Kobe and the Lakers. Anyone with an objective view of a game has pointed out the these phantom calls. Its been in the back of all our minds for years that the NBA is fixed, and Donaghy's accusations now confirm what 99% of us have suspected. This isn't a shock ....but at the same time it is shocking. I think there should be a major investigation into the NBA and the officiating. Because when you can't look at Kobe without getting called for a foul, or you can't get closer than 12" to Lebron without getting called for a foul.....it's obvious that something's wrong.
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by getrealcorruptionabounds December 8, 2009 5:23 AM EST
what a whitewash! everything from Pete Rose to Big Brown to Tim Donaghy. Mafia control of sports is blatant. they get someone "inside" they can control like Pete, Tim or the jockey/owner/trainer, tell them when to throw the game/race and they make millions. Check out http://www.findingdulcinea.com/news/sports/May-June-08/Big-Brown-s-Connections-Continue-to-Court-Controversy.html, to get the seedy side of Big Brown and how it likely happened. Is it too far fetched to see that poulling up Big Brown was a pay back of a debt to the Mob? They already "whacked" the trainer's girlfriend... Donaghy's interview is full of "as far as i knew, to my knowledge" waffle statements. He knew other refs bet on games, thats why they traded information. The feds know that if NBA or any other pro sport loses viewers, its big money. The Mob controls the refs, they control the games, they make big money. Its as simple as that. The influence doesnt stop there, they can control what they want to, if they want to. Thats why Rose wont make it into the HOF for a long time, if ever.
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by greedisgood7799 December 7, 2009 11:21 PM EST
Hey buytheredcar -
I couldn't agree more with you! It's obvious Tim is backtracking some, in favor of the NBA. This has been going on for years back to the Jordan days... The NBA favors teams that bring more revenue to them. I miss the good old days of Bird and Magic. I use to love to go to Warrior games and did back in the 80's and 90's, but I have grown so sick of how the NBA runs its show now that I do not even watch the games on TV... The NBA is one step away from the WWE, but at least they admit its fake...
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by buytheredcar December 7, 2009 2:24 PM EST
I believe Donaghy is backtracking to save the league. Originally, he was to expose the NBA as a "fixed" league. Watch any NBA gane right now and its ref-ed in the same way. Tons of phantom fouls, so called superstars getting favorable calls, etc...
refs control the whole flow of the game, they can get a team ahead or behind just by calling the phantom fouls.
NBA is a step above the WWE in my book.
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