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Disgraced NBA Referee's Phone Calls to Second Ref (Scott Foster) Raise Questions

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  • #16
    Re: Disgraced NBA Referee's Phone Calls to Second Ref (Scott Foster) Raise Questions

    Originally posted by grace View Post
    Is there anything you and Kegboy agree on?
    The Wire, that's about it.
    Come to the Dark Side -- There's cookies!

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    • #17
      Re: Disgraced NBA Referee's Phone Calls to Second Ref (Scott Foster) Raise Questions

      Originally posted by Kegboy View Post
      The Wire, that's about it.
      Best. Show. Ever!

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      • #18
        Re: Disgraced NBA Referee's Phone Calls to Second Ref (Scott Foster) Raise Questions

        Lovers don't call each other that much...

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        • #19
          Re: Disgraced NBA Referee's Phone Calls to Second Ref (Scott Foster) Raise Questions

          Originally posted by iPACER View Post
          Lovers don't call each other that much...
          They do when they're going through a psycho breakup.

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          • #20
            Re: Disgraced NBA Referee's Phone Calls to Second Ref (Scott Foster) Raise Questions

            I would say that Foster did not get involved until closer to the end. I would bet that Timmy D was paying Foster for info and that Foster didn't actually bet on games.
            "He wanted to get to that money time. Time when the hardware was on the table. That's when Roger was going to show up. So all we needed to do was stay close"
            Darnell Hillman (Speaking of former teammate Roger Brown)

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            • #21
              Re: Disgraced NBA Referee's Phone Calls to Second Ref (Scott Foster) Raise Questions

              http://youtube.com/watch?v=tsm2hSKkH7E

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              My final reaction to this. I knew something like this HAD to be happening.
              Last edited by idioteque; 07-14-2008, 08:26 PM.

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              • #22
                Re: Disgraced NBA Referee's Phone Calls to Second Ref (Scott Foster) Raise Questions

                Originally posted by Unclebuck View Post
                Scott Foster is one of the best refs in the NBA - I would put him probably somehwre between 6 and about 12.

                Phone calls don't really prove anything - we'll see what comes out .

                Good to see so many are willing to always believe the worst

                Phone calls really don't prove anything, but calling before and after games for short periods of times certainly looks pretty suspicious. Unless these guys are lovers, this looks incredibly suspicious. This isn't the end of it either I would suspect. I want the officials to be clean just like everyone else, but it's continuing to spiral.


                Did anyone else see George Karl's interview on Outside the Lines about all this?
                "We've got to be very clear about this. We don't want our players hanging around with murderers," said Larry Bird, Pacers president.

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                • #23
                  Re: Disgraced NBA Referee's Phone Calls to Second Ref (Scott Foster) Raise Questions

                  No, what did Karl say?

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                  • #24
                    Re: Disgraced NBA Referee's Phone Calls to Second Ref (Scott Foster) Raise Questions

                    Here is a good summary of it really. It's mainly about how the players and coaches are a little to "cozy" with officials. Karl has made comments on his suspicions with the NBA before. I beleive it was during a Milwaukee/Sixers playoff series.
                    http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=3483237

                    Asked if he believes Donaghy is the only referee guilty of manipulating games, Karl squirms before he answers. He leans forward, then back. He sighs. He shakes his head and finally offers, "I don't know how to answer that question without getting fined."



                    "Just because [Donaghy] is a criminal doesn't mean he's a liar," says a former NBA head coach who asked that his name not be used. "If a federal investigation hadn't turned him up, he'd still be refereeing in the NBA. And the league would still be telling us not to question his integrity."



                    For the good of the game, Karl says he hopes Donaghy is not telling the truth. Yet, he's not entirely convinced that everything out of Donaghy's mouth is a lie.



                    "Donaghy's cloud has got us nervous. Nervous as hell," he says.



                    Why?



                    "Because we all have thought it," Karl replies
                    Last edited by rock747; 07-14-2008, 10:55 PM.
                    "We've got to be very clear about this. We don't want our players hanging around with murderers," said Larry Bird, Pacers president.

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                    • #25
                      Re: Disgraced NBA Referee's Phone Calls to Second Ref (Scott Foster) Raise Questions

                      Originally posted by grace View Post
                      Is there anything you and Kegboy agree on? Off the top of my head I can't think of anything.

                      Interesting - I think we used to agree on many things, but in the past 2-4 years we haven't - Not sure when kegboy took a wrong turn, because as I remember back when we were both on RATS, we agreed often.

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                      • #26
                        Re: Disgraced NBA Referee's Phone Calls to Second Ref (Scott Foster) Raise Questions

                        Now that this is out in the open, what is Donaghy saying? Has he accused Foster? The deal Donaghy had was snitch everyone out for a lighter sentence. It would seem that these phone calls raise more questions then they answer, yet we hear nothing more. Donaghy Lawyer was accusing other refs of being involved and then we get this phone call log and then silence from his Lawyer, doesn't make sense.
                        "He wanted to get to that money time. Time when the hardware was on the table. That's when Roger was going to show up. So all we needed to do was stay close"
                        Darnell Hillman (Speaking of former teammate Roger Brown)

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                        • #27
                          Re: Disgraced NBA Referee's Phone Calls to Second Ref (Scott Foster) Raise Questions

                          I need to apologize to all, (mainly to Kegboy) I had Scot Foster confused with someone else - Greg Williard. Sorry.

                          No, I have never thought Scott Foster was a good ref, Greg Williard is a good ref.

                          here is the latest

                          http://www.printthis.clickability.co...rtnerID=167786


                          Feds, sources downplay calls between Donaghy, colleague Foster
                          By WILLIAM BENDER & JOSEPH SANTOLIQUITO
                          Philadelphia Daily News

                          benderw@phillynews.com

                          For a "rogue, isolated criminal,'' as NBA commissioner David Stern once described Tim Donaghy, the former referee sure placed a lot of suspiciously timed phone calls to colleague Scott Foster.
                          Fox News reported yesterday that Donaghy called Foster 134 times between October 2006 and April 2007 - the period during which Donaghy has admitted to betting on basketball games or providing confidential NBA information to two gambling associates from the Philadelphia suburbs.

                          Calls between Foster and Donaghy, who is awaiting sentencing on interstate gambling and wire-fraud charges, occurred immediately before and after 54 of the 57 games Donaghy officiated from the beginning of the 2006-07 season to mid-March, according to Fox.

                          The majority of the conversations lasted less than 2 minutes and took place hours before or after games one of the men officiated, the network reported, citing court documents and phone records.

                          But does it mean that Foster, a 14-year veteran referee, had anything to do with Donaghy's gambling scheme?

                          When reached by Fox and asked whether he is being investigated by the NBA, the government or anyone else, he answered, "Not that I know of,'' and declined to comment on the nature of the calls.

                          The NBA said in a statement last night that the disclosure of Donaghy's phone calls is old news to prosecutors.

                          "The government had complete access to Tim Donaghy's phone records and thoroughly investigated this matter, including conducting an interview of referee Scott Foster,'' the statement said. "The government has said that they have found no evidence of criminal conduct aside from that of Mr. Donaghy. Once again, the only criminal conduct is that of Mr. Donaghy.''

                          League sources who know Donaghy and Foster - who were close friends - strongly doubted yesterday that Foster would be involved with illegal gambling.

                          "Scott is a good guy, and it bothers me to think his name should even come up in any of this. This is another case of the media trying to stir something from nothing,'' one source said. "There's no way Scott Foster had anything to do with Donaghy's gambling.''

                          Vicki Herr, the attorney for Marcus Hook's Thomas Martino, who has admitted to delivering cash payments to Donaghy in exchange for betting tips, said Foster was not involved in the three-man gambling ring.

                          "He was not a member of that group,'' Herr said yesterday.

                          Jack McMahon Jr., the lawyer for the third member of that group, James "Baba'' Battista, was unavailable yesterday. Battista, of Phoenixville, has pleaded guilty to interstate gambling and, like Martino, is to be sentenced next week. Donaghy's sentencing is set for July 29.

                          While the phone calls between Donaghy and Foster are suspicious because of their timing and short duration, federal prosecutors' actions in recent months suggest there isn't any evidence Foster was involved in illegal activity.

                          Court filings by Donaghy's attorney, John Lauro, and Assistant U.S. Attorney Jeffrey Goldberg, the lead prosecutor on the case, indicate that Donaghy not only dimed out Battista and Martino, but also leveled allegations against NBA executives and other referees. There is no mention of Foster in any of those filings.

                          Federal cooperation agreements typically require a defendant or witness to reveal everything the person knows about activity related to the charged crimes or other crimes of which they have knowledge.

                          If Foster was involved with the gambling and Donaghy withheld such information from investigators, the ex-ref would have violated that agreement and prosecutors in Brooklyn would likely have revoked their letter asking U.S. District Judge Carol Amon for leniency at his sentencing. Goldberg, who declined to comment yesterday, has not done that.

                          "We've never taken the position that Mr. Donaghy has lied to us,'' Goldberg told Amon last week at a restitution hearing.

                          Lauro could not be reached yesterday.

                          Foster, 41, a native of Silver Spring, Md. , who currently lives in Woodbine, Md., was one of Donaghy's last few friends in the league, according to two of Donaghy's former golf buddies at the Radley Run Country Club in West Chester. But that wouldn't have stopped the hot-tempered referee from handing Foster over to the FBI to earn a lighter sentence, the sources said.

                          "This guy is a rat of the highest order,'' one of the sources said of Donaghy, 41. "If Scott had anything to do with this, Donaghy would have dimed him out, like he has everyone else associated with this. Tim would work every possible angle to get out of this, and if Foster was involved, he would have tried to do something there, too.''

                          One of the NBA sources who knows both men said it is common for referees to communicate frequently.

                          "Guys in this league grow close, sometimes closer than their families and wives, because they're on the road and they do everything together,'' the source said. "These guys know intimate things about each other. There are some things you talk about after a game with another ref that you wouldn't talk about with your wife. You do that because other guys in the league understand what you're talking about and what you're going through. I think that's all that may have been involved.'' *

                          Daily News sports writer Phil Jasner contributed to this report.
                          Last edited by Unclebuck; 07-15-2008, 09:34 AM.

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                          • #28
                            Re: Disgraced NBA Referee's Phone Calls to Second Ref (Scott Foster) Raise Questions

                            Anyone have any more YouTube videos to post?
                            Last edited by JayRedd; 07-15-2008, 05:03 PM.
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                            • #29
                              Re: Disgraced NBA Referee's Phone Calls to Second Ref (Scott Foster) Raise Questions

                              Originally posted by JayRedd View Post
                              Anyone have anymore YouTube videos to post?
                              So one article comes out calling for his head and everyone is "overreacting"

                              Then another article comes out saying "All is well NOTHING is wrong at all" and we get "sarcastic" comments like that.........nothing personal, but thats lame.

                              As I said before this may turn out to be a bunch of nothing, but as I said in my last post more times then not "where there is smoke there is fire". And I am not the only one who feels this way (George is previous article and JVG in that one playoffs series)

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                              • #30
                                Re: Disgraced NBA Referee's Phone Calls to Second Ref (Scott Foster) Raise Questions

                                Originally posted by Unclebuck View Post
                                Scott Foster is one of the best refs in the NBA - I would put him probably somehwre between 6 and about 12.

                                Phone calls don't really prove anything - we'll see what comes out .

                                Good to see so many are willing to always believe the worst
                                (...cough...) Denial (...cough...)

                                EDIT: Ah...a case of mistaken identity. Alright, you're forgiven.

                                Originally posted by aceace View Post
                                Now that this is out in the open, what is Donaghy saying? Has he accused Foster? The deal Donaghy had was snitch everyone out for a lighter sentence. It would seem that these phone calls raise more questions then they answer, yet we hear nothing more. Donaghy Lawyer was accusing other refs of being involved and then we get this phone call log and then silence from his Lawyer, doesn't make sense.
                                Reports were that Donaghy was cooperating w/the league and law enforcement. So, who's to say that said "cooperation" doesn't include turning stooly?
                                Last edited by NuffSaid; 07-15-2008, 04:51 PM.

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