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A quick reminder of who Scott Foster is (alien.top)

submitted 11 months ago by theytook-r-jobs@alien.top to c/nba@nba.space

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Foster is the official who received 134 phone calls from disgraced referee Tim Donaghy between October 2006 and April 2007, as originally reported by FOX News. That was the same period during which Donaghy admitted to betting on NBA games. The report said that Donaghy called Foster more than any other ref and that he didn't call any other official more than 13 times.

Donaghy's calls to Foster took place immediately before and after games Donaghy was officiating 54 times.

The records also showed Donaghy making several calls to Foster on the days of games, generally for no more than two minutes.

The report also said that when Donaghy called Foster, he mostly used the phone that he dedicated to gambling-related phone calls, and the phone calls stopped abruptly when Donaghy said he stopped gambling.

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[–] FuckDoomers@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

Is Scott foster like the one thing all of /nba agrees on?

[–] arkantos063@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

I hate defending Foster, but the phone calls don’t prove anything as he was Donaghy’s boss. It wasn’t unusual for other refs to do the same thing for business related communication at that time. Sadly it doesn’t prove or disprove anything in the end.

[–] PurpleIcewind@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

Honestly I clicked on this thinking it was about the Blackhawks emergency goalie from the NHL in like 2018 not even reading what sub I was in.

[–] Still_Level4068@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

i didnt see a bad call tbh and people can change in life.

[–] BeautifulLopsided761@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

Tragic

[–] billythygoat@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

My ad on Reddit is for gambling, just fyi.

[–] MrAppleSpoink@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

There’s no question anymore, none.

If there was ANY doubt about the true nature of the situation, it’s gone, put to rest, dead.

Something like 14 straight playoff losses under the same referee who just happens to have direct personal beef with him. A referee who also has irrefutable ties to the only ref in the history of the sport who was actually exposed for intentionally influencing games, ties which correlate directly to that activity.

This isn’t just a “haha beef” moment, this isn’t a little thing we can forget about, this is a referee rigging games intentionally, many of which were playoff games and even finals games.

The debate is over, there are still refs who actively and intentionally rig games. If this doesn’t outrage you I don’t know what planet you’re living on. This should lead to a complete overhaul of the entire officiating system… if it weren’t for the fact that I’m unwaveringly certain that these orders are coming directly from Adam Silver.

The NBA is no better than the WWE, they’re just more discrete about it.

[–] TheyNeedLoveToo@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

He’s obviously got the goods. Why would he get such a long leash otherwise? Refs have to be super easy to find for the amount they pay them, this seems odd

[–] GAV17@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

To Warriors fans complaining about Scott Foster, there isn't a 0-27 in game 7 without him.

[–] InfraredInfared@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

How is he still a ref

[–] ABustedPosey@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

NBA knows this and probably just uses it as black-mail to make him do their bidding. “Extend the series or we are firing you with cause.” Somebody with this background is extremely compromised.

[–] TroyMatthewJ@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

use him as a tool when handicapping your games. chef's kiss

[–] paranoideo@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

Betting is a cancer.

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