How can that be?…you may wonder.
Because we all have more common sense than any asshole in the media gives us credit for. That’s how.
C’mon, you knew back in ‘99ish that baseball was dirty. Admit it. It’s OK. We all had an inkling in the back of our collective mind, but damn it was fun watching the horsehide fly, huh? We still have a coupla commemorative Sammy Sosa plaques in a box somewhere in the back of a closet here at the office.
So let’s think about this current NBA situation for a second.
Most of us have sworn we have watched a NBA game that was fixed. This Lakers/Kings game back in 2002 that everyone is talking about is one we here at Clubhouse Cancer remember vividly, and we never remember specific games like that.
That’s how fucking bad it was.
It was so bad Ralph goddamn Nader wrote a letter to David Stern complaining about the game back then. Now, of course he’s pulling a ‘toldjaso’…but he’s a dipshit politician, so he’s sorta excused.
Have you ever watched a NFL or MLB game that you could have sworn on your life was fixed? Us neither. Just basketball.
So, with common sense on our side, we think about Tim Donaghy…the same guy who has already admitted to and been convicted of felony gambling charges resulting from his fixing NBA games…and admit that this dude would be fucking nuts to openly lie to a judge.
He wants less time in jail by divulging this stuff…not potentially more. The risk vs. reward for getting caught in a lie can’t possibly be worth it.
Then, there’s David Stern who comes out, as usual, guns-a-blazin’.
There is no doubt Stern has done tremendous things for the NBA. He has taken the NBA from a league full of criminals, drug addicts and partiers, to…OK, OK…maybe that’s not such a good example…but he’s on the Mount Rushmore of pro sports commissioners with Kenesaw Landis and Pete Rozelle, for sure.
So, since he’s not under any kind of oath here…other than that to protect his precious league…why would anyone take a word he says in this instance seriously?
Stern’s credibility is nonexistent, and Donaghy can only be hurt by lying…well, you do the math…you’re the one with the common sense around here.
