I was wondering if Mark Cuban could sue the league to get back money he had been fined for questioning calls. Him being fined for questioning refs is the league basically claiming their refs didn't make any bad calls, but now it's been proven that refs weren't always making fair calls. Legally, couldn't he sue to get his money back since they didn't rightfully fine him?

 Anonymous -- 7/23/2007 3:38 PM  

I doubt Cuban would go that far, but even if he did, the fines punish the disruptive behavior not the merit of the call.

 Jimmy H -- 7/23/2007 4:01 PM  

I love the idea here, but from a legal perspective you would have to come up with the evidence to show that this bum was betting on AND altering specific games at issue. Unless someone comes up with bookie records, tapes, or even witnesses, claims like this wouldnt ever be taken seriously. And how many bookies, fellow gamblers, etc are going to be willing to testify or cooperate in a matter like this. Its just awful thinking about how many aspects of a game i dearly love this guy has potentially screwed up, especially the possibility that this guy is the sole reason the Suns players arent getting fitted for rings as we speak. But its highly unlikely that anyone ever manages to concretely prove that he bet on these games, AND changed teh outcomes, AND caused someone damages specifically by doing so, such that a legal recovery would happen.

 Anonymous -- 7/23/2007 4:28 PM  

"By the time Donaghy gets done (unsuccessfully) fending of the FBI, his official residence will be the poor house."

By the time the FBI gets done with Donaghy, his official residence will be the Witness Protection Program....or a casket.

 Anonymous -- 7/23/2007 6:22 PM  

This is what I wrote on my blog (ishouldbereadingcases.blogspot.com): If it comes out that Tim Donaghy gambled on the Pistons/Pacers brawl game that he reffed, then Pacers season ticket holders from the 2004-2005 season would seem to have a good suit against Donaghy to get their money back. When Pacers season ticket holders, including my father, bought their tickets before the 2004-2005 season they were buying tickets to see a team that had pushed the Pistons in the Eastern Conference Finals and was a serious title contender. Now, the season ticket holders would not have a suit against the Pacers if the players on the team did not perform up to these expectations or if the team traded away Jermaine O'Neal or Ron Artest, but this is potentially a very different situation. Other NBA refs have suggested that Donaghy and his crew allowed the situation in Auburn Hills to get out of control. If Donaghy gambled on this game and allowed the fight to happen to influence the spread then his criminal actions directly lead to Artest, O'Neal, and Stephen Jackson's lengthy suspensions and the wash that was the Pacers 2004-2005 season. Up until the Brawl, the Pacers were arguably the best team in the NBA and had blown out the defending-champion Pistons at the Palace. This is the team that the season ticket holders thought they were going to see all year. They were going to watch a team featuring a perennial All-Star (O'Neal) and a legitimate Top 10 all-around player (Artest) but what they got was a team that had to rely on career backups and 10-day contracts. If Donaghy had a stake in the game, it seems like Pacers season ticket holders would have a suit against him to recover their money. Once again, there is no evidence leaking Donaghy to gambling on this particular game and this is just a hypothetical but it's not an unlikely one.

 Big C -- 7/23/2007 11:14 PM  

Why don't you Pacers season-ticket holders sue Artest and Jackson? They're the ones who messed up that season.

 Anonymous -- 7/24/2007 4:09 AM  

Artest and Jackson definitely deserve much of the blame but if Donaghy did gamble on that game then you have to look at it in a different light.

 Big C -- 7/24/2007 10:55 AM  

Stern's reaction to this type of recurring problem should be the focus of any investigation. We know he kept donaghy out of 2005 playoffs but reinstated him for critical game three of his beloved Spurs. Stern has always just fined fined NBA personnel who criticized him. Now it is time for Stern to resign, in disgrace.

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