Tim Donaghy, Former NBA Referee Who Bet on His Own Games (Full Interview)
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- Опубліковано 8 лис 2023
- Former NBA referee Tim Donaghy, who was found guilty of betting on games he officiated, recently gave an interview providing an insight into his life in the NBA. Donaghy became a referee following in his father's footsteps and after having two unsatisfactory jobs after college. After starting his officiating career in the minor CBA league, he got onto the NBA's training program, slowly working his way up to become a referee in the major league. He described his early years as challenging, facing harsh criticism from players and coaches. However, he persisted and eventually moved up the ranks, also referring in playoff games. His salary grew from $80,000 a year plus bonuses to $300,000 when he retired. Donaghy goes to detail his gambling and subsequent FBI investigation, which led to his prison sentence. To hear more, check out the full interview above.
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So what did you think of this interview?
Can’t believe you pulled this off, you are truly a GOAT thanks Vlad
Excellent interview
It sucked. Vlad after someone tells him something “okay”” got damn dude say something else
It was a Fresh of Breathe Air
Need a reaction from Michael franscece and them
If you read between the lines….Tim says he could predict who would win bases on what the refs were told prior to the game by the NBA. IN OTHER WORDS the nba was telling the Refs who should win the game. That’s the NBA fixing games, not Tim.
Right😮
Great point like all the leagues are doing.
Absolutely right
True
That’s why people aren’t watching like they use to
He says it flat out "i would call what the league told me to call, to put a certain player at an advantage or disadvantage "
Its all fixed.
I can't even believe there are people who watch it that don't realize this yet 😂
@@CornPopWazABadDudeMost of us know but don’t care. Some of us just want to enjoy something that takes our minds off the stresses or life.
Yeaa at some point people will realize every part of the entertainment industry is just that… ENTERTAINMENT. These businesses are created to construct an entertaining experience and make as much money off of it as possible. Hollywood, NFL, music industry, WWE, NBA; they’re all companies designed to profit off of our entertainment. That’s their main goal, not competition.
@@jbeeski301 the back of the tickets of all those leagues makes that perfectly clear too.. The fine print on the back of an NFL ticket nearly ruined NFL for me lol... It literally says "this is not a competition, it is for entertainment only"
The reasons they put that, is so.... Ding ding ding, they can't be prosecuted for fixing games 🤯🤯🤯
You guys are wild
I bet the NBA hate this man for exposing them
No pun intended
And Jontray Porter
Probably not, they're still fixing shit and can't even get in trouble for it. If fans collectively stop watching, then they'll hate him. I love basketball but this ruined it for me.
@@stevenmelzer6670they not fixing they saying jus call these fouls not don’t call something that doesn’t exist like the Allen iverson stuff he was actually carrying
This guy was so straight forward, didn’t hesitate at all, answered everything honestly, never had to backtrack because he was so honest and direct with every answer. I can appreciate people who learn from their mistakes and are 100% accountable. Much respect to Tim for being so candid, and Vlad killed it with the questioning.
He wasnt honest during his career. Jus honest in his interview. Just re wrote what you meant
Tim is a dirt ball. There's nothing to respect here.
He's had years of rehearsal
I feel like calling David Stern all kinds of names while the man is dead might be unnecessary
Correct.
Also Draymond Green is in trouble, based on how they handled AI and R. Wallace.
Being a gambler & an nba lover myself this interview hit different
Who u got tonight ?
Now ppl can stop blaming everything on the black man.
all sports betting is rigged
Facts, the amount of money I win off of nba makes me love it even more too. Cashed 600 profit last night
@@lawmenforceThey are rigged and fake ....
This guy is literally telling you every NBA game is fixed. NFL is definitely fixed too
That's why I don't watch the NBA anymore.
Nfl doesnt even hide it anymore 😂
Absolutely
national fixed League is blatant in your face. All the Lions fans really thought the NFL was gonna let them in Superbowl 😂😂
lol and they’ll definitely have a fall guy if an investigation takes place
People need to pay attention to Donaghy's statement of "I knew what the league wanted the officials to call that night and it would put a team or a player at an advantage or disadvantage".
The NBA hated the Knicks in the early 90’s. Jordan would get calls every year in the playoffs against us.
shut up Jordan just owned Ewings dog shit ass
@@yankees29
What he means is like the league will sometimes say hey Lakers for example are getting away with alot of calls for defensive 3 seconds in the key so make sure to keep an eye out for that tonight and after hearing that the refs would have a quick whistle that night on that specific call
@@kyleludlow6121 or Charles Oakley is slowing down someone in the paint and it looks like he’s been roughing people up….technical
I know for a fact more now than ever refs be doing weird shit to benefit their gambling ticket. What happen with Giannis last night getting ejected makes me believe it more
Make you believe it more?!...bruh the dude talking was literally arrested by the FBI. 😂😂
The shit happens wayyyyyy more than people could imagine. Benefiting the leagues and big sportsbooks best interests. Whats hilarious, is how many fans think bad decisions in ufc is due to incompetent judges. As if, its always just a coincidence that the outcome always benefits the ufc.
@@jaseallenson316exactly i like all sports but nowadays more than ever u can see the rigging i remember an ex sports team owner said the leagues here in the US are like a mafia they hand pick and choose who wins and loses they still play hard but lots of questionable calls always influences who wins or not, all sports nowdays make the WWE wrestling more realistic with their bs calls and rigging such as UFC, boxing, as well as the big sports (NBA, MLB, NHL, MLS, NFL) here in the US have all been questionably rigged for anyone to think theyre not are just stupid atp 🤦🏾🤦🏾
@JoseGarcia-oo4ym and they are legally entertainment leagues meaning they can alter the outcome for more excitement or to improve the fan experience
Giannis. Need keep the mouth shut an stop crying like lbj. So funny when he makes that face.. starts jumping up and down😂😂😂😂. Lbj that is😂😂
This is a big time interview, 10/10
Literally
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Vlad: “and that’s why I never gambled”
Also Vlad: “everybody gambled even I gambled!”
Then said “I never told this story before” and proceeded to tell the same story for the 900th time
It’s a interviewee tactic to get their guest comfortable lol he’s a under detective
@@tomtimthough4231facts
@@tomtimthough4231 exactly you can just tell, even when he ask non incriminating question it’s formatted like a detective
@@tomtimthough4231no lmao you’re giving Vlad way too much credit. He’s just a douche.
@@SaRaSin712because he is a detective or at the very least he is a CI
Ever since the Kings vs Lakers series in 2002 and the Tim Donaghy controversy, I stopped taking NBA games seriously. Smh
I don't blame you. The worst officiated series that I have ever seen.
@@suave_d a proven rigged series. And sadly the NBA’s rigging of games still continues. Smh
I knew people who stopped watching since Michael Jordan started to win Rings, cause of the Phantom calls & favoritism for Michael. It’s been rigged
That series was the first time I felt like sports might legitimately be rigged at times. I watched that with a group of friends and all felt it was a blatant robbery.
And wouldn't you know it that it happened right at the same time this nba ref started betting on games. What a coincidence.
Just watch it like you watch the WWE
The NBA is considered "entertainment.' like a gameshow. The NBA and the T.V. networks want you to *think* it's real competition when it's not. This dude just confirmed it.
Anybody with half a brain knows that star athletes get the calls.... LeBron is rarely called for travelling and NFL defenders are flagged for breathing on Aaron Rodgers.
I remember Kobe saying, "friends come and go but banners are forever." After hearing this interview it makes look at the NBA differently.
The competition is absolutely real. The players put blood sweat and tears into their craft. The outside forces that influence to manipulate outcomes doesn’t change the competition and effort output by athletes.
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The ridiculous idea that this dude altered the way billion dollar organization ran for years all by himself is a fairytale. So what he made a few bucks on the side at a clown show. Every last one of you would lie cheat and steal too if you're already doing it for someone else.
I wish I had a dollar for every time Vlad says OK during interviews 😂😂😂
Agreed
Drives me insane
@@___ABy33Same it sounds robotic it makes the video unwatchable lmaoo
Lol
Ok
Damn.. so its pretty much rigged. We've been saying this for so long.
Welcome to America 😂
I mean, I feel like everyone knows that, you just have to get in the leagues head
Exactly 💯💯💯
It's not completely rigged, but the refs can actually make it harder for certain teams to win. It's pretty obvious when it happens.
No way this guy is as bad as they made him out to be. For me the simple fact that he came out of prison and got full custody of his daughters made me wish him the best. I’m sure the best is yet to come for him. Good luck
AND FLIPPIN HOUSES!!! BRUH
don’t forget there’s a movie called the insider about him
I've watched thousands of vlad interviews, and this is EASILY the best he's ever done. Asked amazing questions, let him tell his story without cutting the answers off, really paid attention to detail in the questions so they laid the story in order... wow. Amazing job Vladimir.
No more madden? Loved your vids
As a public speaking major I cant stand how awkward he asks the questions, its like he’s a soulless robot. Tim did a great job answering the questions but multiple guests who have gone on the show talk about how uncomfortable the whole thing is lmao
"Vladimir" is cringy bro, you're not his high school teacher
Netflix documentary was well done. Still can’t believe Foster is still a referee. He spoke on the phone with this guy almost every week for hours!!
What’s the documentary called?
@@richardl.rayiiitr3media__367untold: operation flagrant foul
@@richardl.rayiiitr3media__367operation flagrant foul
Agreed. Foster cost the Rockets at least one championship. He should be in jail.
@@richardl.rayiiitr3media__367untold! Operation flagrant foul
Vlad you hit the head on everything. And Donaghy actually answered all of em. This is a top 10 interview of yours to me
This the only interview I saved and come back to fully watch. Love basketball some much 😂💯
He missed on player props though
One of the best interviews you’ve done, asked all the questions I was wondering about.
thanks!
@@vladtvnoticed he mentioned jordan ...the league favored Jordan after the he complained about the pistons in 1990 @ news conferences as well as the arsenio Hall show when he called the pistons and celtics dirty for the league next thing you know they changed the rules no hand checking which went on to benefit him...
@@KINGJROC1979the league favored all the superstars. Jordan, magic, Kobe , lebron , curry etc
@@AD-ur1fkcurry gets no calls
@@tyblandon his team got away with some of the worst illegal screens ever when he was winning
I respect this guy for fully owning what he did. Takes a man
Don't instantly think he's doing this on his own merit bro.......the ppl he was doing this for are EXTREMELY powerful individuals & they can be making him do and say everything he's saying still to this day! If you know then you know
what is with this regarded sentiment? He was busted, COLD, he had no choice...yea, be a complete POS, as long as you own it, you're a MAN... loser
@@gregmandriota6106take off the tin foil hat lil bro
@@SASBurner I have 2 NBA refs in my family.....one just retired and now his son(my cousin) is crew chief already.........no tinfoil hat here bro....but keep believing what you want I couldn't care less...
@@gregmandriota6106 I don’t doubt any of that… 💯
At 18min he basically just told us games are indeed fixed but doesn’t want to blatantly say it.. 🤦🏾♂️
I didn’t watch full interviews but had to for this one !!
This dude is as real as it comes! Unapologetically himself like him or not!
“The FBI and NBA did their own investigations” lol like the IRS would audit they own books correctly 😂 48:00
I heard a comedian talk about this "internal investigation". When does that ever work for anybody other than billionaires or government?
The next time your wife accuses you of cheating tell her you are gonna do an internal investigation of the matter.
He’s honest to a fault.. he always adds a little more than he’s asked which adds credibility
This shit crazy … good interview dude.
My heart goes out to a fellow human being enduring the consequences of poor choices. God knows I'm in that boat. Good job mending your ways.
So he basically saying, I should start doing live bets after seeing who the officials blowing that whistle for?
Correct. Get a better read and feel on how the refs are gonna sway the game when makin live bets
Very good interview. I like that he was straight forward and did not dodge any questions. He seems like a stand up guy. This interview gave me a different perspective on him. Wish him well.
39:17
Quite literally everything that comes out of this man's mouth is an outright blatant lie. He never knew anyone in the mob, the man bet with was his literal best friend not some mafia guy, he was very clearly betting on games throughout his career starting at least in 2003/04 not just during 2007, he was never threatened or even coerced in any way, he attempted many times to get other refs to bet with him and was successful with at least one. These are just some examples, this is all outlined in the FBI reports if anyone would actually bother to read things.
Best interview yet!
I've always felt like sports games were fixed this is just the icing on the cake hopefully more people see this and switch up on these leagues
Great interview !!
I didn't want to watch this interview at first, but it turned out to be very good.
This video is solid af
He’s basically confirming sports are rigged.
Notice the way he answers the questions . He alludes that he was persuaded to make these calls . I always felt he was the fall guy . It was coming from the top down . Fish always rots from the top . The corruption goes way above this guy . He was getting orders .
Fish always rots from the top??? Wtf does that mean 😂😂😂you just making shit up
@@Nonchalant-1😭😭😭
Sounds like him and his fellow refs screwed Iverson on their own because the higher ups didn’t punish Iverson enough.
@@cross6588they screwed the bucks if we being honest
EXCELLENT Interview!!!
Fantastic interview 👏
Major respect to this man for this here. He seems to be telling a lot, too, not just a brief admittance that he vaguely gambled once.
Drink everytime the host says ok. Youll be dead in 10 min
this is good stuff Vlad, thank you
Robbed the kings of their only championship
Tim you could be a great consultant on this for referees on the college and pro sports level. Identifying information and putting a stop to it all.
Great interview
Very good interview
wen he said he knew wat the league wanted to call says a lot wow …
the NBA is controlled, they cut a deal that made him the fall guy in return for not going to jail for 25 years, he's not to bring the rest of the game with him...and he's just playing the part of looking like he's exposing what 'he' did....but not what the league does all the time.
For sure. I remember when no publishing house would publish his book. They circled the wagons on him. Then things loosened up yrs later..
Another ref just retired early. Because he was fixing Celtic games. Within the last 2 months
@@idread3523he must been doing a poor job rigging sht....Boston hasn't won sht
@@southernflavamaker -Eric Lewis his name. Retired soon as the invetigation started
@@idread3523 I'm supposed to look up a guy that failed at his job? Rather he cheated or not Boston hasn't won shit shit since 2008....moving on.....ref can't make shots
@@southernflavamaker - you're too foolish to have dialogue with. BeGone
This interview 🔥🔥🔥
this interview was a fresh of breath air lol..good stuff.
Vlad!!! You are great!!! Thank you!!
Great interview. I didn't know about this. I was in these streets when all this happened. Had no time for tv or sports.
This was awesome to watch!
Great interview Nice job Vlad & Tim.
getting out of prison was a "fresh of breathe air" 🤣
That's how shook he was about being locked up...... definitely PTSD
I’m so glad someone else noticed this 😂
Why does the podcast host sound like AI? The voice and pauses are so weird 💀
And the constant repetition of him saying“Okay”. I have never been a fan of Vlad.
Dope interview ! And dude said “hammer” 😂 I wasn’t expecting that lol
this was a hell-of-a interview !!!
Bill Burr called it he's not the only referee guilty
I LOVE this guys Honesty🙏🏾 Alot of people wouldn't admit the things he has said.
He's the Keefe D of the nba
@@zorskins 😂😂
he’s still not being completely open but he is pretty telling
i always love when vlad just talks to himself while his guest watches
Open your eyes, he lies through his teeth. Half his story is probably true. I suspect it's the half that already came out during the investigation. The NBA made an example out of him and now he's telling his side of the story for a profit. Nothing more, nothing less. He threw away a prominent career for pnuts. There's more refs just like him in every sport that you can almost guarantee.
Great video
To date, this is probably my favourite Vlad interview! The questions were fantastic!
Thank you Tim I enjoyed this interview straight forward Tim is
Sounds like Kobe Bryant got a lot of help from the NBA
Now this is why people say that the NBA and NFL are planned. Because of things like this...calls that are or aren't called make or break games!
Another thing is now fans have access to so much data. We can see statistical anomalies and say that's odd and it benefitted the Lakers... that's odd and it benefitted the Celtics etc.
A team with the fewest shot attempts in the paint leading the league in free throws for example.
A team winning 23% of their games with x official compared to 58% the rest of their games.
What about how often series going 6 or 7 games happens compared to past decades.
I love how the add on this video is Sportsbet
A+ interview!!! Everyone deserves second even third chances! You’re never too old to change or learn lessons. Sounds like he turned his bad choices into a positive situation in life.
A+ idea. I love the fact he owns up to it and wants to rebuild his life. He acknowledged his mistakes and stated every one of them. However interview wise, whoever conducted this interview sucked. He said all right like wrapping up the video around around an hour 12 minutes, the video should’ve ended there, not just him bashing the poor guy, stating how much he fucked himself. And not only that, but throughout the entire interview, he would just chuckle at random points, where it was very insensitive, or would ask a question made for him to not look the best. No shit he did bad things but you conducted him for an interview for now let him share his story.
1:05:01 “you no longer have a job, you’re definitely not gonna be a referee in ANY SPORT 😂😂😂😂😂 I was cracking up
Take a shot everytime Vlad says "OK"
Over under over the interviewer on saying “ok”. 100
This interview will stir up some controversy
He definitely seems to have turned things around, I wish him the best in the future
Who would have thought an NBA referee would tell a story about someone knocking down his trash cans and he hid in a garage to find out who it was then.
This story was huge when it broke. Go look at the Kings vs Lakers playoff game in 2000 i believe. The calls in that game raised alot of eyebrows and later was proven to be fixxed for Lakers.
The lakers took 27 free throws in the 4th quarter of game 6 of the 2002 western conference finals vs the Kings. 27 free throws in the 4th quarter!!! The kings were up 3-2 in that series and the NBA wanted to prolong the series for more money. Whoever won this series was going to win the championship. The Nets were the eastern conference champs and in was a consensus that they had no chance versus either team. They eventually got swept by the Lakers in the NBA finals.
Yup let’s talk about the 2016 nba finals as well 🦓
@@lstruggylol not the same 🙄
Another great interview Vlad
You had a big miss on an important question, which is player props for all players big or small. Did the league or Vegas dictate that ?
good point! i know this is the tip of the iceberg. the corruption/rigging goes deep.
What do you mean by player props?
@@AnHebrewChild player props are bets on a players stats like "passing yards" or "rushing yards per game".
@@drinkingpoolwater thanks man
This was CRAZY. Bill Burr was right. Great interview.
This interview is a big reason why I don’t watch sports as much or enthusiastically as I use to do. Every league is scripted/fixed to a point. It’s definitely not a conspiracy at this point. So many times we all seen blow ref calls on clearly foul/penalty plays. It’s sad we all spend time money, energy rooting for our teams and behind the scenes. The league has a narrative they want.
Not saying it’s completely 100% scripted/fixed. Some team’s definitely disrupt things. But this interview sheds tons of light on all professional sports. Honestly I would luv retired umpires/officials/refs to tell their inside stories. I bet they have plenty to say about league higher ups wanting certain calls or outcomes.
‘Fans’ these days don’t really care about the actual sport anyway, so who cares? It’s all about the entertainment aspect for many like the betting and narratives, so how can anyone blame the leagues. Capitalism corrupts the soul of everything
NFL n NBA both are heavily rigged, the refs will dictate the game to lean on a certain side the entirety of the game 🤫
Another great interview, by Vlad!
I still don't understand why people purposely do things that are illegal and can ruin your life.
Omg I needed this VLAD is the goat
You know there's a movie a Netflix documentary and a bunch of other shows and interviews with this guy
This hit different with VLAD …dang ..solid interview probably one of the best
U needed this?😂😂😂
Glad fanboys😂😂😂
As a mffl it hurts knowing he stole a ring from dirk. Watching the season head to head and the playoff run everybody knew Dallas was getting a ring, just to lose a finals they were ahead on against a team they swept the season series against. They didn’t even try to hide the bogus calls that made that possible 😤
Some of our community hate on Vlad because he just stays exposing shit, but interviews like these are honestly the best, because his interviewees answer so honestly and straightforwardly that it helps clarify so many events we all witnessed and that affected us. Sheed was my favorite player for a long time and I knew he hated this man lol. It's refreshing to hear his viewpoints expressed so plainly and coherently. I felt the same way about his interview with Don Kirk, which was also incredible. The Yummy Sandifer story always shook me, so to see the eloquence, brilliance and emotion of Don Kirk expressing everything he did was honestly the best. I love what Vlad does, man, I say keep going.
💯🔥Fire Video
Not your biggest fan Vlad , but this interview hit it out of the park
Vlad don’t care if you’re a fan of him🤣
@@HoweyJR_ seeing as how he made a youtube channel im sure he cares if he has fans dum dum.
@@afalseerra9517 he made a YT channel to get paid not care about a fan that’s hating he don’t even know beat it clown
Ok. Ok. Ok. Ok. Ok. Is that how he starts every sentence with 😅
I peeped how u tryna put the full videos up earlier now shout out Saycheese lol
This hit different with VLAD …dang ..solid interview probably one of the best
Justice would be making Donoughy pay back every lost bettors bet...with interest
When you think about it he might’ve made our nba childhood what it was bro
Awesome interview 👍
Hell of a intro Vlad
Great interview @vladtv ! Eye opening!
Damn…this proves the league wanted certain players to score and move freely
This man horrible he don’t know what impact he played on people cause his actions.I’m from Detroit Michigan born & raised I knew our 2004 Piston Team was suppose to win atleast 1 more but what’s more messed up he played Steve Nash an the PHX suns on multiple finals appearances!
I HATED this dude for that. Seemed so obvious what was going on
2007 suns got screwed of a championship. The suns spurs series was definitely rigged
That interview was a fresh of breath air.
Great interview i believe he was very honest
An honest criminal......whyte privilege at its finest!
Do a interview with stevin smith “headache” next I think that would be a great story vlad he was a very prominent basketball player in college that was suppose to be a number 1 pick in the draft. But he didn’t get drafted because he was busted by the FBI for fixing games. Netflix did a documentary on him.
What's it's called on Netflix
@@anthonybyrd8809 bad sport
That was a great doc on Netflix!
I’d rather see a tough low scoring game that’s back n forth than just a high scoring game
As a sac town native this is ref who fixed game 6 in the WCF so the Lakers could have 1 more chance he made a lot of money from that game
So people spend their lives working out literally sacrificing so much time only for the game not to be in their hands?