HoyaFanNY
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Post by HoyaFanNY on Feb 2, 2011 7:27:03 GMT -5
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theexorcist
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Post by theexorcist on Feb 2, 2011 8:52:25 GMT -5
Mods - before you delete this, it has received at least some media coverage. May not be best to pretend it's not happening.
There has been discussion of this over at other Hoya fan sites which shall not be named, and the consensus there seems to be what I agree with - this is awful for the Big East and Georgetown, whether or not it's true. It's never a good thing when a conference member is accused of this. Syracuse is bad and evil enough that they shouldn't need to try to lose games.
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Post by LizziebethHoya on Feb 2, 2011 10:12:16 GMT -5
hoyatalk2.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=general&action=display&thread=23554&page=3HoyaTalk'ers have been discussing this in the games of interest thread. When I read it last night, I googled "Syracuse point shaving" and saw a Twitter and Facebook post from a sportscaster from Upstate NY as well as a post from ESPN college basketball's twitter account regarding the rumor and I thought "dear goodness this is real." Now that everything from a legit source has been redacted, I'm not so sure. For the good of basketball, I really really hope its not true.
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SirSaxa
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Post by SirSaxa on Feb 2, 2011 10:17:40 GMT -5
Much as I despise Syracuse basketball, I don't want to see them -- or any BE program -- fall victim to this kind of thing. Benedict Arnold college was enough.
Actually, don't want to see any other hoops program involved in this either... well, maybe with the exception of UK! ;D
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mit0313
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Post by mit0313 on Feb 2, 2011 14:34:17 GMT -5
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DanMcQ
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Post by DanMcQ on Feb 2, 2011 15:58:18 GMT -5
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SFHoya99
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Post by SFHoya99 on Feb 2, 2011 16:52:05 GMT -5
Doesn't Vegas usually find these based on unusual betting/series of unlikely results.
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theexorcist
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Post by theexorcist on Feb 2, 2011 16:55:19 GMT -5
Doesn't Vegas usually find these based on unusual betting/series of unlikely results. The UK's betting agencies notify the government/Interpol when strange things crop up. Possibly an argument for legalization of gambling, since it's out in the open. |
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Post by LizziebethHoya on Feb 3, 2011 0:41:11 GMT -5
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DanMcQ
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Post by DanMcQ on Feb 3, 2011 13:48:37 GMT -5
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TC
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Post by TC on Feb 3, 2011 20:18:05 GMT -5
If Incarcerated Bob reports it, I believe it : twitter.com/#!/incarceratedbob/status/33331467530539008 |
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theexorcist
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Post by theexorcist on Feb 4, 2011 9:15:19 GMT -5
It's not "internet journalism" - it's bad journalism. Before the internet was a glimmer in Al Gore's eye, we had Janet Cooke, who actually got the DC police tasked to find a heroin-addicted kid who never existed. Mitch Albom wrote an opener a few years ago for a Final Four story saying that he was sitting with two MSU players - only problem was, they never did it (and the internet called him out on it). A culture of closeness to players may have led to the Brett Favre story getting buried in a non-internet age. Journalists have a nasty tendency to blame the internet for a credibility problem that has existed long before the internet existed. The internet has changed many fields along with journalism, and yet only journalism is whining that it's making their field worse. EDIT - fixed "crack" to heroin. And if you've never read "Jimmy's World", this is a great read. academics.smcvt.edu/dmindich/Jimmy%27s%20World.htm |
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DanMcQ
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Post by DanMcQ on Feb 4, 2011 9:41:40 GMT -5
Semantics aside, the internet has made bad journalism far more prevalent and immediate.
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Post by HoyaSinceBirth on Feb 4, 2011 9:58:57 GMT -5
Rumors are that this isn't quite dead yet. That it's gotten high profile enough now that NCAA may actually be looking in to it. Which frankly at this point they should. Sure I doubt it's true, but it's caused a big enough stink it'd be negligent not to at least poke around a little.
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MassHoya
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Post by MassHoya on Feb 10, 2011 12:51:45 GMT -5
I knew this was not true: SUcks students are not smart enough to pull it off.
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Boz
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Post by Boz on Feb 10, 2011 13:16:13 GMT -5
Scoop Jardine should jsut go ahead and confirm this, true or not.
God knows, Syracuse fans can't hate him anymore than they already do.
Hell, they might even cut him some slack....if it's for point shaving, it provides a ready excuse as to why he's been sucking so much.
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Elvado
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Post by Elvado on Feb 12, 2011 13:16:33 GMT -5
It really isn't point shaving when you just blow.
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