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Ex-referee Tim Donaghy blows whistle on NBA dirty secrets
by Lost at 12:59 pm EDT, Jun 11, 2008

According to the document, he told FBI agents, "League officials would tell referees they should withhold calling technical fouls on certain star players because doing so hurt ticket sales and television ratings."
Donaghy claims he was told two refs who were "company men" acting in the interest of the NBA conspired to extend a playoff series in 2002 to a seventh game.

NBA is WWE?