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Originally Posted by TXMike
You do not understand what I am saying. I am saying that the results of the poly can be used by Stern to initiate investigations into the other named refs. Does not have to be admissible in court for him to do that. Furthermore, there are collective bargaining agreeements and employment contracts in many workplaces that require employees to submit to polygraphs in some cases. I do not know if the NBA has that or not. I suspect they do have a pretty easy way to dump someone should they choose to do so. Probably does not take much. Like I said before, nobody has a RIGHT to be a NBA ref.
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I understand exactly what you're saying. I'm saying the polygraphs may or may not be enough for the NBA to initiate an investigation. It's largely going to depend on the wording of the collective bargaining agreement. I highly doubt if this scenario was considered when it was written.
Furthermore, I'm saying there isn't going to be much public outcry for these officials to be fired unless it's determined they were betting on basketball. There's no sinking ship for the commissioner to salvage here, other than the actual situation Donaghy created personally. Maybe if they were betting on other sports, but only maybe. But if they can't show anything other than them walking into the casinos and cameras showing them doubling down a pair of Aces, they may well get off with fines if there's a significant number of them. If there's only one or two, they might get fired.
I never said anyone has a right to be a ref at that level. However, the disruption that would come from firing some 20 refs is significant enough that it won't be done lightly. Also, their collective bargaining agreement is going to grant them certain legal rights.