Coincidence?
 

1) Why did the calls stop when Donaghy stopped betting?

2) Why did Donaghy call Foster with his "gambling" phone?

3) Why aren't there a flurry of short calls on "off" days? (when you presumably have more time to shoot the breeze with your referee buddy)

No one said Foster was guilty, but to say he hasn't been implicated is delusional. Guilty and implicated are not the same (i.e. you can be one without the other)....hopefully that is the case here as Scott is one of the best officials in the world.

Maybe Donaghy was picking Foster's brain for information to give to his bookie; unbeknownst to Foster.

Who knows, and who cares?

While I admit not really caring TOO much, there is a part of me that is following this just because it does affect all of us in some way. How many good priests are affected now by the few bad ones? Fans may call us "homers" now, with nothing to really back up their feelings. But if this turns out to be true, it could paint us all with a bad brush.

Perception is reality. (Seems to me I've read that somewhere...)

I don't really disagree with you, M. I was listening to ESPN radio on the way home tonight, and they were talking about this. I'll agree it looks fishy.

However, I have a very hard time believing the prosecutors didn't investigate this line thoroughly; I'd be willing to bet Foster's finances were even combed.

I have an even harder time thinking that if they found anything, they would have swept it under the rug.

Rerun: Perception Versus Truth
 

People only see what they are prepared to see. Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes

Reality doesn't bite, rather our perception of reality bites. Anthony J. D'Angelo

There is no truth. There is only perception. Gustave Flaubert

Reality is what we take to be true.
What we take to be true is what we believe.
What we believe is based upon our perceptions.
What we perceive depends upon what we look for.
What we look for depends upon what we think.
What we think depends upon what we perceive.
What we perceive determines what we believe.
What we believe determines what we take to be true.
What we take to be true is our reality. Gary Zukav

The eye sees only what the mind is prepared to comprehend. Henri Bergson

<i>"Doobie Doobie Do"</i>...Frank Sinatra

"D'oh!" - Homer Simpson

"STFU." - Dan