Posted on 07/25/2007 10:50:51 AM PDT by JZelle
In addition to being the mob's conduit to the NBA, Tim Donaghy had what is euphemistically known as anger management issues.
That is a polite way of saying Donaghy was a jerk in desperate need of a beating, if only to readjust his malfunctioning brain cells.
NBA commissioner David Stern said Donaghy's explosive temper came to the attention of the league after a neighbor filed a lawsuit against the disgraced referee two years ago.
The suit, initiated by Peter and Lisa Mansueto and chronicled in the Philadelphia Inquirer, portrayed the referee as a nut job who yelled obscenities at his next-door neighbors, set fire to their lawn mower, set fire to their deck and drove their golf cart into a ravine.
The NBA investigated the dispute — Donaghy denied any wrongdoing — and prohibited the referee from working the second round of the playoffs in 2005, a modest rebuke.
Stern also said the NBA investigated reports that Donaghy was seen gambling in Atlantic City, N.J., which is a no-no and results in the automatic expulsion of the offender.
Stern said the NBA could not substantiate the allegations and Donaghy was able to keep the job that paid him $260,000 last season.
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$260K a year is okay money I suppose. You do travel about 8-9 months a year but you stay in decent hotels and can likely make some cash on the side doing clinics.
“$260K a year is okay money I suppose. You do travel about 8-9 months a year but you stay in decent hotels and can likely make some cash on the side doing clinics.”
Ok money?! Perspective is everything. For $260K/year, sign me up!
Congratulations! That’s the non sequiter of the year.
$260K is good but if you are never home then there is a trade off to that. Perspective as you say. I had one year when I made more than that and I had to travel ten days a month to do it. Talk about having no life and I was single.
I was looking at the salary figure that the reporter mentioned like that had some significance here. Refs don’t make huge money so a guy with even a few issues could certainly become a target for the mob.
If you don’t consider $260,000 to be huge money you have perception issues.
You’d have an “anger management” too if you had guys named Vinnie leaning on you day and night.
Well, Donaghy is spending all night working on a hardwood floor with guys who make a minimum of ten times that - so he's probably the one with perception issues. ;)
It’s hard to ref an NBA game with two shattered kneecaps.
Hmmmm. I guess in the NBA, the thugs aren’t just in players’ uniforms.
UMSS - Under Minimum Salary Syndrome?
Still not a bad salary, although NBA refs start at around $100,000 per year. The more experienced refs earn up to $300,000.
Not bad.
‘If you don’t consider $260,000 to be huge money you have perception issues.’
All things are ‘relative’.
I have made more than that in a year and it wasn’t huge money considering what Uncle Sam took. Plus, the work required to make it and time away were substantial.
I wouldn’t do that lifestyle today.....
They travel quite a bit though so take the number and then add 2x’s that amount for travel to and from plus other league requirements.
You have to factor in their travel into that equation, as very few of them work games in their home area. It is not how many games they work, but how many nights are they gone from home.
All in all though, $260,000 per year plus all expenses sounds pretty good.
I think it comes out to about 8 months a year of travel with about 4 months off. Good life but not lavish when you consider the time away from home and family.
Plus he lives in Philly so some games(Phil, NYC, NJ) would almost be home games.
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