Pac-12 Head Of Officials Investigated For Bribing Officials

[Death By Sooiecide]

Pac-12 Head Of Officials Investigated For Bribing Officials To Make Example Of Sean Miller

http://deadspin.com/pac-12-head-of-officials-investigated-for-bribing-offic-464911461

Ed Rush—current Pac-12 head of officials, former NBA referee and director of officiating from 1998-2003—reportedly told referees officiating the Pac-12 tournament he would give them money or pay for a trip to Mexico if they "rang up" Arizona head coach Sean Miller.

Rush, according to a source within the Pac-12 officiating group, told a group of referees on the Thursday of the Pac-12 tournament in Las Vegas that he would give them $5,000 or a trip to Cancun if they either "rang him up" or "ran him," meaning hit Miller with a technical or toss him out of the game. Rush then reiterated during a Friday morning meeting, according to one referee in attendance, that officials should take similar action against Miller if he did anything on Friday in the Pac-12 semifinals against UCLA.

"He was emphatic about not dealing with him (Miller)," the ref told CBSSports.com. "He made that perfectly clear."





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[KSHogg]

Nawwww man, refs would never intentionally affect the outcome of a game.

[aNiMaL]

This will get swept under the rug. No way this is "proven".

[Death By Sooiecide]

This will get swept under the rug. No way this is "proven".

I dunno. Bill Simmons is tweeting that Ed Rush was involved in some shady NBA playoff officiating as well.

Hope they bust this guy.

[Jostlyn McCocksack]

Doneghy will be the next Jose canseco.   

All the aMm you wouldn't believe is true

[Splurge]

Doneghy will be the next Jose canseco.   

All the aMm you wouldn't believe is true

I said the same thing about Traci Lords.   

[Ty Webb]

This will get swept under the rug. No way this is "proven".

Its already 'proven' it was actually said by Rush. His/Larry Scott's version is that it was said in jest and no one took it seriously....except 1 ref did.

[DirkPiggler]

Unpossible. 

There are useless pieces of aMm in every profession except for sports officiating.  They are just a cut above the rest of us.

[USAFHawg]

Unpossible. 

There are useless pieces of aMm in every profession except for sports officiating.  They are just a cut above the rest of us.

As an umpire, I agree with this. 

[aNiMaL]

No way this guy is tied to the Vegas mob...those guys don't even exist anymore.

[KSHogg]

As an umpire, I agree with this. 

I'm sure you're probably one of the good ones, but umpires are the exact reason I can't watch Baseball.

[notaslibro]

Unpossible. 

There are useless pieces of aMm in every profession except for sports officiating.  They are just a cut above the rest of us.

The average accounting job requires a credit report, background check, and even a polygraph in many situations. Dashboard cameras have revealed countless incidents of police corruption and brutality. We court martial soldiers for the rape and murder of civilians. We impeach presidents. 

Sporting officials are just regular guys trying to do a good day's work.  Leave them alone.

[Cerdo]

Arreferre says that all of this is just a big misunderstanding....we all know that refs are beyond criticism and above bias. 

[DirkPiggler]

Arreferre says that all of this is just a big misunderstanding....we all know that refs are beyond criticism and above bias.

He would if he were allowed to post on message boards.