Quote Originally Posted by dl36:
can you name a game and/or player?
this comes to mind right off the bat
I remember this well...staked many a PAC10 games that year in '93
PHOENIX (AP) -- A former Arizona State player and four other men who
admitted involvement in a college basketball point-shaving scandal were
sentenced to prison or probation Monday.
The scandal caused harm to the university, the students, the fans
and to the coach, U.S. District Court Judge Robert C. Broomfield said.
"This scandal leads to cynicism about what
college sports is all about."
Prior to sentencing, former Arizona State guard Isaac Burton Jr.
apologized to his coaches, "all ASU fans, classmates and whoever,"
saying he didn't realize what he was getting involved
in. "Hopefully you guys can forgive me."
Burton, Vincent Basso, Joseph Gagliano, Joseph Mangiamele, Dominic
Mangiamele, admitted they were involved in a point-shaving scheme
allegedly masterminded by former ASU student Benny Silman during the
1993-94 season.
Silman, 28, is serving a 46-month prison sentence for getting Stevin
"Hedake" Smith and Burton to shave points in certain games so the team
wouldn't beat the point spread.
"At no time did [Burton] do anything intentionally that would cause the game to be affected in any way," his attorney James
Logan said before sentencing.
Calling Burton's apology heartfelt and saying he gained little and
lost a lot by his involvement, Broomfield sentenced Burton to
two months in jail, six months of home detention and three years'
probation. Burton was also fined $8,000 and will have to complete 200
hours of community service. He could have faced up to 11/2 years in
prison.
Broomfield said Burton's jail sentence need not be continuous and he
did not rule out the possibility that Burton might be able to travel
outside the country during his probation.
Burton played professionally last year in Cyprus.
Five ASU games were bet on in Las Vegas between December 1993 and
May 1994 and four were fixed successfully, prosecutors said. The bettors
lost all their money in the last game of the scheme -- against
Washington -- when ASU beat the point spread.
After Silman and Smith agreed to the conspiracy, Silman brought in Gagliano contacted the Mangiameles.
Smith asked Burton for help in fixing the first two games in return for cash.
After the third the successful fix, Gagliano approached Basso, a schoolmate from Chicago.
Basso, Gagliano and the Mangiameles placed bets on the last two games, against Southern California and Washington.
Joseph Gagliano was sentenced to 15 months in prison, three years parole, 100 hours of community service and fined $6,000.
Joseph Mangiamele was sentenced to three months in jail, eight
months of home detention and four years' probation. He will also have to
pay
a $5,000 fine and complete 100 hours of community service.
The judge said Joseph Mangiamele's sentencing took into account his unusual level of cooperation with prosecutors.
"If yours isn't the highest [level], it comes close," Broomfield said.
Dominic Mangiamele, Joseph's father, a former Chicago trucking
executive, was sentenced to three months' probation, which includes four
months of home detention, a $5,000 fines, and 100 hours of community
service.
Steve Wagner, Dominic Mangiamele's lawyer, said his client's lack of
prison or jail time showed the judge recognized his limited
involvement. He could have faced up to 16 months in prison.
Vincent Basso of Buffalo Grove, Ill., was sentenced to 1 1/2 years
in prison, $27,000 in fines -- the amount he profited from betting
on a game between ASU and Southern California -- and three years parole.
Department of Justice attorney Corbin Weiss, declined to comment on the sentences.
Smith, ASU's No. 3 all-time leading scorer, pleaded guilty to
conspiracy to commit sports bribery in 1997 and is scheduled to be
sentenced on September 20.
The board here has kindly provided some proven examples. In the future, don't let common sense overrule your irrational thoughts.
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