Refs would have to perennially bet on Wildcat home games. I can't think of any other excuse for the calls they make in that arena.

what is the point of speculating on something we can only make uneducated guesses at?

It would be hard for one player to accomplish.

Just say a player puts $5000 on his team to lose and his team has an awesome game and easily wins regardless of that player having a bad game. Next game they bet his team will win and they have a shocking game and they lose.

Even if the player put money on them to win for or against the line, that would be hard as well.

The only way it would be easy is if that one player had a player prop bet on them to score under or over which doesn't happen in the NBL anymore I don't think. Obviously that player could dictate the result of that but if they put huge money on that bet they will get caught eventually.

The total match scores and other exotics like ht/ft doubles and leading point scorers are the ones which could be manipulated, or even just bet on knowing the teams strategy and approach to that particular game.

I'd believe it if I were told that Campbell bet on a Cairns win tonight with the calls he made. That offensive on Jervis at the end was crazy.

No, I don't think they bet.

Also anon, do you have a source for the FBI finding Stern had cheated? Pretty big allegation otherwise.

This excerpt from Donaghy's book is a pretty good read on the topic in regards to his dealings in the NBA:
http://deadspin.com/5392067/excerpts-from-the-book-the-nba-doesnt-want-you-to-read

Statsheet Stuffer - re calls at Wildcats home games. Interestingly, in Wildcats' home games last season and I think the one before, both Perth and the visiting team usually got fewer fouls called on them than their season averages. i.e., both teams benefited from fewer calls against them than they got playing elsewhere. Don't know if that's the case this season.

We know Wortho has a dreamteam. Does he play poor defence so his dreamteam players can get good scores?

Oh I don't doubt that, Peter. I meant their 'decision' to both whistle and not whistle certain plays.

And as far as benefiting both teams, I think you can quite comfortably say Perth get advantaged by this. They just beat up on teams with over-the-back calls, body and hand checking and don't get called for it. Other teams play less physical because they know they cannot get away with it. Quite simple

If the league can't policy a salary cap, it goes without saying that they wouldn't police this very much. Whether anyone is taking advantage of it is a different story.

Refs even up the foul count always! It's the time of the game when they call a foul that decides the out come. That pisses me of, 1st 3qtr u can do sumthin the bang minute left they call a foul that they let go all game and thats the game done and the foul count is even but they cost the team a win!

Are you well, SStuffer?

I agree with Cats4Life. It's not the even-ness of the foul count that matters, it's the timing of foul calls.

Without proof making allegations over betting/cheating is just ludicrous.

"They just beat up on teams with over-the-back calls, body and hand checking and don't get called for it. Other teams play less physical because they know they cannot get away with it. Quite simple"

I agree, you are quite simple.