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sportsmanlike conduct:

Donaghy didn't stop there: In June, he marred the NBA finals by making fresh accusations that the league routinely encouraged refs to ring up bogus fouls to manipulate results but discouraged them from calling technical fouls on star players to keep them in games and protect ticket sales and television ratings.
The allegations — contained in court papers arguing that Donaghy deserved leniency for voluntarily disclosing the alleged corruption — included one instance claiming referees rigged a 2002 playoff series to force it to a revenue-boosting seventh game.

Hays/AP/SFGate 21.Jul.08
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He marred the NBA finals. Notice how the Superbowl's always got that hook right up to the end. Never gets like 45 to 7 at the half. Because the teams are so well-matched.

Who owns the franchises in the NBA? What do they have in common with the owners of the NFL? How much money changes hands around these sporting contests?
Who gets most of it?

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