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Whistleblower

The Bigger Thing

Whistleblower

Tenderfoot TV

Sports, Society & Culture, True Crime

4.64.2K Ratings

🗓️ 22 October 2020

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

On the final day of the trip, the crew travels to a diner in Howard Beach, Queens, to meet with Scala, hoping that the former FBI agent will help unravel the mysteries of the NBA Betting Scandal, and the NBA as a whole. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

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0:09.7

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0:16.0

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0:21.2

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0:27.5

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0:33.9

What are the main questions you would want to ask Phil Schala?

0:37.8

Number one was Tim telling the truth about how he perceived the skewing of the process.

0:46.4

Number two, did it really make a difference who was repping a game with respect to the outcome of the game?

0:52.7

Number three were the referees and the NBA cooperative in the process?

0:58.8

Or was there any effort to hinder the process?

1:03.5

Earlier this week in Manhattan, I interviewed defense attorney John Loro about the Donahy case.

1:08.2

Here's how he described former FBI agent Phil Schala.

1:11.8

Phil is like a third century Christian stoic. He takes virtue and honor and faith very seriously.

1:22.1

And whatever Phil tells you you can go to the bank with.

1:25.1

So if he had testified under oath, we would have learned the reason.

1:29.4

The government fought viciously and vociferously to avoid him testifying.

1:36.8

Schala never got to testify and his take on the NBA betting scandal has remained a mystery.

1:42.8

I have no idea. To this day, I have no idea. I do know this.

1:46.4

We'd get an honest answer from Phil, either one way or the other.

1:51.0

He would tell it straight.

1:54.1

But now Schala's here in the flesh at a diner in Howard Beach, New York ready to tell me a story.

1:59.6

I've been waiting to hear for eight years.

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