<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'></p> <div class="bi">Refs Won't Be Fired</div> <div> <span style="font-style: italic">Oct 12</span> - Commissioner David Stern told the NBA's officiating staff 2 weeks ago what he told reporters Wednesday in London during the league's Europe Live tour:</p> None of the referees was being fired for violations of league rules in the wake of disgraced referee Tim Donaghy's guilty plea to two felonies pertaining to betting on games, including some he worked, and providing inside information to professional gamblers.</p> </p> "From where we started, with a media frenzy [concerning Donaghy], this is an excellent result for us," Greg Magarity told the Daily News yesterday. "We heard these same things when [Stern] spoke at [the referees' training camp in North Jersey]." -- <font color="#000000">Philadelphia Daily News</font></p></div></div>
