Leagues and Governing Bodies

NBA OFFICIAL MIKE MATHIS PLEADS GUILTY, RESIGNS FROM LEAGUE

2.23.1998

          The NBA announced that veteran official Mike Mathis has
     pleaded guilty to a felony tax charge and has resigned from
     the league's officiating staff.  Mathis had been an NBA
     official since the '76-77 season, and worked 11 NBA Finals
     and two All-Star Games in his career (NBA).  Mathis faces
     "up to five years in prison and a $250,000 fine," according
     to John Erardi of the CINCINNATI ENQUIRER.  He was charged
     with understating his income by $69,000 from '89-92.  He
     "admitted trading in first-class airline tickets provided by
     the NBA for cheaper, coach-class tickets and pocketing the
     difference."  No sentencing date was set (ENQUIRER, 2/21).

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