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(sports, gambling) To deliberately perform badly in a game as part of point shaving..
You can recall the scandals that have occurred in the various colleges, of attempts to point-shave and fix games.
He had been sentenced to ten years in prison for conspiring to point-shave in six BC games during the 1978–79 season.
Similarly, at Northwestern University, basketball players Kenneth Dion Lee and Dewey Williams were paid $4,000 to point-shave and fix the outcome of games against Penn State University, the University of Wisconsin, and the University of Michigan in 1995.
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Point-shave means (sports, gambling) To deliberately perform badly in a game as part of point shaving..
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You can recall the scandals that have occurred in the various colleges, of attempts to point-shave and fix games.
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