Meaning of point-shave | Babel Free

Definitions

To deliberately perform badly in a game as part of point shaving.

Examples

“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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