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Originally posted by Chess Ref
Another example of no travelling in NBA cause the league doesn't want them to. Outside influence causing game to be called a certain way.

In the NBA they do call traveling but they look at it differently than we do. Sure they will make mistakes with their application of the traveling rule but I think we have all seen a difference in the application since the days of the Patrick Ewing highlights. Plus, the NBA refs have a lot more on the line than we do. Sometimes we have to ask ourselves if a starting salary of over $100k, $300/day per diem and working an average of 15 days a month from October to June would cause us to ignore a garden variety travel. My answer would be YES! It is easy to criticize the officiating in the NBA but has anyone stopped to think how good we would be if we were close to being on the same page across the board like they are? I know an official who started evaluating for the NBA this season and he told me that now he sees that college officials don't do a very good job. I don't totally agree with that comment but there are some guys who are on TV on a regular basis that aren't that good as far as how they blow the whistle. They probably communicate really well and take care of the other business well but they just don't get it done between the lines. I don't know how long you have been officiating but please don't get all your information from around the water cooler.