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I have heard several comments about the supposed star system that the NBA endorses in newspapers, magazines, and TV. That somehow David Stern tells Ed Rush to cheat for the stars and then Rush orders this to the 60 or so NBA officials on staff and everybody keeps it in house with no leaks is ludicrous. That is a very serious accusation. These same people contend that NBC conspires with David Stern who gets with Ed Rush who then gets with the NBA playoff crews to make series go the full 7 games. What about this possibility? The stars got to be stars for a reason. They are good at drawing fouls and making defenders do illegal acts in order to guard them because they are quicker, smarter, and more athletic then there opponent. They are good at fooling the referees into making them think they got fouled. Also, as a referee I know there are times when a skilled athletic player takes it to the hole and his body goes off balance I might call a foul when maybe it wasn't. However, if some clumsy unathletic player who has 5 turnovers in the game already takes it to the hole and his body goes off balance I will say to myself "Oh, that's just so and so. He always loses his balance." Now maybe he actually got fouled on the play, but as referees we don't always see the play perfectly. Sometimes, we have to take educated guesses. These educated guesses a lot of times are based on what type of player we are dealing with. Soemtimes these gets us in trouble but most of the time we are right on these educated guesses. Let me know what you all think. Do you look at each player as a number or by what type of player they are and what they are capable of when reffing a game?
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eli roe
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