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I don't understand your point of view on this one. Actually, I don't understand how that point of view can come from a forum that mostly criticizes the NBA.
The ball doesn't matter to me. If the players who make the game go don't like the ball so be it.
However, as long as I'm officiating I don't know if I can criticize this "zero tolerance" policy until I practice it. For one thing, you have to watch the game in order to understand what has happened this season and many people on this forum "don't really watch the NBA." As high school and college officials, we don't hand out technical fouls like they were doing at the beginning of the NBA season so we really shouldn't criticize it. Emotion is part of the game and people react when things happen that don't go their way. Reactions have their limits, but just like cheering or being happy negative reactions are part of sports. There is a happy medium between what the NBA players were doing and what they are getting technicals for now.
It is about Stern being in control and money. David Stern would be about anything that would make the league more money. If Rappers were the biggest supports/sponsors of the league, you bet your A$$ there would be rap music blaring and no dress code for the players.
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