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Originally Posted by Texas Aggie
What they did was resign en masse. That was stupid. That meant the league could cherry pick who they wanted to come back and who they didn't. I realized they followed the advice of their idiot attorney, but they should have been smart enough to think things through.
I'm not saying they should walk, but if they do, they will carry more weight than the baseball umpires would. For one, MLB can get minor league guy and college guys who can do a sufficient job. The rule differences are minor and a lot of those amatuer guys work OBR ball at some level. In they'd have to get 1) the CBA officials; 2) the WNBA officials; 3) the NBADL officials first, then perhaps try to get some college guys who are not used to working NBA rules or their system -- which they value more highly than their rules.
It would be a disaster for the league if the NBA officials did this. I doubt the NBA is going to fire all of them.
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I don't agree Tex. While i agree the officiating will suffer somewhat I think most of the people waiting for their big shot at the pros would do fine, mostly. Could easily fill playoff assignments with wnba and d-league people. I'm pretty sure the big time college guys wouldn't touch it though. They have too much to lose, as opposed to the up & comers who have too much to gain.
Of course when this is all resolved the scabs will have been used & thrown back.