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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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Totally disagree. I agree with the baseball assessment, but don't think that there is not a group just like in baseball that can step in and work these games. In fact, some of the current NBA officials got in when there was a strike or work shortage by the NBA officials.
The 2nd part of this is I don't think all the officials are backing Joey here. I know if I was on staff, I've have a hard time getting behind that meltdown. Dealing with the players is apart of the turf. If Tim is just over there laughing, then Joey got to eat that. If Tim, in the game, grabs him, curses him out, call him all kinds of MF's, threaten him, spits in his face, that's a different story. Those guys are paid quite well to take a little bit of ripping from the players.
The reason we are talking about this to the extent that we are is because this is a milestone in officiating history. One of our big guys got taken down. I personally think that Joey had a chemical imbalance that day.
On a more serious note. The one thing I do disagree with here is the public announcement of his suspension. Why not just suspend him behind the scenes and no comment to the media afterwards. The bottom line is he's not working anymore games this year and it matters not that it is publicly stated. I guess that's the difference when you are an employee versus a independent contractor like in the NCAA. By the Commish talking about it to anyone that put a mic in his face. I now want to hear Joey side of the story. In fact, the story's not complete until we do hear Joey side and you can believe the media is not going to quit prying until they get it. I tactical mistake by the Commish. He should have low-keyed the whole thing.