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The fans are uninformed, because they don't read the rules. If they read they rules, they don't understand because there are written rules, and then there are the unwritten rules that are enforced. And nobody but an offical can tell whether or not the game is called fairly. And no official would ever be biased, so all games are called fairly. (How about being biased about no officials being biased?) Yet, because the rules are not being enforced as written officials use judgement, which results in the fans perception of unfairness. The NBA today.
Well, I don't see any officals on this board saying anything should change, yet you have a large number of fans who think something needs to change. This bothers me. Obviously an official could come up with better ideas than a fan.
Why not try and keep the written rules updated to reflect what is really happening? And to use the nifty NBA.com web page to help educate the fans, rather than just saying they are uniformed and uneducated. There are some fans who will try to keep informed.
In regards to bias. I am sorry but there are judges who have been on the take, DA's, police officers, politicians, etc.... I am not saying there is a conspiracy in this particular situation, however, I will not agree to a blanket statement that no official EVER is biased or influenced. No way. Not if they are human. Saying because you can bet on it at vegas, it must be not ever happen, does not convince me that it has NEVER happened or could NEVER happen. Do I think NBA officials are on the take? No. Do I think they could be influenced and might try to do what is best for the league, not what is actually happening on the court? I don't know. But I also don't understand if there is nothing wrong going on, why get so defensive about having somebody look at it?
I do think that there should be a way for the fans to forward to the league particular plays that they questions on and for the league to use some impartial (but educated) judges to see if there have been mistakes. These could be used to help educate the fans when there were no mistakes, and they could be used to help educate the officals on those rare times when they have made a mistake.
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