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Originally Posted by TussAgee11
I disagree totally. Players don't get calls in the NBA, officials judge the action and rule accordingly (unless you're Donaghy  ) |
Well, I gotta disagree completely with that. I've been officiating basketball for nigh on 50 years....and I don't have a clue as to what constitutes a "foul" in the NBE(the WWE with a ball). There just ain't no rhyme nor reason, or any consistency involved anymore either imo. You can apply that statement to violations like traveling and palming also.
The NBE is entertainment oriented, not sports oriented
per se, and the league is called that way. Hell, the NBE still doesn't know what, if any, bad calls that Donaghy actually made. Their criteria, whatever the hell it is, showed Donaghy as being one of their better and more accurate play callers, even in games that he threw. That ought to tell you something right there. Note that I'm not knocking NBE officials either. They have to be the most scrutinized and over-trained officiating body in the world. Every single call is analyzed and graded, and Big Brother is watching every move. The problem lies with the direction that NBE officials are being given, again imo only. As I said, the NBE is entertainment oriented, and it wants its games officiated that way. If you want to critique the officials, you might just as well critique the guys officiating the Harlem Globetrotters' games also. In both sets of games, the officials are told how they have to call a game. Iow, if you want to watch the NBE and Trotter games for their entertainment value, fine. Just don't take either of them seriously.
The NBE in it's current reincarnation is simply unwatchable anymore, imo only. You've got a ton of players who can't shoot or pass worth a damn, but they can dunk and kick the sh!t out of their opponents(and trash-talk while doing so).