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Originally Posted by Nevadaref
From the guy who wrote a scathing post about us not supporting our fellow officials at that level and making fun of the league for its practices, I find this to be truly ironic.
Nothing could be more undermining than for the league to come out and rescind the technical foul and lift the suspension. The league is telling the entire viewing world that the official was wrong and they aren't backing him.
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I don't find it ironic at all. My beef is the way some people on this board choose to characterize the NBA game and it's overall officiating. Specifically referencing it as the NBE, comparing it to pro wrestling, and implying that what the officials are asked to do, and what they do, is somehow not officiating basketball.
I never said that individual officials are not open to criticism though that's what some tried to spin the discussion into. Personally, I feel that individual officials, just like any other human being, are subject to criticism. In this instance, I disagree with Rush's judgment in issuing the second T.
The fact that the NBA has a ruling calling for a suspension after a certain number of Ts is a good thing. And I also thinks it's a good thing to give the office the discretion to rescind a technical so that a player is not unfairly suspended. This does not, and should not, undermine an official. It's a fair policy that works in the best interest of everyone.
If someone from the league office came down at halftime and said the second T doesnt count and allowed Perkins back in the game that would be undermining Rush. But as I said in my earlier post, the T was administered, and Perkins got tossed. What the league policy does is allow the office to rescind a T for the sake of the accumulation toward a suspension, which IMO, is more than fair.
So my position here is consistent in that I support the NBA and its overall officiating process. Rush's T was enforced and the player got tossed. But given time and the advantage of replay to access the entire situation, the league made the correct decision, IMO, that a further suspension was not warranted. It's called common sense and looking at the big picture.