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Originally Posted by TimTaylor
Very true. They are also all adults and both players and officials are operating within a wholly controlled commercial contractural environment.
You can't compare the NBA with interscholastic sports - the disparaties are numerous and major. They are very different animals.....
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Exactly. NBA officials are full time employees whose compensation and legal protections are entirely different than those of us working at the HS level.
As for the video itself I don't have any criticism of the officials on the court. The one thing I would say is that I like to step toward the jump ball and be a bit more aggressive with the whistle in those situations hopefully to act as a deterrent to such non-sense but there's no guarantee that works. The L called the jump ball, quickly called a T when the initial push occurred, then backed up once mayhem ensued.
On the point of never touching players I was just thinking about that last week. I had a jump ball situation with players on the floor and some mild jawing. One player kind of took a step toward an opponent and I put my arm out and sort of pushed him back as I also verbalized to "knock it off" or something to that effect. It came to me as 2nd nature probably from having a background of previous working directly with kids through running recreation leagues, coaching, teaching HS for a few years, etc. But afterwards I was questioning whether or not I should have done that.