Two Entire Rosters Suspended

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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.....

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.