Big Baller Forfeits

[Rich]

Originally Posted by AremRed

New situation today: Female referee removed after LaVar Ball threatens to pull his AAU team off court

Apparently the Court Club Camp is running in Vegas and one of the campers whacked LaVar and he forced her to get removed. I'm surprised Ed didn't pull all his refs off the floor for the tournament bending to that shit. And then he got whacked by the replacement guy! That's being a good partner right there.

Being good partners would've meant walking off with that female official.

[ReffingAce]

Originally Posted by rich

being good partners would've meant walking off with that female official.

+1

[sj]

Originally Posted by Rich

Being good partners would've meant walking off with that female official.

Correct on this. They may not have thought to do it in the moment so some allowance can be made for the two of them. But they would have scored points with the clinicians had they done so.

The situations where it's needed to stick up for a fellow official can take many different forms. Both on and off the court. Recognizing those situations and then following through by standing up for a fellow official is important not only for the official you're standing up for but for officiating as a whole.

[Camron Rust]

Originally Posted by sj

Correct on this. They may not have thought to do it in the moment so some allowance can be made for the two of them. But they would have scored points with the clinicians had they done so.

The situations where it's needed to stick up for a fellow official can take many different forms. Both on and off the court. Recognizing those situations and then following through by standing up for a fellow official is important not only for the official you're standing up for but for officiating as a whole.

Not being there, I don't think we can say that. Who knows what those clinicians told them to do. I'd like to think the clinicians themselves would pull the crew from the court with what happened, but they didn't.

[Freddy]

Who is the sponsor for this coach's team? Anybody know?
It's his own "brand" that's funding it, isn't it?

[Nevadaref]

Now we see Adidas caving to the bad press on this with the obligatory "we're sorry for our mistake."

https://www.yahoo.com/sports/wrong-d...161051463.html

Want to demonstrate something significant?--Don't have his team back for next Summer's event.

[JRutledge]

I wonder if the new action by Adidas is because they will be in trouble with the quality of the officials if Court Club pulls out. Yes they might get officials, but they will not likely get D1 or top up and coming officials.

Peace

[ChuckS]

Originally Posted by JRutledge

I wonder if the new action by Adidas is because they will be in trouble with the quality of the officials if Court Club pulls out. Yes they might get officials, but they will not likely get D1 or top up and coming officials.

Peace

I think this is nothing but a corporate "mea culpa", trying to safe face, and not having any negative backlash affect their bottom line. I think they have proven that when it comes to officials, it's not exactly a high priority of theirs.

Originally Posted by JRutledge

I wonder if the new action by Adidas is because they will be in trouble with the quality of the officials if Court Club pulls out. Yes they might get officials, but they will not likely get D1 or top up and coming officials.

I doubt they give a shit about having quality officials. They just want warm bodies who will show up and not cause problems like this.