Big Baller Forfeits

[Nevadaref]

LaVar Ball pulls Big Ballers AAU team off court after receiving technical foul

Good riddance.

1. That looks like a holding foul to me.
2. I will henceforth refer to him as Big Cry Baby.
3. Who is cheating?
4. The irony of the article's final quote is truly wonderful given the incorrect grammar used by the one making the critical statement.
5. The Lakers don't believe that this clown is going to be a problem?

[SC Official]

Great example of why not to work this BS.

[BktBallRef]

He's an idiot. Ignore him and he'll go away.

[grunewar]

Originally Posted by BktBallRef

Ignore him and he'll go away.

Unfortunately, he won't.

[BktBallRef]

Originally Posted by grunewar

Unfortunately, he won't.

If people like ESPN would ignore him and stop putting him on TV, he would go away. Don't give him an audience.

[grunewar]

Originally Posted by BktBallRef

If people like ESPN would ignore him and stop putting him on TV, he would go away. Don't give him an audience.

In this day and age.......it'll never happen. His 15 minutes of fame is going to last longer than most, and for what?

It's a sad testament to our society unfortunately.

[crosscountry55]

Originally Posted by BktBallRef

If people like ESPN would ignore him and stop putting him on TV, he would go away. Don't give him an audience.

And the President would stop tweeting if we all stopped listening to the media talk about his tweets.

In other words, good theoretical advice, but not realistic.

Lavar is here to stay in our lives until he or someone in his family has a complete meltdown or fall from grace. That's why we pay attention.....because it's inevitable and deep down inside, we all want to witness it when it happens.


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[SC Official]

Originally Posted by BktBallRef

He's an idiot. Ignore him and he'll go away.

Are you referring to how officials should handle him? Because in summer ball (which I hardly work any of) especially I guarantee you that I am NOT ignoring him, and if the tournament director wants to chew my ass for it, they can find another official.

Maybe this was a camp for the officials, I don't know. But I wouldn't tolerate that BS in a high school game, there's not a chance I'm tolerating it for the pennies we make in AAU.

[BigCat]

Originally Posted by SC Official

Are you referring to how officials should handle him? Because in summer ball (which I hardly work any of) especially I guarantee you that I am NOT ignoring him, and if the tournament director wants to chew my ass for it, they can find another official.

Maybe this was a camp for the officials, I don't know. But I wouldn't tolerate that BS in a high school game, there's not a chance I'm tolerating it for the pennies we make in AAU.

The moral of the story is don't do AAU. He's high profile idiot. There are many more. There's no penalty for being an idiot there. The directors care about their tournament and view referees as a dime a dozen.

[SC Official]

Originally Posted by BigCat

The moral of the story is don't do AAU. He's high profile idiot. There are many more. There's no penalty for being an idiot there. The directors care about their tournament and view referees as a dime a dozen.

Of course, if referees and assigners would stop selling out to the TDs for money, maybe, just maybe, they would view us as more than "a dime a dozen" and stop pandering to coaches who "paid to be there." On the flip side, I can't really hold it against officials who want to make money; I'm just not willing to work 2-man (typically what off-season ball is around here) for pocket change while being expected to put up with all the nonsense. And in my experience, most good referees aren't either.

[JRutledge]

Originally Posted by BigCat

The moral of the story is don't do AAU. He's high profile idiot. There are many more. There's no penalty for being an idiot there. The directors care about their tournament and view referees as a dime a dozen.

I think it depends on who is running the tournament and who is assigning the tournament. I just worked a tournament where it was a camp and we were told to handle our business. The officiating was looked at as an asset and not a liability. There are more than enough tournaments where they can worry about where the officiating is coming from. But the reality is it only as good as you want it to be. You only do not respect the officials, it gets around. Even in the large area I live there are officials that refuse to work games in AAU (including myself) without some backing and support by the people assigning.

Peace

[Raymond]

Originally Posted by BigCat

The moral of the story is don't do AAU. He's high profile idiot. There are many more. There's no penalty for being an idiot there. The directors care about their tournament and view referees as a dime a dozen.

AAU usually has a dress code for coaches. There definitely was not one for this game, so I'm not sure this was an AAU event.

[BktBallRef]

Originally Posted by SC Official

Are you referring to how officials should handle him? Because in summer ball (which I hardly work any of) especially I guarantee you that I am NOT ignoring him, and if the tournament director wants to chew my ass for it, they can find another official.

Maybe this was a camp for the officials, I don't know. But I wouldn't tolerate that BS in a high school game, there's not a chance I'm tolerating it for the pennies we make in AAU.

I mean exactly what I said. People need to ignore him. Don't put him on TV. Don't post about him on the Internet.

Originally Posted by SC Official

Of course, plenty of camp directors are spineless and will tell their campers to pander to the coaches.

Really? I cannot imagine many camp directors giving this instruction. Never seen it personally in the ~20 camps I've been to in the last 5 years.

Originally Posted by BktBallRef

Don't post about him on the Internet.

Like you are doing right now?

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by Nevadaref

I will henceforth refer to him as Big Cry Baby.

It took me a while, but I finally got it. Back in the mid-twentieth century, "balling" was a slang term for crying ("Quit your balling"). I wonder if LaVar Ball is old enough to realize that?