Van Gundy fined for comments about playoff officiating

[Goose]

JR...

You do realize that you made my initial point. I said the NBA was the weaker sister, not necessarily becasue of bad referees, but because the league views "entertainment" over basketball. It does not "pay" to have the stars sit.

Point two clearly would indicate that this is the real reason why more good, great officials don't jump.

Ask any great college football official if they had the chance would they move to the NFL? Case closed! Ask any great college umpire if they got a call from MLB, would they go? Case closed. Now ask the great college referees if they got a call from the NBA if they would go?

Money? Prestige? Placement at the bottom? What gives? Many good officials will say they are content doing a good D1 schedule, but I can't imagine them not wanting to work the best basketball league in the world. That is, if it is indeed perceived as the best, and clearly it is not.

Maybe I'm over simplifiying it, but the NBA is reaping what it is sowing, and then crying about the lack of viewership while the NCAA eats the NBA for lunch.

Then Stern gets all in a tizzy becasue someone treads on the "integrity" of the NBA game....give me a break! Integrity left the game a long time ago.

goose