NBA Officials

[Odd Duck]

Originally Posted by Back In The Saddle

And I'm sure Stern would love nothing more than to have irrefutable statistical evidence that the conspiracy theorists are all wrong. Well, except maybe to have it all printed in a hefty spread sheet he can roll up and beat the hell out of Mark Cuban with the next time he goes off

He better be careful about beating up Cuban with anything right now. Sterns needs to be concerned with the league's perception with the fans...you know, those insignificant minions that BUY TICKETS...my bet is 95% of them are thinking Cuban was right and Sterns' glorious system is a big stinking pile of bull dung.

Honestly, if I were in Sterns position...as soon as the whirlwind settles a bit and more details come out, I would establish a committee made up of owners and former officials to review and overhaul the officials evaluation program, to include something to detect suspect activity/trends, and make Cuban the chairman.

[Jurassic Referee]

Originally Posted by Odd Duck

Honestly, if I were in Sterns position...as soon as the whirlwind settles a bit and more details come out, I would establish a committee made up of owners and former officials to review and overhaul the officials evaluation program, to include something to detect suspect activity/trends, and make Cuban the chairman.

Are you serious? Owners?

Whatinthehell do owners know about officiating?

And make Cuban the chairman? Helluva idea. I'm sure that his Mavs would just love the officiating after he got done with it. The other teams in the league? Not so much methinks. All Cuban cares about is whether his team is gonna get their fair share of the calls that he thinks that they deserve, which is about 85% of 'em.

[Odd Duck]

Originally Posted by Jurassic Referee

Are you serious? Owners?

Whatinthehell do owners know about officiating?

And make Cuban the chairman? Helluva idea. I'm sure that his Mavs would just love the officiating after he got done with it. The other teams in the league? Not so much methinks. All Cuban cares about is whether his team is gonna get their fair share of the calls that he thinks that they deserve, which is about 85% of 'em.

Give me a break Jurassic...what do the owners in the NFL know about rules? Yet they have a competition committee that handles, amoung other things, rules.

First, like it or not, the OWNERS are, or should be, the ones that dictate how things are handled in a professional league. If by no other way, than by employing a commissioner. Sterns may be powerful, but you can bet your last dollar that if he started doing things the owners didn't like they would get things changed.

Second, do you really think any official in the NBA is going to do anything that may even be remotely perceived as bias? My bet is next year you will see a marked difference in how things are called. They are not going to want to be viewed as "on the take". I am not saying any others are, but it is human nature to act differently when a peer is caught up in something like this...and even though a lot here don't think they are, NBA officials are human.

Lastly, If ANY owner of any team in any league is only concerned with his team then that owner is a short sighted business idiot. A team benefits when the league as a whole does well. Cuban may be a lot of things...but short sighted business idiot is not one of them.

[Jurassic Referee]

Originally Posted by Odd Duck

1) Give me a break Jurassic...what do the owners in the NFL know about rules? Yet they have a competition committee that handles, amoung other things, rules.
First, like it or not, the OWNERS are, or should be, the ones that dictate how things are handled in a professional league. If by no other way, than by employing a commissioner. Sterns may be powerful, but you can bet your last dollar that if he started doing things the owners didn't like they would get things changed.

2) My bet is next year you will see a marked difference in how things are called. They are not going to want to be viewed as "on the take".

1) How many owners are actually on the 8 men composing the NFL voting competition committee? I looked it up. There's ONE owner on the committee. The other members are 2 coaches, 2 GM's and 3 team presidents. The GM's and team presidents have football experience in either playing, coaching or administrating. Having 8 owners on the committee would be an outright disaster. Most of 'em know dick-all about football, let alone football officiating.

2) Interesting thought, Care to explain exactly what you mean by it? How are things going to be changed? What things are going to be changed? Just what is going to be different in the way that the game is going to be called next year?