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NBA Ref Article
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I felt awfully depressed after reading that :confused:
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Sometimes, the truth hurts, but I think it's good for this to come out. The desire by the NBA, and to a lesser extent college, to produce robotic officiating has made the product worse in many cases.
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Personally, I found this quote to be the most interesting part of the piece:
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I was interested to read that the guys were going back reviewing tapes of when they reffed with Donaghy and still couldn't find anything even in hind sight.
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I'm going to be interested, as this thing progresses, to see if they are able to determine how he was able to manipulate the games. If he did it, it must be detectable, I would think.
And, if they aren't able to show how he did it after knowing he did, it doesn't inspire a lot of confidence that they'll be able to prevent or even detect it in the future. An alternative is that all is not as it seems due to the federal investigation. Perhaps he didn't manipulate games. The whole thing still smells funny to me. |
This is what interested me the most:
"Officials say that over the previous two seasons, their decisions have been second-guessed by the league more than ever before and, all too often, erroneously. They are convinced that public or team perception of a call will ultimately dictate whether the league finds it correct. Several refs say they've been given a thumbs-up on a performance only to be harangued, even reprimanded, by the same people several days later after they've had a chance to view the slo-mo replay." Looks like knowing whether your league has your back is one of the most important parts of reffing. When that changed, all of a sudden, everyone wants out. I can agree with that! |
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Nothing new here. All this stuff has been going on for years.
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