More access to referees for fans and media?

[grunewar]

Originally Posted by JRutledge

I was just making that point clear. This tells me that most of these will not be implemented. They do not want the players talking about the NBA; you really think they want the officials talking about why someone got thrown out of a game? If the media wants to know what a call is or is not, pick up a rulebook. Until that happens, I do not see this taking place.

Peace

While I still can't believe refs will have "Press Conferences" which would be absurd IMO, here is an excerpt from another article today:

Stern promised to implement all the recommendations included in former federal prosecutor Lawrence Pedowitz’s review of the NBA’s referees operations department, the result of a 14-month probe that cost the league several million dollars.

The report recommended it include: a hot line to anonymously raise questions about gambling and game integrity issues; making available any complaints the league receives about refs—beginning in the 2008-09 playoffs—to both teams to avoid suspicions of bias; requiring officials to annually report their contacts among players and team personnel to the league so it can monitor fraternization.

http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news?slu...v=ap&type=lgns