Ralph Nader and game 6

[Mark Padgett]

Originally posted by rockyroad
Why would the number of times a certain call is made against one team compared to the number of times on the other team indicate referee bias??

In my never ending struggle to achieve fairness (yeah, right), I think it should be pointed out that I really think he was saying that if the missed calls against one team was way out of proportion to the missed calls against the other team, then that would indicate a bias.

Also, to be fair, who, other than another referee, can objectively judge whether a call was "missed" or not? Certainly not a fan who subjectively is pulling for one of the teams.

Besides, refs never miss calls. They call what they see. Occasionally, they don't see something, but they never "miss" calls.