It's the WNBA, not the WNBE

[JugglingReferee]

Originally Posted by Mark Padgett

Just caught a few minutes before halftime of the WNBA Atlanta - Washington game. One of the Washington players took an extra step on her drive to the hoop and traveling was called! I guess that in the pro game, that call is gender-specific.

Shouldn't Title IX kick in?

[APG]

Originally Posted by JugglingReferee

Shouldn't Title IX kick in?

Title IX don't apply to pro sports.

[tref]

FACT: There are missed travels at EVERY level of play.

IMO: NBA guys & Violet have mastered the art of calling obvious travels & passing on the ones that need to be rewinded 4-6 times to validate.
NBA players just dont travel as much as the lower levels & their gathering skills are quite exceptional as well!
At the lower levels you see travels called that really never happened. I've witnessed calls made purely on the movement of the feet... what about the status of the ball? NBA officials dont make this call when there is doubt as to whether a player is holding a live ball inbounds.

On the obvious missed Wade travel (trap) last night, one of the commentators said (IKR) its tough for the official to watch the feet & the contact on those type of plays. Im quite sure the crew looked at that play to see how they could've got it right.

Originally Posted by SmokeEater

You have to play like a star to get this kind of treatment.... that leaves Lebron out during these finals!

Recording a Triple-Double in the Finals (even though they lost) is a great personal achievement & is quite Star like IMO. But thats just me...