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Old Thu Apr 05, 2012, 04:35am
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National basketball federation suspends 15 referees for wearing the wrong uniform

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BallinEurope, the European Basketball news site Blog Archive A ?classic Italian mess?: National basketball federation suspends 15 referees for wearing the wrong uniform

A bit of a weird one from Italy for you this morning … BallinEurope contributing writer Enrico Cellini reports on a symbolic protest within his country’s national basketball league which subsequently saw nearly half the Serie A referees – including the well-esteemed Fabio Facchini, one of two Italians who will be calling games at the 2012 Olympic Games – suspended.


On March 17th and 18th, 19 Serie A referees opted for the orange jerseys they used to wear last season instead of the 2011-2012 grey uniforms. Unlike those NBA teams that go for vintage-style uniforms to reminisce about their roots (and sell some more jerseys at their stores), the old-school fashion displayed by the refs was intended as a clear signal to the Italian Basketball Federation and the basketball world as a whole.
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Nice; European politics mixed in to union politics mixed in to officiating. Talk about an Alphamale Soup.
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