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Old Wed Aug 29, 2012, 03:52pm
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Since we are in summer mode..thought I would throw this out

If like the NFL, the NBA officials were locked out, would you accept an assignment working NBA games? Why or Why Not?
No, because I'd either be in over my head or I'd be sabotaging my chance at making it later the old fashioned way.
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If I were at the level where I could actually work those games, it would depend on why they were in the lockout/strike. Some lockouts/strikes have merit, others are silly.
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Old Wed Aug 29, 2012, 05:57pm
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No, I believe in unions and believe that it would hurt other chances. More trouble than it is worth.

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Old Sat Sep 01, 2012, 01:40am
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No, I believe in unions and believe that it would hurt other chances. More trouble than it is worth.

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Old Sat Sep 01, 2012, 11:09pm
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There is nothing lower than a scab.
I think we could cite many in the criminal realm who would certainly qualify.

Anyway, I think this is a test of loyalty in two forms: where we draw the line, and where we expect others to draw the line.

Some believe that all sports officials are brethren. Others see each other as competitors, much in the same way businesses do. (For most, it's a combination of the two.) When expected loyalties from others don't match your own -- in any situation -- there's a feeling of betrayal, and the usual result is name-calling ("scab," in this case). In most places, betrayal, or even perceived betrayal, carries a heavy price.

I'll go out on a short limb and say that most -- myself included --wouldn't blame MTD for feeling betrayed by the two who took work from the league that parted ways with him (as evidence by the 90% who wouldn't take work). However, I think it's naïve to expect loyalty from someone you never met. If someone else took an assignment that you rejected, and they don't know you or your circumstances, how can you rationally hold ill will toward them?
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Old Sun Sep 02, 2012, 01:03am
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I think we could cite many in the criminal realm who would certainly qualify.
I love hyperbole as much as the next million guys combined, but I agree. "Nothing lower?" Really? I don't think you have to get into the criminal element to find a ton of categories that would be lower than a scab.

I've stayed out of this because it has gotten too political, and I've been affected by political gamma rays. I turn ugly, green, and angry.

That said, one doesn't need to support all union activity to recognize that crossing a picket line can be either selfish or short sighted.
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Old Wed Aug 29, 2012, 06:21pm
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If I were at the level where I could actually work those games, it would depend on why they were in the lockout/strike. Some lockouts/strikes have merit, others are silly.
I agree in theory, but for the most part, I'd be too lazy to do the research required for me to depart from my default setting of supporting the officials. And regardless of whether the officials were right, crossing the line would have ramifications for me once the issue was resolved. I'd have to go back and work for people who do not like those who cross a union like this.

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