College referees disciplined

College basketball referees disciplined for accessing unauthorized information, per sources - ESPN

[Bad Zebra]

I always thought this inter web thing was going to cause problems for officials

[Raymond]

Bradley Batt as in whack, get out?

[Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.]

Originally Posted by BadNewsRef

Bradley Batt as in whack, get out?

Yes.

MTD, Sr.

[Adam]

ruh roh

[Tio]

These guys are the envy of so many officials who would love to work 80-100 games and enjoy the game fees and prestige that come along with the turf. I have a feeling we don't know the whole story. The only angles could be: 1. Access to coach evaluations of officials & 2. Seeing officials, their schedules and the accompanying pay they were in line for.

I dealt with a similar situation in a High School association where one of the board members got access and wanted to know who had the best assignments every week. It is nothing more than an ego, jealousy and envy play. At the D1 level there is a lot more cash at stake.

[JRutledge]

The problem with the story is that as usual, the media only focused on one of the most minor part of the infraction. Honestly, who cares what a coach might say about them. I doubt that was the issue. I bet it was more about getting access to things that were not the business of the individuals like assignments and assignor decisions.

The media really needs to talk to more people that actually officiate, not some reporter that has no idea what officiating is about.

Peace

[JetMetFan]

Originally Posted by JRutledge

The problem with the story is that as usual, the media only focused on one of the most minor part of the infraction. Honestly, who cares what a coach might say about them. I doubt that was the issue. I bet it was more about getting access to things that were not the business of the individuals like assignments and assignor decisions.

The media really needs to talk to more people that actually officiate, not some reporter that has no idea what officiating is about.

Peace

The reporter didn't focus on the coach rating part of things, he just used it as an example. He mentioned the assignments and financial information as well. The reporter also mentioned that he spoke with an official about the situation off the record. I'm not surprised a working official wouldn't speak on the record about something like this.

[MD Longhorn]

Originally Posted by JRutledge

The media really needs to talk to more people that actually officiate, not some reporter that has no idea what officiating is about. Peace

Problem with that thought is that at nearly every level, officials are told not to speak to the press. Finding that one guy in each organization that is allowed to speak for the group is probably not that easy (or timely), from the reporter's point of view - especially in today's 24-hour news cycle where there are no deadlines... just rushes to report things first.

[Referee24.7]

I think the major concern is the fact that if the allegations are found to be true, they basically got unauthorized access to a site(s) that they don't have permission to, so that almost basically constitutes to hacking in the site, and that has criminally federal ramifications. . .

I'm no politician, but invading someone's privacy (such as personal info like SS numbers and other things) is a scary thing.

Just my barely $.02 cents worth on it. . .

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by Referee24.7

Just my barely $.02 cents worth on it.

Sorry. Somebody hacked into your account and that two cents is long gone. And now you have to pay a $35.00 overdraft fee.