More NBA traveling...

[mcuban]

Actually. There are a couple split foot travels missed a game

I guess the question is whether those give a player an advantage

Originally Posted by mcuban

They have that support.

Originally Posted by mcuban

Actually. There are a couple split foot travels missed a game

I guess the question is whether those give a player an advantage

The refs have fine support from the league, that's not the problem.

I guess we need to consider whether the missed calls are a function of the refs seeing them and not calling them or the refs not seeing them at all. Individually they might look poor but as a whole the refs call traveling pretty consistently. That's my eye test, but your data may show otherwise.

[JetMetFan]

Another thought...don't or haven't we all at some point set aside the traveling rule at some point? Think about it: you're working a game with young kids or even a JV game where one or both teams is lousy. Kids are shuffling all over the place. Do you blow your whistle every time? I'm going to guess the answer is 'no' simply because we don't want to a 32-minute game to take three hours to play. However, you do try to get every foul because you don't want anyone hurt, you don't want a fight or a combination of the two.

I'm not saying NBA officials set aside the travel rule. We do need to realize:

1. The NBA's travel rule is different than the NCAA and NF rules
2. The NBA is about entertainment -- when we media types use file video from the NBA the courtesy is "NBA Entertainment." That's not an accident.
3. They, like many of us, have probably been told to call travels when they take place but if a call is to be missed better it be a travel as opposed to a foul. Missed travels lead to arguments. Missed fouls lead to fights.

[Adam]

Originally Posted by mcuban

Actually. There are a couple split foot travels missed a game

I guess the question is whether those give a player an advantage

The question is would you be happy with the results if you tweaked the filters a bit. In other words, if the refs adjust so they're watching the feet more closely, they're going to get more travels called. The problem is, they'll likely now be calling a few travels that aren't actually travels.

You're not going to get absolute perfection, so the question is which way would you rather they err?