Yes, there is. It is by no means as cut and dried as you make it out to be. And I'm a lifelong Celtics fan/Laker hater.
http://www.realclearsports.com/articles/2014/04/28/did_nba_really_fix_its_playoff_games_97937.html
College Officiating is Out of Control
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Yes, there is. It is by no means as cut and dried as you make it out to be. And I'm a lifelong Celtics fan/Laker hater.
http://www.realclearsports.com/articles/2014/04/28/did_nba_really_fix_its_playoff_games_97937.html
no no... its obvious that Game 6 was fixed...
my point is that there was no charges.. no convictions...
Tim Donaghy got in trouble with the FBI for betting... not for fixing games.
In my opinion NHL referees are the best.
What gets me about basketball referees is the inconsistency from conference to conference. Part of the big ten's struggles at times in the NCAA tournament is that the games are called a lot tighter than conference play, which lets a lot of physical play go.
here is the thing - when I sit down with someone and explain to them what officials are looking at, why they're doing or not doing certain things, why they allow some things and penalize others, they begin to understand and see the game this way. Your ability to properly evaluate officiating is based on nothing other than your perspective. Of course there will be times that the crew flat out misses calls. It happens. It's going to continue to happen forever.
NBA officials don't owe the public any type of explanation on a nightly basis. If the NBA is satisfied with the job Joe Borgia is doing, that's all that matters. The NBA officials are accountable to Joe Borgia, who is accountable to Adam Silver. The folks who control their jobs are the ones they are accountable to, not the public. The same goes for college basketball officials. They aren't accountable to you or the media; they're accountable to their bosses (league coordinators of officials) and their bosses' bosses (league commissioners, NCAA coordinator of officials), and there isn't anything wrong with that. Me being accountable to the public after every game I work will not make me more "honest" of an official. I'm already working my tail off to get as many calls as I can right. I don't care who wins or loses. I want both teams to walk off the court and feel like they got a fair shake. And the public's view of whether or not that happened on a nightly basis doesn't impact the truth of it. In general, the public's ability to evaluate quality of officiating is very poor. And it's not every officials' job to educate the public about what it is they're doing. If the public is ignorant to mechanics, court coverage, coverage responsibilities, RULES - then they need to work to understand what is going on rather than simply get upset because they think the officials are bums. More than likely, when they arrive at a conclusion like that, it's because they're too lazy to try to understand what is going on and would rather just call the refs "horrible".
Officials have to give an account...to their bosses. Not to the public. Just because they arent accountable to you doesn't mean they don't have to give an account. This is the ignorance I mentioned in my post above. I'm not mad at you for it, and don't take it personally because I'm not trying to insult you, but you're rushing to assumptions that aren't true.
This is the perspective I think a lot of people don't understand. And for the majority of officials, we're working day jobs right next to you at work and then heading off to study, prep, and referee that evening. Yes, we travel so we work remotely and whatnot, but the NBA actually employs their officials and they are full-time professionals. We're doing the best we can given that we're all independent contractors and work with different partners almost every single night. Many of us were college athletes, and it's still hard to keep up with all the moving parts on the court, monitor the shot clock and game clocks, manage coaches, etc. These are high level athletes, and it's extremely easy to lose angles in no time even when you're working hard to keep them. Throwing the whistle on and working a couple of games would go a long way in helping people understand that this isn't as easy as they think it is, and despite our best efforts, people who don't know what they're looking at are going to criticize us EVERY SINGLE NIGHT.
the problem is not at all imperfection...
the problem is that there is no accountability.
now... making excuses is fine.. I won't beat you up over that...
but if its too hard, find something else to do.
I don't know who you are talking to... nor do I know who OIT is...
but think about this... if the people with all the money and power who are running the show... if they are corrupt...
and if they are the only ones who the referees are accountable to..
then that makes the referees nothing more than agents of corruption.
imagine if coaches were only accountable to AD's
imagine if players were only accountable to Coaches.
there would be no need for the media.
it is the media's responsibility to keep people in check.
the media is the mediator between teams and fans.
they are a necessity to keep the balance of power...
the same goes for politics.
the media has the responsibility to keep everybody honest.
yet..... in the game of basketball...
the referees don't have to give an account to the media.
even though the President of the United States has to give an account to the media.
these referees are above the law.... they are above even the President.
they are untouchable.
they are treated like an unseen god.
and they have an ego to match.
