An Idea How To Improve Officiating

[crypticone]

I have heard the instant replay suggestions, but I don't think that the league will do much with that. Here is my idea. I think that part of the problem is that the game moves way to fast for some officials. I mean, if you think about it, they have to run as much as the players. So what I propose is using 2 sets of officials. One set for each side of the half court line. When the play goes to one side of the half court, one set of officials takes over the call of the game and when it shifts to the other side of the half court line, the other set takes over. I think that this may prevent an offical getting caught out of position when the action starts going to fast for him/her. What does everyone else think?

 

[Lamar_Odom]

2 more officials making it 5 total. 1 referee per 2 players. That should do the trick.

 

[ReinadelosReys]

I was thinking glasses....

 

[ImaKingsFan]

It also might help to hire some refs who are not collecting social security and members in good standing of AARP..

 

[VF21]

How to Improve Officiating:

 

[B-52]

VF, Danny Fortson would hurt that good lookin Lab if it got in the way

 

[SaCKiNgS24]

they need a how to be a NBA referee for dummies book.

 

[ImaKingsFan]

they need a how to be a NBA referee for dummies book.

I am thinking they should be printed in braille..

 

[HndsmCelt]

All of these coments assume that the bad calls were mistakes, Im not sure about that.

 

[funsc]

found a university of

" NBA official referees"

 

[ImaKingsFan]

All of these coments assume that the bad calls were mistakes, Im not sure about that.

Thousands of angry Kings fans cannot be wrong.

 

[HndsmCelt]

Thousands of angry Kings fans cannot be wrong.

You misunderstand me. I am NOT arguing that the calls were not bad. They were. I just question if they were mistakes.

 

[6th]

You misunderstand me. I am NOT arguing that the calls were not bad. They were. I just question if they were mistakes.

I am with you, Celt. There is something we know about the egos of NBA referees. They are HUGE!! With that in mind, understand that they do not like to be questioned. Usually the threat of fines is enough to keep most players from complaining about how bad the officiating is in this league. I am thinking that when someone like Mobley comes along and basically says, "I don't care about the fine. I will come out and say that the officiating sucks." Well, then the refs find another way to shut a player up.

 

[ImaKingsFan]

You misunderstand me. I am NOT arguing that the calls were not bad. They were. I just question if they were mistakes.

That could very well be. In the end it still doesn't say much about the NBA
officiating. How can you correct a problem when you won't admit you have one and instead punish the team who has been on the receiving end of some pretty bad calls for speaking out.

 

[PixelPusher]

Take away their "cloak of Infalliability". Remove the "total job security" aspect of their tenure. Make the punitive actions (repremands, fines, suspensions) handed down to referees by the head of Officiating a matter of public record. A little sunshine on the process will do wonders to quell the conspiracy theories.

 

[HndsmCelt]

LOL, not sure I woujld consider my self a conspiricy theorist, but I follow you. Do i think the NBA reffs have agreeed to screw the Kings? probably not explicitly, but are we to asume that randomly in the past 5 games the NBA refs have jsut randomly, coincidentely made key bad calls in the final seconds of 3 games compleelty unrealted to criticism on the part of Kings palyers? I guess that makes the rest of the world "coincidence theorists."

 

[swisshh]

You have to get rid of Stern. Fans are certainly displeased with officials, and I mean all fans. The problem is that the way the game is called is just fine with Stern and the national media are complete pussies about discussing the issue.

 

[Brewer16]

Hire new ones. Ones that arent two-three times as old as the players.

 

[uolj]

I have heard the instant replay suggestions, but I don't think that the league will do much with that. Here is my idea. I think that part of the problem is that the game moves way to fast for some officials. I mean, if you think about it, they have to run as much as the players. So what I propose is using 2 sets of officials. One set for each side of the half court line. When the play goes to one side of the half court, one set of officials takes over the call of the game and when it shifts to the other side of the half court line, the other set takes over. I think that this may prevent an offical getting caught out of position when the action starts going to fast for him/her. What does everyone else think?

I don't think this is a good idea. Having different officials call the game on each side would lead to even more inconsistency than currently exists. This would be a bad thing and would hurt more than it would help, in my opinion.

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The suggestion I made in 2003, and I still think applies today, is for the NBA to stop encouraging officials to consider outside factors when making a call. The NBA encourages the refs to think about the game situation, like calling the game a little tighter if it gets chippy or a little looser when it goes down to the wire. They encourage the officials to study tendencies in team play to be ready for potential infractions.

This might sound good in theory, but it makes it harder for the referees to make correct and consistent split second decisions during the game. Once you start thinking about the situation or other variables besides the play itself, it is too difficult for any human being to filter out the bad influences and only consider the good ones, especially on calls that need to be made immediately. The result is inconsistent calls that frustrate teams and magnify mistakes.

NBA - Start teaching your officials to ignore all outside influences and just call what they see!

 

[iheartBrad]

maybe they should throw some of them down to the NBDL have them practice their Development skills and then they can return to the NBA has a better basketball referee

 

[Brewer16]

maybe they should throw some of them down to the NBDL have them practice their Development skills and then they can return to the NBA has a better basketball referee

hahaha, i like that idea. If it works for players, why not the refs too?

 

[Gunny]

It has to start with the resignation of David "The Troll" Stern and Stu Jackson. Stern holds the refs in a "God-like" state as if they can't do anything wrong. He does not have the intestinal fortitude to hold them accountable.

 

[gman23]

This is not a KINGS issue,,every night there is a NBA game that there are some bad calls.
There will always be bad calls in "SPORTS" period.

Humans=ERRORS

 

[vj9999]

This is not a KINGS issue,,every night there is a NBA game that there are some bad calls.
There will always be bad calls in "SPORTS" period.

Humans=ERRORS

Maybe they can make robots to officiate games

 

[gman23]

Maybe they can make robots to officiate games

LOL.....I like that, we could make billions....LOL

 

[Insomniacal Fan]

They have line calling machines in tennis, why not in the NBA?

 

[ReinadelosReys]

They have line calling machines in tennis, why not in the NBA?

Not a tenis fan, but wasn't there some controversy with that too, with one of the Williams sisters?

 

[Diabeticwonder]

I would not be surprised if the NBA in a few years widened the scope of what can be reviewed at the end of a game or quarter. As it stands now the only thing that can be reviewed is whether or not a made shot was out of the shooter's hand before time expired. However, in light of what has happened to the Kings this past week I could see the NBA allowing for replay of last shots to determine if they were goaltended. If that were to happen then the Kings would have been the impetus for both of the above referenced reveiw scenarios. Remember Samaki Walker's shot at the end of the half in a game in LA in the '02 WCF? So does the NBA and we now have replay.

 

[Rowdyone]

I think it is wrong to encourage the refs to study tendancies and look for fault. I can see them now studying Darius, for instance, and then calling him for something when they think they see it. The guys is stuck forever with the "Pollard syndrome"...he moves and they call a foul. They should only call what they see (not what they thought they saw based on a few film sessions) and in a consistant manner. A foul in the first quarter should be called the same way in the fourth. All players will tell you they don't particularly care if they call them tight or loose, just be consistant.

 

[Rowdyone]

By the way I havn't heard anyone refer to the conversation shown right after the Kings/Mavs game between the Maloofs and Mark Cuban. Let's not forget Cuban's one man tilting at windmills re: the officiating in the league. The owners need to get together and demand more efficient jobs be done.