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Originally Posted by jayswin
point being - the NBA should be openly criticized by coaches as the officiating is not legitimate. It's like a cross between WWE and a real sport in terms of reffing.
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The margins can be pretty thin between foul/no-call. It's a bit like line play in football - there could be a call on almost every single play...but the game would be unwatchable if they followed the book.
It's also a matter of quantity - NBA refs have way more close-calls to determine than in any other sport. No officials in any sport get credit for the good calls, but the NBA stands out because a ref might make 20 bad calls in a game. If they work out 15-5 between the teams, it probably only means a couple of points.
In hockey, one more bad call for either team can be the biggest factor in the outcome.
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Originally Posted by Locke
More sports should aspire to Rugby's officiating standards and even more so the respect they demand of the players to the referee.
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A million times this. I'm always in awe of how intense the competitors are with each other without raising so much as an eyebrow to an official.