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Post by Deleted on Jan 30, 2013 22:17:07 GMT -5
Watching my basketball team lose again tonight by a blown called, it got me thinking, which sport is the worst officiated to you?
Of the 4 major sports, NHL, NBA, NFL or MLB?
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Post by Red Impact on Jan 30, 2013 22:23:19 GMT -5
Despite being my favorite league, NBA has the most problems with superstar syndrome of the ones I've seen.
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Post by MGH on Jan 30, 2013 22:24:54 GMT -5
NBA is awful. MLB umpires have embarrassing problems with consistency and some of them have developed some shameful egos.
Nothing as horrid as college basketball, but as far as pro sports go NBA takes it.
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Post by Banjo Is Broken on Jan 30, 2013 22:25:42 GMT -5
How about wrestling?
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Post by darbus alan on Jan 30, 2013 22:29:14 GMT -5
In terms of overall badness: NFL Replacement Refs > NBA > NFL = NHL > MLB
So I went with NBA.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 30, 2013 23:22:45 GMT -5
I've seen some terrible Tennis calls over the years. However, the entertainment value that one gets from watching tennis players yell at chair judges can make up for that.
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Post by Sparkybob on Jan 30, 2013 23:26:52 GMT -5
Yup MLB umpires always get criticize(sometimes rightfully so) but they are much better than NBA refs or NFL refs.
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Post by Celgress on Jan 31, 2013 0:29:14 GMT -5
the NBA, imo
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Post by Munkie91087 on Jan 31, 2013 1:03:32 GMT -5
MLB Umpires generally get the call correct. They also have an amazingly hard job. Getting to a Major League umpire is extremely difficult. NBA gets my vote. I just think back to Sacramento getting completely screwed by the refs in the Western Conference Finals some years ago.
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Post by Seth Drakin of Monster Crap on Jan 31, 2013 1:07:34 GMT -5
NBA..................it's pretty much rigged
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Post by riseofsetian1981 on Jan 31, 2013 1:15:47 GMT -5
The NBA hands down. I think back to the 2000 NBA Playoff match-up between Portland/Los Angeles, then onto Indiana/Los Angeles, and of course 2002 with Sacramento/Los Angeles, and 2006 with Miami/Dallas. I truly believe it hasn't gotten any better and will not show any signs of improvement until A) Stern's retirement, B) Someone who has had enough and finally exposes them, or C) fans just stop tuning in altogether.
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Post by unc40 on Jan 31, 2013 1:17:46 GMT -5
The NBA are the worse in fact I remember one NBA ref admit in an interview that he made sure star players never fouled out and I believe it. Michael Jordan and Shaq were two that were allowed to do just about anything and get away with it.
This reminds me of an interview of a former basketball player whose name escapse but I believe he played for the Celtics. The interviewer asked about playing against Michael Jordan and what it must have been like to defend against him. The player said he didn't know what it was like to defend against Jordan because it wasn't allowed.
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Post by riseofsetian1981 on Jan 31, 2013 1:25:50 GMT -5
The NBA are the worse in fact I remember one NBA ref admit in an interview that he made sure star players never fouled out and I believe it. Michael Jordan and Shaq were two that were allowed to do just about anything and get away with it. This reminds me of an interview of a former basketball player whose name escapse but I believe he played for the Celtics. The interviewer asked about playing against Michael Jordan and what it must have been like to defend against him. The player said he didn't know what it was like to defend against Jordan because it wasn't allowed. I'm not sure if the Jordan aspect is true. When you consider the type of defense Detroit, Boston, Seattle, and Utah put on him he overcame it with the team concept and of course being a freak of nature of an athlete. I don't doubt that Jordan received a lot of superstar calls at all though. The type of defense he played against them is definitely not allowed now. There's no way Wade, Lebron, Rondo, Ginoboli, or Parker would last in a league where Jordan, Bird, Magic, Isiah, and Dr. J reigned supreme.
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Post by corndog on Jan 31, 2013 2:30:33 GMT -5
I had to laugh at that video, not because of how obvious the two double dribble offenses were, but because they don't even call double dribbling anymore unless it's a tight game and they need that team to lose. The NBA's style of officiating has completely thrown the fundamentals out of the window(travelling, double dribbling and up and down are constant offenses that rarely get called) to the way of street ball. This has not happened in any other sport in the US. College gets calls wrong and the "home refs" can be controversial, but they still call these offenses regularly. Let's also not forget the "superstar treatment" that certain players get, which I haven't seen in the other sports here. But I can't blame the officials themselves as I believe there is enough proof and it's consistent across the league that it is obviously coming from the top, David Stern. I can't wait for him to be replaced.
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Post by Hurbster on Jan 31, 2013 2:36:57 GMT -5
Obviously it's footy. Especially every time my team loses.
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Post by Seth Drakin of Monster Crap on Jan 31, 2013 7:12:03 GMT -5
The NBA are the worse in fact I remember one NBA ref admit in an interview that he made sure star players never fouled out and I believe it. Michael Jordan and Shaq were two that were allowed to do just about anything and get away with it. This reminds me of an interview of a former basketball player whose name escapse but I believe he played for the Celtics. The interviewer asked about playing against Michael Jordan and what it must have been like to defend against him. The player said he didn't know what it was like to defend against Jordan because it wasn't allowed. I'm not sure if the Jordan aspect is true. When you consider the type of defense Detroit, Boston, Seattle, and Utah put on him he overcame it with the team concept and of course being a freak of nature of an athlete. I don't doubt that Jordan received a lot of superstar calls at all though. The type of defense he played against them is definitely not allowed now. There's no way Wade, Lebron, Rondo, Ginoboli, or Parker would last in a league where Jordan, Bird, Magic, Isiah, and Dr. J reigned supreme. Jordan travelled so much that he might as well have never dribbled the ball, let's be honest.
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Post by Hit Girl on Jan 31, 2013 8:56:39 GMT -5
Football/Soccer
Due to the resistence to technology. No Hawkeye or instant replay, even though both are required.
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Post by Push R Truth on Jan 31, 2013 9:05:34 GMT -5
NBA officiating is the definition of terrible.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 31, 2013 10:39:28 GMT -5
A few nights ago, a bad call potentially cost my Pacers the game at Utah. It was a backboard violation, which is when the basketball hits the back of the board that has the hoop, which is an automatic turnover.
It was obvious, but the referee didn't call for it.
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Post by riseofsetian1981 on Jan 31, 2013 13:42:06 GMT -5
I'm not sure if the Jordan aspect is true. When you consider the type of defense Detroit, Boston, Seattle, and Utah put on him he overcame it with the team concept and of course being a freak of nature of an athlete. I don't doubt that Jordan received a lot of superstar calls at all though. The type of defense he played against them is definitely not allowed now. There's no way Wade, Lebron, Rondo, Ginoboli, or Parker would last in a league where Jordan, Bird, Magic, Isiah, and Dr. J reigned supreme. Jordan travelled so much that he might as well have never dribbled the ball, let's be honest. Oh, I do agree that Jordan received superstar treatment. I am definitely not disputing that. But no one can say that the players then weren't allowed to defend him. If Jordan, in his prime, played in the NBA today he would most likely have 50 to 60 points every game.
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