I just submitted my letter to the NBA

[Hawk]

Basketball in general is the worst officiated sport. There is no sport where being the home team means more in terms of the calls you get....

I think all sports get a home town lean....I think the NBA is just plain bad!

[SOJA]

"what do you guys think"

hell yes

cosign

[theyhateme45]

Allow me to give a different point of view. You all may disagree with me, but at least hear me out before bashing what I say.

I do think the NBA is one of the perceived worst officiated leagues, and I think it is due to the number of calls required to be made in a game. Think about it, in the NBA there is intense contact between players on every single play, players are running up and down the court at a fast pace, and you have players with different size and strengths matched up on each other all the time. So what this does is leads the NBA too a FAR greater amount of potential calls/missed calls than any other sport!!!

Baseball, only main calls to be made is foul/strike- which people often debate… and your occasional safe/not safe… and even with those few amount of potential call/miscalls in a game we have see baseball take a major hit for their officiating the past few years.

Football, Instant replay has help ease some of the huge blown calls and because of the nature of the game it’s easy to challenge/review 1 play. A lot of calls are straight forward, offsides, false start ect. And they officials in the perfect place to view that as it’s easy for them to always be in the perfect position for those calls. Now other calls that are at game speed and sometimes harder to call…. That’s why fans complain a lot about Pass interference, and holding, because those calls are sometimes harder to call from the prospective of an official on the field….. Same for basketball

In the new age of more and more cameras, plus HD, and super slow-mo, we now have to benefit of seeing every play for the best angles super clear!!!! So in a basketball game what is clear to us from home is not always as clear on the court! So that foul call that was super obvious on our 42”HDTV from the perfect angle, may not be so clear for the official running down the court to get in position, of from their view.

There can be 10 good calls in a row, and if the officials make 1 bad call (Maybe not from the officials point on the court, but from our perfect angle) that’s all we talk about. Now these officials are the worst. Think about it for one second, anybody who played Basketball growing up just for fun knows how hard it is to agree on foul calls… There’s always games stopped to argue over foul calls… It’s not the easiest call to consistently make and agree on. Just “Respect my call”. We didn’t have this issue playing basketball, football, or street hockey with calls during the game… Only basketball because it is the nature of the sport.

On top of that as fans we keep moving further and further to the side of having to put assign blame for a loss on someone and it is usually the officials. It’s always officiating. I have been to A LOT of AAU, High School, College, and Pro basketball games… I swear after games especially highly contested ones 2 people almost always gets blame after game 1st the officials, and then the coach. I PROMISE you on my life this is not a Bobcat thing!!!! Almost every losing team fans spews these exact same words after a loss!!!! I’m a very very observant person. I like to watch and observe people, and this is something I see across the board with all basketball games.

We as people just need to be more realistic and objective in my opinion. Basektball is the hardest game to officiate for all those reasons I mentioned earlier, have been, and will continue to be. We as fans need to accept calls will not always be perfect, it’s the nature of the game. Also for the 48 minutes running up and down the court, and consistent contact almost every second of that 48 minutes there will be missed calls. There will be calls that look like they are easy to make for awesome, comfortable, relaxed vantage point…. But maybe not so easy for the vantage point on the court where they have multiple actions they have to keep their eyes on, fast paced action contact, while running up and down the court.

Of course if there are 8 bad not great calls in 1 game… If your team had 4 or 5 of them go against them then that’s all fans remember…. Not the other 4 or 3 that went against the other team. To me that’s not being objective. Fans are only looking for bad calls against their team so it gives them a bias opinion that is not there if they were looking for bad calls for both team because they we see it goes both ways.

At the end of the day I think fans need to be more objective, less emotional, and stop settling for the same complaints every fan makes at every level when they lose. I’m sure all these basketball fans at love could be an official and never have missed/bad calls in a game as they will always be in the perfect position, always know where they play is going, and exactly where contact will happen.

[Panthers128]

I received a reply:

Dear Corey:

Thank you for contacting the National Basketball Association with your concerns regarding the officiating in last night's Pacers vs. Bobcats game. The NBA’s highest priority is to ensure that every game is determined on its merits.

We take seriously the performance of our officials. They are subjected to incredible scrutiny by the league, including tracking every call they make and holding them to the most rigorous standard in all of sports. Not only is their past performance measured, charted, and evaluated, but we employ a system of stringent metrics designed to continually hone their skills and improve their overall ability. We strive to ensure that NBA games are officiated at the highest possible level with the understanding that perfection is an unattainable goal.

Thank you again for your concern. We appreciate your feedback regarding this issue.

Sincerely,

NBA Fan Relations

Guess that will have to suffice. Need a win Vs New Jersey coming up.

[C47]

I received a reply:

Guess that will have to suffice. Need a win Vs New Jersey coming up.

That basically says fug you, we don't care what you think about our officials and we know you're going to watch our games anyway so whateva....

[Panthers128]

That basically says fug you' date=' we don't care what you think about our officials and we know you're going to watch our games anyway so whateva....[/quote']

well at least they replied and i only watch bobcats games to support the bobcats including their players, staff and owner.

[Porn Shop Clerk]

Yeah if it weren't for the Bobcats the NBA could go fist itself.

[Hawk]

theyhateme...you make a great point....but you missed out on hockey....faster, the blast a puck at each other at 100mph and they all carry a stick!

calls get missed, but I will easily say that reffing is way better in hockey than in the NBA

[Panthers128]

Pacers are a much improved team though and the Bobcats are looking good with Wallace playing the type of basketball we're used to seeing him play. I still think we should move Diaw, he doesn't show up to play enough nights.

Bobcats may not have any tiebreakers but that doesn't mean they can't win more games than the pacers, 76ers and bucks

[theyhateme45]

theyhateme...you make a great point....but you missed out on hockey....faster, the blast a puck at each other at 100mph and they all carry a stick!

calls get missed, but I will easily say that reffing is way better in hockey than in the NBA

I left out Hockey becasue I did not know enough information, or watch it often enough to speak on it. I would have assumed penalities like high sticking and slashing would be easier to see/call.... But like I said I don't know enough penalities in the game to comment on hockey. Can't post strong statments/assumptions on what I don't know. :D

[Hawk]

wow...refreshing....can you make others do the same thing?!!!!

[Eazy-E]

I got the same response what a joke.

Dear Erik:

Thank you for contacting the National Basketball Association with your concerns regarding officiating. The NBA’s highest priority is to ensure that every game is determined on its merits.

We take seriously the performance of our officials. They are subjected to incredible scrutiny by the league, including tracking every call they make and holding them to the most rigorous standard in all of sports. Not only is their past performance measured, charted, and evaluated, but we employ a system of stringent metrics designed to continually hone their skills and improve their overall ability. We strive to ensure that NBA games are officiated at the highest possible level with the understanding that perfection is an unattainable goal.

Thank you again for your concern. We appreciate your feedback regarding this issue.

Sincerely,

NBA Fan Relations

Theyhateme, I agree to an extent with what you said, But if you watched the game and pretty much the past 5 Bobcats games it does not really apply. Missed calls here and there will happen but these are blatant missed calls that in any other sport, the league and media would come down on the refs like a ton of bricks. It ruins the integrity of the game.

[theyhateme45]

I have not seen the last few games as my viewing method of choice has been.... well terminated.... Almost got NBA League pass, but they want want too damn much to stream a couple of Bobcat games.

[Eazy-E]

Yeah where they show Bobcats games is very weird. I live in Charleston Sc and get every game on sportssouth yet people actually in NC cannot get the games. Anyways if you watch the game highlights from last night you will see the final play and how it was pretty much a big F you from the refs to the Bobcats. It really sucks the refs can do that.