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Should NBA refs be fined for bad officiating?

Mar 8, 2012 4:43 AM

Most of us know that players and coaches are fined outrageous amounts of money for criticizing the referee calls in the NBA. Do you think the NBA should be able to fine refs for making bad calls after reviewing their performance?

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Refs in all sports need to be fired for game changing bad calls! Forget the fines, just fire them. If I would make a huge mistake at work, I would probably get fired...

jsoko jsoko
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@jsoko: I think it should be fines. You can't fire someone every time they make a mistake. It should also depend on how blatant of a bad call it was.

coolphilip04 coolphilip04
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@coolphilip04: Most don't make the money to have fines... And I'm talking about crazy game changing calls.

http://www.therichest.org/sports/highest-paid-nfl-referee-2011/
NFL: $25,000-70,000
MLB: ~$120,000
NBA: $100,000-300,000
NHL Ref: $110,000-$255,000
NHL Line: $70,000-$162,000

jsoko jsoko
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I don't think so. It's just a sport, not a profession where one wrong call could cost lives. Example "I think the ball crossed the goal line but I'm not completely sure," has fewer, and not as serious implications as "I think the patient has a pulmonary embolism, but I'm not too sure." One call might cost a team a touchdown, but it's not really important. Most of those guys don't care too much anyways, since they're getting millions to do something you could train monkeys to do.

captainsuperdawg captainsuperdawg
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This is in reference to the Nuggets game last night isn't it?

jmattoon jmattoon
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yes i do , they take money out players pockets with bad calls, they have too much power. tech for people smiling on the bench . yes! they should pay for bad behavior just like the players ,let them see how it feels to lose money because you express yourself

mike7833 mike7833

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