During the last years NBA Finals, the league had posted its most controversial referees on these games. They were Joey Crawford, Bill Kennedy, and Bennet Salvatore. They are all thought to be controversial because both sides thought that the refs hated each team (LA Lakers and Boston Celtics). Any Boston Celtics fan can tell you how much they think Bill Kennedy has got it for their team. During last years season he had kicked out Rasheed Wallace in a game against the Seventy Sixers in December. He has also kicked out the head coach of the Celtics, Doc Rivers. Bennet Salvatore is a hated guy between both of these teams. Phil Jackson has made rude comments about this ref and he was fined accordingly. Joey Crawford is a very inpatient ref, in the past he had some bad blood with the superstar of San Antonio Spurs, Tim Duncan. Yet during the 2010 NBA Finals, he had kept a clean game and nothing bad had stuck with him. From this I can conclude that even though people consider last years finals controversial they all might be just finding comfort in blaming the most hated referees in the league. I think because of the fact that three hated referees were refereeing may have caused people to think the games were rigged or unfairly ruled. In the end, this is a tough sport to ref and some of the calls were beyond the refs ability to for see or call rightly. Also, we as humans always like to put a blame on someone else when things don't go our way.
Think about how you can evaluate whether they've called the game fairly or not. As I mentioned on another post, see if you can find what others have written about this series. That might help you sort this out.
ReplyDeletei didnt even know that some reffs were more hated than others. i agree with you that the fans are just finding it easier to blame the refs than exept that there team lost the championship games. i do think that the refs did get some of the calls wrong for both teams but in the end the lakers were still a better team.
ReplyDeleteA lot of ppl just have tirades about these refs. I cannot find info that can truly backup my point. What should I do?
ReplyDeleteI agree that these refs are very controversial. I personally don't really like Joey Crawford, so that just helps to prove your point. You might consider writing about Perk getting that ridiculous T after that ridiculous foul call against the magic, the one that got him suspended for the next game.
ReplyDeletedo you think that the likely-hood of a ref being disliked effects their chances of being hired for another game? are there examples?
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