Kantner, one of two female referees, let go NEW YORK (AP) — Dee Kantner, one of the NBA's two female referees, has been fired, the NBA said Monday. "Dee has been terminated," NBA vice president of basketball operations Stu Jackson said. "There are times in a referee's development that we find that a referee is not making sufficient progress in her own development and sometimes a change is needed. In this case, we felt that her termination was warranted." Kantner and Violet Palmer joined the NBA's officiating staff in 1997. It was the first time in major U.S. professional sports that women officiated regular-season games in an all-male league. Both worked through the 2001-02 season. Before she was hired by the NBA, Kantner was the supervisor of officials for the WNBA. NBA officials are evaluated by Jackson, the league's supervisor of officials, staff observers and coaches and general managers.
I heard she was one of the two worst refs in the league. They should fire the other male ref (blanking on the name) if for no other reason to look fair and avoid a lawsuit.
Not being sexist or anything, but women refs don't seem to be very good. It's a good thing that they fired her, since she is obviously an aweful ref.
DaDakota, Who was the other ref? It's really disappointing that this article didn't mention his name also. Poor journalism IMO
