[ESPN First Take] Hire more refs and give them an area of focus

I think you're correct that it's telling that the league hasn't done this yet. I liked the idea at first that said, I could see six refs adding to the confusion and inconsistencies that already exist.

 

A sideline referee on the camera watching and correcting calls would help as well. These dudes waste too much time looking at replays, when sometimes the **** is obvious. Kills the flow of the game.

 

Max is amazing

 

this i liked the most
'How about the 3 refs now and one extra ref watching the tape with the most power. Instead of stopping gameplay, he can see it as it happens on tape and when the refs are discussing and make a call'

 

and this

"The nba should have 2 extra refs who are constantly in the video booth. Their job is to make quick decisions and relay missed calls/ bad calls to the refs who are on the floor. This would not only speed up the game by eliminating the time to review on the floor, but also make more accurate calls by having a ref constantly looking at HD footage the fans see at home."

 

What if some of them get sick? Will they have substitutes?

 

i say have 4 refs for each half of a court. then move the front row about 5 feet back to allow movement for the 8 refs. irrelevant but they should also cheapen some of thr food prices.

 

More refs is good to a certain extent .

Also I would like to see real fines and real enforcement on flopping .

I don't think the refs are doing great , but do agree with them that the job is hard . Players flopping around only makes it harder .

If you can add even just 1 more ref and actually start fining the **** out if players when they flop , it will be easier to get more calls right .

 

i saw marcus smart flop against sixers this week in a most egrigious display, and then got rewarded by the refs. i just don't believe anyone, much less refs who do this for a living, can be so f'n stupid to fall this crap over and over again. the more plausible explanation is that the league simply has featured teams they want to promote (for playoffs series?) and the refs have been instructed accordingly.

 

You got to start somewhere with the experimentation, start with the refs......

 

I am on board with doubling the referees. 3 to 6. 1 ref on each point of the court - so - 4 on the outer points and 2 at half court and the refs at half court are focused on the back court exclusively while the refs on the corners slide around the corners. I also say allow multiple fouls called at once. If one ref sees an illegal pick on one side of the court while another guy sees a dirty play in the post, and whistle at the same time both of those fouls are handed out. If this had been done a couple of years ago, the Warriors wouldn't have had a snowballs chance in hell of getting to the finals. They would have been rolling out there 3rd stringers by the start of the second half. Ah, one can dream.

 

Ketterman has a pretty good idea, but here's mine.

Start carrying referee managers and an extra referee at each game. The referee manager keeps refs in line and can sub out a ref at any moment. Right now they're dictators out there and to me, that's what needs to stop: referee egos. Only being actively managed during the game will ever change that. The union protects its refs way too well currently and the refs know it.

 

I have a better idea to punish flopping, on top of a fine.

Give the guy a no-foul game or two. In the no-foul game, he gets to wear a different color jersey so the refs can easily identify him. The opponents can foul him any way they want (except maybe dangerous flagrant), shove him, grab him, push him, hit him on the arm when he shoots, etc., and no whistle will be blown. And he has to play at least 20 minutes in the game so the coach can't bail him out by sitting him on the bench.

You've got to punish the team together with the player to be effective. Punish the village for a single person's crime and the village will stop anyone from doing it again.

 

LOL that's not a realistic idea. I could see maybe having a "penalty box" where the player has to sit out. Of course it could be scrubs flopping that won't matter too much but if they're in the game flopping, they're having an effect on the game and needs to be taken out immediately

 

Or just empower the Replay Center (Joe Borgia's department) to do that and expand what they can decide on.

 

They could also start fining the refs who continue to make these horrible calls on flops.

In the last decade, has a single referee been let go by the league because of poor performance? Is getting indicted by the Feds for being involved in a gambling ring the only way to lose your job as an NBA ref once you have it?

 

Just make a rule that you can't eject star players under any circumstance.