How can fans protest officiating at games to make impression on league office?

chanting stuff is fine, as long as it is not explicit
i've heard the red rowdies chant something against the refs before....

but throwing a beer onto the court is straight up immature, so dont even think about doing that

 

The various chants we do about refs include...

FBI, FBI...

I'm blind, I'm deaf, I wanna be a ref.

Nuts and bolts, nuts and bolts, we got screwed!

Where's the foul?

Where's your glasses?

Unfortunately, none of these seems to do a lot of good. I will join a boycott of NBA merchandise in a second to protest the treatment Yao gets by the refs.

 

Go to nba.com, sign up for a user name and then email the nba league office and Stern. Cite specific examples like the DH foul, yesterday's non-calls, and then let them know how you feel and what you plan to do with your $ if it continues.

I have told them in the past that the games are becoming like WWF - rigged! The Stern solution of forgiving all of the refs who went to casinos - wink, wink - which all have betting parlors - wink, wink - was a travesty. Did it cover up a scandal that was much worse than one man? Is it continuing?

 

Exactly, and we should start with the foul from a week ago or so where Yao Ming was called for the foul when he was about 4 feet away from the defender.

 

Besides yesterday's horrible non-calls, we have the cases when:
* DH wrestles Yao to the ground and Yao gets called for the foul!
* Gasol drives by Yao who doesn't get within a foot of Gasol and Yao is whistled for the foul.
* Yao is standing in the paint and DH runs into him. Yao is called for the foul.

Also, apparently, one is allowed to push Yao low when he is shooting. I keep seeing that over and over again and it gets called maybe once per game if we're lucky.

 

Thank you...Pau Gasol was the one I was talking about. I don't know why I couldn't remember but I was so irate about it. DH running into him is ridiculous as well.

I like the bbjai's idea of making a website with video content. A better suggestion would be to have a website that contains these fouls on Yao and then perhaps contrast them with other centers around the league where they would get the call, if possible. It may be a lot research to be able to get this but once you compile some material then all people have to do is email the link to the website to the league.

 

Tracking Yao's calls on THIS website would be an excellent idea.

DD

 

Good thread.

Question is, can the media people do something about it. I don't think they havent' noticed anything wrong, but for some reason, there just hasn't been much written about it, if any at all.

Guys like Worrell and Bullard have clearly noticed the bad calls against Yao. I remember in the Celtics game and the Magic game, a couple of the calls were so BS that Bullard sounded legitimately pissed off. He even called out the refs on one play. I think it was after Yao's alleged "offensive foul" on Dwight Howard.

I don't know if it will get them in trouble, but I'm sure as broadcasters, they have the power to make some noise about it. Though they're technically employees of the Rockets, so I don't know if the league will fine the organisation or not. This is where Les has to stand up for his players I think. Too bad he isn't a Mark Cuban kind of owner. That's there Cuban really has my respect. He stands up for his employees.

 

not watching the nba for 5 - 10 years and maybe they will give in by cutting 1 or 2 refs. You know that the league's "other income/revenue" is through gambling

 

lets face it... Yao will never get the calls...

but he can put a elbow through a few players... and make us all feel better

 

Well we could write one of these online petitions (http://www.petitiononline.com/) like Jericho fans did to save the (CBS) program. The way that it works is that you write a letter stating your case and asking people to sign the petition. The petition should include links to youtube videos that would include the three fouls listed by northeast fan among others or a link pointing to a Clutchfans thread with videos or a link to another website that contains all this info. Also, the petition could be written towards the media (so that we can get press), the NBA (so that they see how serious the fans are and perhaps with some consequences if they do not listen) or even to Les Alexander (begging him to do something about it no matter what the cost may be), etc. If you like the idea we should find someone that can write up the document (lawyers have nice writing skills) for us. Just an idea...

 

I've said this a few times before. If you want real change in the NBA BOYCOTT THE NBA. And not just people in China but people here. It seems like many US Rox fans want to put it on the Chinese to do the boycotting but that's passing the buck. If people really feel that the NBA is fixed and biased against Yao and the Rockets then the solution is to not watch any games or buy any merchandise, including Rockets's games and merchandise.

The NBA is a business and the Rockets are part of that business so showing up at games just to chant at the refs still means that the NBA is getting your money and in the end that's all that matters. OTOH if people stay at home and spend their money on something else you will see things get changed.

Ultimately as a fan and a consumer your real power is voting with your dollars.

 

agreed, 100%.

 

1. start a "freeyao" website with online petition
2. post youtube videos of fouls
3. email links to newspapers, magazines etc

 

Can we start a compilation of the foul videos in this thread.

 

uh, ten days ago against the Magic... tip-in to tie it goes in...basket waived off, Rockets run off the court with the win, rafer is quoted that he wanted to get into the locker room as quickly as possible...

don't be naive, there is nothing the fans of Houston or this website can do. the NBA is much bigger than you.

the best idea in this thread is for Yao to boycott the ASG

 

Great idea......why not just chart every game and see how he is called.

Keep a percentage of correct vs incorrect calls.

DD

 

i agree there's nothing we can do, however the instance you cite is not an example of a wrong call going in our favor......that basket was clearly after time had already expired.....and the officiating crew took quite a while reviewing the replay to confirm such..

 

commissar morey was on 1560 this morning expressing his concerns on this very issue. He said that he met with league officials for hours, before the season began, and that they admitted to doing a horrible job.
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