Letters to the Editor
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The NBA's opinion of their own referees
I find it laughable that the NBA is making a "There is no racial bias in foul calls" pronouncement.
I no longer watch NBA games, but for decades I watched more than a hundred games a year. I have had many discussions with people of different generations, different economic backgrounds, and different racial backgrounds. And our consensus, as observes, is that foul calls and turnover calls (traveling, palming, etc.) is accurate no more than 25% of the time. Yet the league claims ninety-something percent accuracy.
The utter lack of any consistency in calling games was the primary reason I quit watching. Players palming the ball on every dribble, players regularly taking three steps to the basket, superstars like Shaquille O'Neal jumping into the air with the ball, landing, and jumping again, all make the game unwatchable to me. And now i am supposed to take them at their word? Not hardly.
Oh yeah, the NBA has credibility on the issue of foul calls.
Sure they do.