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Anonymous

Years ago

Refereeing Standards in the NBL

One of the reason's the refereeing has gone down this year also is that there are fewer level 1 officials in the league this season as well. Thus the overall experience of the league has decreased due to 1400 games retiring. Whether you liked them or hated them the loss of Weeks in Adelaide, Bignall in Brisbane and to a lesser degree Thiesz in Melbourne has bought about rookie officials coming onto the panel. The two old guys may have been past their best but they knew how to control games and run a pre-game to get everyone on the same page.

Currently there are on 9 level 1 referee's going around out of a panel of approx 40. That's only 20% of the panel. As previously stated until some money is spent on training and development these lesser experienced are going to make mistakes until they have done 50 or so games. If you add to that some limited availability of the level one guys through work committments etc your Crew chief pool is very slim. Eg, Butler has a professional job and cant travel outside of Queensland mid-week. 3 teams in QLD means he doesnt leave the state anyway. Mayberry has moved from Cairns to Brisbane but again limited travel due to starting a new job and 3 teams in qld is generally needed there. Thats QLD. NSW only has Shiels and Giersch. Both are able to travel so they get used extensively. Vic, Aylen, Mildenhall and Hunt. Hunt and Mildebhall are available for travel but Aylen is having a no-travel season for personal reasons. There are no level ones in Adelaide, only 1 in Perth and thats Cambell and thats more for Geographical reasons and there is Godden in NZ.

So when you look at it they can only travel 4 of the 9 everywhere and restricted travel for 4 others. Doesnt leave much room to move when appointing to games.

Until the league spend which wont happen. The standard is going to take some lumps until the playoffs start and only the best referee's referee. Cos during the regular season your never going to see 2 level ones on a game cos its just not possible due to availability and lack of funding.

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Anonymous

Years ago

Well done on pointing it out after I'd actually sought out the answer myself.

/facepalm

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MACDUB

Years ago

Black Dracula, Of course the shot clock resets when there is a defensive foul. The rule pretty much exists in any league, from seniors right down to juniors.

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Anonymous

Years ago

OK, I just looked it up myself.

"Stopped and reset to twenty-four (24) seconds, with no display visible, as soon as:
" An official blows his whistle for a foul or violation."

Never mind.

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Anonymous

Years ago

Here's one Marty and I were discussing at the game on Saturday - not directly referee related, but upon a defensive foul being called, the offensive team would get a side ball AND a reset of the shot clock? This happened twice on Saturday (both to Adelaide and South) and I'm sure that a defensive foul is not worthy of a shot clock reset...

Did I miss a memo? this seems ass backwards, why should the team get an X number of extra seconds just because the defense committed a foul?

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Big Marty

Years ago

how would i go about getting a copy of the gold medal game??
cheers

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