Maybe the time is a little late on the main topic, but as there are many questions being asked, I thought why not!!!
The NBL clash between the Cairns Taipans & the Melbourne Tigers from Dec 10th 2011
Read these articles from “The Backpage” Website
http://www.backpagelead.com.au/basketball/5477-split-second-error-robs-tigers-of-win then also
http://www.backpagelead.com.au/basketball/5486-tigers-seek-please-explain-from-nbl
My thoughts go this way. Agreed that the refs missed the shot clock violation but everything else after that is mute. The shot was clean, but it was taken after the shot clock buzzer expired and 0.2 sec inside the game clock.
Here is where I say “What the…”
Referees, anyone, expected to see and react to that small amount of time is stupid. The blink of an eye is around 0.3 of a second from open to close & back open again. So we use the cameras. But are there the same amount of cameras at each game played, their placement roughly the same?… NO don’t use them at all, YES move onto the next point.
Which is “The illuminated backboard” that has the light and buzzer for shot clock violations. Why can this be in some gyms and not others. You wouldn’t let the Kings play with a plastic/composite ball when the Tigers use the full leather ball, just because the club can’t afford it (as an example) the same type of ball is always used, all NBL games. So, why has one got the lights and not all. Season start, the hoop systems have to be the same just as the line markings and all other equipment to FIBA standards. Simple.
Lastly, “NBL asked to explain” well, if they had to do that we’d never get a season past week one! “Why did they do this? What was that referee doing there? Openness is great for sport, keeping things behind closed doors is bad. The crowd, the spectators should be able to hear that the official was “benched for a week” because they missed that shot clock violation or the guy getting thumped behind play before the real fight started. We are the first to see a coach or player suspended for fined for saying the wrong thing, “lowering the standard of the game” isn’t that what a slack referee is doing when officiating is not up to standard.
We are only human, and when technology is there (at every game, equally) use it, otherwise it’s game on and the excitement of the game continues. That is what sport is all about!!
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