[Mick]

[quote author=CowboyIndian link=topic=14908.msg160833#msg160833 date=1460735974]
[quote author=2006alum link=topic=14908.msg160832#msg160832 date=1460734670]
... a sport that relies on the integrity of officiating for people to take the sport seriously?

Apparently it doesn't...at all. That ship sailed a lo-o-o-o-ng time ago. I defy you to tell me what's a foul and what isn't in the NBA. That's why I've come to despise it....in spite of the Warriors.
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What constitutes offensive holding, or defensive pass interference, or for that matter, a completed catch? Lots of subjective calls in many sports.
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You want to be entertained, watch the balls-and-strikes by live umpires relative to the dictionary definition of the strike zone administered by radar.  Now THAT's funny.  One study shows that 12.3% of strikes are actually called balls, and 15.0 % of balls are actually called strikes.  In this study of major league umpires, the best umpire was 12.3% wrong and the worst umpire was 16.9% wrong...that's every sixth pitch at worst and every eigth pitch at best.  Ugh.

[Mick]

[quote author=CowboyIndian link=topic=14908.msg160833#msg160833 date=1460735974]
[quote author=2006alum link=topic=14908.msg160832#msg160832 date=1460734670]
... a sport that relies on the integrity of officiating for people to take the sport seriously?

Apparently it doesn't...at all. That ship sailed a lo-o-o-o-ng time ago. I defy you to tell me what's a foul and what isn't in the NBA. That's why I've come to despise it....in spite of the Warriors.
[/quote]

What constitutes offensive holding, or defensive pass interference, or for that matter, a completed catch? Lots of subjective calls in many sports.
[/quote]


You want to be entertained, watch the balls-and-strikes by live umpires relative to the dictionary definition of the strike zone administered by radar.  Now THAT's funny.  One study shows that 12.3% of strikes are actually called balls, and 15.0 % of balls are actually called strikes.  In this study of major league umpires, the best umpire was 12.3% wrong and the worst umpire was 16.9% wrong...that's every sixth pitch at worst and every eigth pitch at best.  Ugh.