Play On

Did you happen to see the end of regulation of the Kansas/Iowa St hoop game?...should be replayed throughout the nation today...as the Jayhawk player drove to the basket and clearly, and I mean clearly, charged...and there was no call...made the shot...play on...and the game thus went to OT...where Kansas prevailed...the significance?...
The way the game is played now...with so many pick and rolls...and out of control drives to the basket...it is an important piece of the game to have your take charge parts in place...most of the coaches have this in...as does the Iowa St guy...
Sometimes, the officials will actually incite the crowd with a gesture of a hand wave of "get up"...there is no place anywhere for that one...in any rule book for any ref...
Here's my deal...the game of basketball has one hidden agenda item...the longevity of the life of the referees...as most of these blokes have risen to the top of their game and then...stay there...coaches, on the other hand, get fired...for losing, bad teams, etc...the officials, are nested in a "good old boy" network...and, actually have their own way of governing the games...and live on...just like in coaching, there needs to be more young, energetic, fresh guys moving up into the ranks of this field...
So what happened to the evaluation of this game?...the Big 12 said that the officials were going to be sanctioned somehow for their error at the end of the game...that two of the three were...what?...that the league admitted that they were guilty of bad officiating, I guess...makes you wonder...a number of things....
Finally, do you think that these refs will still continue on as if nothing had happened?....you know they will...think all this sits well with Iowa St?...

And you think I'm just another pretty face...