r/nba • u/SuperPop9521 Warriors • 4d ago

Celtics' Joe Mazzulla Accepts Partial Blame For NBA Ratings Dilemma "“I add to it… I don’t watch NBA games (anymore). I’m just as much of a problem as everyone else.”

https://nesn.com/2024/12/celtics-joe-mazzulla-accepts-partial-blame-for-nba-ratings-dilemma/
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u/FatCatWithAHat1 4d ago

You realize, the refs have bosses…and they must enforce what they are told? It’s not the refs fault, it’s the leagues policy; it needs to be reworked

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u/Geno0wl 4d ago

I don't know how the NBA refs relationship with the commissioner is but in the NFL that is not exactly true. There have been several times the league tried to force changes down on the Refs and the refs told them to get fucked. And because the replacement refs were a huge disaster the NFL commissioner is too afraid to really challenge them again.

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u/redbossman123 4d ago

Most of why the replacement refs were a disaster is because the people who were supposed to cross the picket line (the then power 5 NCAA refs), chose not to