Thursday, December 07, 2006
Technical Happy Refs Now Ejecting Fans
Complaining about every single call the past few seasons, yes NBA players were getting a little bit out of hand. So, the NBA gets stricter. Much, much stricter and decides to call more technical fouls and then the NBA Players Association is now suing the NBA. There has to be some way to simultaneously cut down on the the complaining and the use of technical fouls. Joey Crawford may have found an answer...ejecting fans instead.
We aren't kidding. This past Wednesday when the Mavericks defeated the Nets 92-75, NBA referee Joey Crawford ejected a fan who was located just behind the Nets basket and was apparently harassing the refs. He also had difficulty locating his seat, to say the least.
NBA Executive Stu Jackson explained the situation:
"Joey first motioned to the security guard to escort the guy off the court, and he was coming up onto the floor," the league vice president said. "When security was ready to tell the fan (to) get off the court and give him a warning, the fan then used repeated profanity directed at the official. At that point, the fan was removed."
Glad to see an NBA ref finally threw someone out when it was justified.
4 Comments:
Uh oh...I was heckling Joey earlier this year. Of course I'm going to be even worse the next time he steps into the Verizon Center.
Yo anyone actually go to the game and see it happen?
You get ejected for yelling at the refs now? I can only wonder what happens if you look at D-Wade funny.
The NBA refs have so much power now! They are going to rule the world soon.
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