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Partially that. Partially the fact that they are too old and slow. FIFA for instance requires the following fitness exam for refs (in addition to rules that basically prevent anyone over 45 from refereeing, although they have floated raising that in EXCEPTIONAL cases):
To prove their physical aptitude, FIFA referees must pass 2 intensive fitness tests that tests both speed and stamina. The first fitness test requires referees to run 40 meters 6 times. This must be completed in 6.2 seconds for a male referee. He is allowed 1 minute and 30 seconds between each sprint. The second test examines stamina in repeated high-intensity runs. He must run 150 meters in 30 seconds, and then must walk 50 meters in 35 seconds. This is repeated 20 times, which is equivalent to 10 laps around a track field.
For example, Brian Hall, the last American referee to officiate in the World Cup, exercised 4 hours of day with interval training, weights, and jogging 2 years leading up to the World Cup. According to Hall:
Not only physically, but mentally older referees are going to be poorer at adapting to changes, basically all the science says that learning things (particularly subtle interpretations on a snap judgment) becomes significantly harder after 30, and borderline impossible after 50. Compounding this is not only rule changes (minor), is points of emphasis which the NBA/NFL consistently put on things that are minor, and overall unimportant (where is the emphasis on flopping and moving screens, which happen incredibly often, and are not distributed equally amongst teams, thus conferring huge advantages) like the stupid delay-of-game calls for tipping the ball after scoring.
TLDR: Too old, too many rules, too many points of emphasis.
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I'm not sure you can exactly make a 1:1 comparison to FIFA. FIFA officials have to cover much larger distances, sometimes very quickly. While refs sometimes do have to make a 20m dash, most of the time they don't have a problem getting back down. They don't have the luxury of great angles all the time, though, and I really wonder about the eyesight of some of the refs.
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i think NFL's challenge call is nice. i dont really see the downside to that aside from delaying the game.
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About what I expected from the Bulls tonight, save the actual comeback in OT.
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I'm intrigued by the idea of getting rid of free throws.
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On April 23 2014 12:18 Jerubaal wrote:
I'm not sure you can exactly make a 1:1 comparison to FIFA. FIFA officials have to cover much larger distances, sometimes very quickly. While refs sometimes do have to make a 20m dash, most of the time they don't have a problem getting back down. They don't have the luxury of great angles all the time, though, and I really wonder about the eyesight of some of the refs.
True, but as I said, endurance is only the first of many reasons they are too old.
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Depressing that fisher's gonna get the all-time playoff games played record
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Stephenson ball-hogging late, just dribbles the entire clock and gets lucky on a jump shot foul.
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HOLY SHIT TEAGUE
edit: terribad officiating, stepped out of bounds before the 3 right in front of the ref
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OKC getting rekt'd hard. Can't be playing small ball against the Griz
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perkins proving his importance by not doing anything.
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Durant and WB need to do a better job of getting their team mates involved. Too much hero ball out there.
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On April 25 2014 12:03 RowdierBob wrote:
Durant and WB need to do a better job of getting their team mates involved. Too much hero ball out there.
Kerr pointed it out, but they play Thabo and Perk a ton, and memphis flat out ignores both of them. It's like a 3v5 every OKC possession. Their offensive stagnation should be put on Brooks more than KD and RW. And despite all that they still almost stole the game away from Memphis.
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I think this thread should be locked. We can just use the playoff thread for playoffs and post-playoffs til the new one is made.
Unless the playoff one is more of a psuedo-LRing type of thread.
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Cyric is probably busy but he'll eventually show up to lock it.
@Haiq: Playing 3 vs 5 offensively is fine if the other 2 guys contribute in other areas. They'd be cooked without Thabo's defense, not sure what Perk does that Adams/Collison can't though.
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EPT
