Are the Refs to Blame??

The referees in the playoffs have been bad. And everyone all over the country has complained about it. Usually the losing team coach, players and fans are the loudest. A lot of it is the whole confusion about what is a flagrant 1 or flagrant 2 that is confusing from the NBA. And the fact that there are playoff games with road teams that aren't aggressive (the Lakers) shooting 45+ free throws should be an embarrassment to the league. And the refs missing the flopping (Anderson Varejao) in the league has become such a problem that they had to come up with a penalty for flopping. But I'm taking the refs off the hook a little bit and putting a lot of the blame on the players. Watch an NBA game and see if any player ever admits to committing a foul. Seriously, I don't think I ever recall a player ever accepting a call against them. And it's not small complaints it is always the most dramatic and demonstrative reaction possible. We always kill Rasheed Wallace for his reactions, but he's just like everyone else in the league. Every call has to be argued with a referee. And most times a player takes a shot they flail their arms or scream out loud as if they've been shot. And don't even get me started on the flopping done on the charge/block call. I know when I watch a game that sometimes I'm influenced by the reactions of the players. And a lot of times it takes the replay to figure out exactly what has happened. Howmany times do you watch the block/charge call and your not sure which way it should go? After each foul we have to watch as the player whistled goes up to the ref and pleads his case. I often wonder when these pros play in the summer what they do without refs. In the summer you know you ain't getting those calls and you learn to play through any questionable fouls. If the NBA players cried on the playground like they do in the NBA, no one would ever pick them on their team. Everyone hates that guy that feels he is fouled every play and slows the flow of the game. It is similar to the Boy who cried Wolf theory. If you complain after every call against you even the obvious ones, how does the ref take you serious when you have a legitimate complaint.