NBA suspends Ref

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>EW YORK (AP) -- NBA official Rodney Mott was suspended three games without pay Friday for making an obscene gesture toward a fan and also using inappropriate language. Mott made the gesture and remarks after the Portland Trail Blazers' 93-90 loss to the Miami Heat on Sunday night in Portland. The 49-year-old Mott is in his ninth season as an NBA official.</div>http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/bask...d.ap/index.htmlThings like these bring a smile to my face. :dribble:

 

A ref getting a punishment? NO!

 

I wanna see this lol........they should fire the chick ref, she is the worst ref in the league

 

http://realgm.com/src_wiretap_archives/442...ed_three_games/

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (koopa @ Jan 12 2007, 08:58 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>I wanna see this lol........they should fire the chick ref, she is the worst ref in the league</div>Which one there are like 4 or 5

 

DIE REF DIE!!!!Finally a refageree gets his due. NBA refs are the worst refs in the world and they almost never get punished, good to see one getting punished

 

Kind of ironic, but not a big deal.

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (blitzburgh55 @ Jan 12 2007, 09:21 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Which one there are like 4 or 5</div>I only know Violet Palmer, there's more?

 

It is good to see that the officials get the same treatment on the players. Do you think that there are acctually some guys that watch the referees, kind of like referees for the referees? I hope that Stern continues watching for things of this nature.

 

LOL OMG this is priceless :HAHAHA: it made my night for some reason

 

I hope they can do that when the ref makes a bad call too.

 

LOL. I heard about this earlier today. This should go in Sports Illustrated's "Sign of the Apocalypse" section.

 

wow, this is really surprising to me. not the punishment, but that a ref would do that. they're supposed to be the mature ones.

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (blitzburgh55 @ Jan 12 2007, 10:21 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Which one there are like 4 or 5</div>I'm pretty sure there's only like 1 or 2.

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (ASUFan22 @ Jan 12 2007, 10:25 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>I only know Violet Palmer, there's more?</div>yeah, that's the only one I've seen in the nba....and she makes me sick

 

Some people need to layoff Violet Palmer, she makes some bad calls but she's only human and other refs do the same thing. Don't blame the refs they're just doing their jobs, blame the league.

 

Some refs are awful I think they need better once bad calls I see a lot.