OT: Kings appealing loss to Grizzlies

The problem is it's NEVER the last play. The refs fuck up so much in a game, to be fair you'd have to analyze the whole game in slow motion. But it does really look like the ball was tipped.

The league may issue an apology, they've done that several times, but they never over-turn the results of game.

 

Wrong...the refs start the clock.

 

We've been fucked over many times, including being fucked out of a championship...so why should the Kings get this?

 

Completely agree. If those weren't the exact circumstances then I'd be much more worried about the precedent of overturning the outcome of a game, but in this particular case I think it's the right thing to do. In a way, not overturning it is a more worrying precedent to set. It's basically saying, even if you have great evidence re: the last and deciding play of the game, we aren't going to make it right.

 

It wouldn't be setting any precedent. That precedent has been set a long time ago.

 

You're probably right, in which case we need to break this cycle of abuse.

I don't know so I'm asking, what other instances have there been (in the replay era) where there is clear evidence that the last and deciding play of the game was ruled incorrectly? I'm not talking about judgment calls, like fouls.

 

I don't see how a loss to the Grizzlies could ever be described as "appealing..."

 

I would love for them to overturn the results because it benefits, but what dangerous web will it spin

 

Do you apply all this anger towards every other aspect of your life? You are the type of person who could be drowning and somebody saves your life by throwing you a life preserver......then you would complain about the color. #lightenUpFAMS

 

You're way out of line here HCP. No one would throw him a life preserver.

 

This has happened dozens of times a year since sports have been televised. There are obvious bad calls every game. You can't only look at the last play. But as a few examples, remember the LA block that they called a goaltend that cost us the game against OKC, or when Portland had 6 men on the court against Boston and won by a point?

 

Yes, I'm a angry person....grrrrrr.

 

This current system is flawed, because they only review things within the last two minutes, but the plays that take place in the middle of the quarter are just as important. Coaches should be able to have a couple of challenges, with officials being able to call a review in the last 2 minutes.

Like remember the game where the refs screwed Portland out of a couple of out of bounds calls, then in the last two minutes, a call was reviewed, and it went against Portland. So in that case it just made the end result even more unfair.

 

Should make this a poll so the lurkers can weigh in.

Whether or not people think calls like this should be reversed.


I think it's a bad idea.

 

I wouldn't reverse the call. Improve the replay system. Give coaches a challenge like in football. You could literally go back through and analyze an entire game and find one or two things that could change the outcome. It's pandora's box and it should stay closed.