[Herky] Hawkeyes go down

[Larry Edwards]

The play at the end where replay showed Baer stealing the ball without fouling, only to have a foul called, was discouraging. Ralph Miller said 50 years ago that the game was beyond the ability of officials to see and call. It is just too fast, physical, and view obstructed. Miller's suggestion was to have an official stationed above the court for better viewing angles. Unlike Football, which has discrete plays, basketball has continuous play and id impractical to review. As Steve Bardo said earlier in the game, officials could call a foul on every play. I can't see how technology can improve officiating as basketball is played now without making it unwatchable. 

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From: "James Kusack" <kusack at cox.net> 
To: herky at lists.herky.net 
Sent: Sunday, December 3, 2017 10:21:09 AM 
Subject: Re: [Herky] Hawkeyes go down 

Merging a couple of themes, one reason it’s been hard for me to maintain interest in basketball is because officiating seems so arbitrary. It might be that the job of a referee is just impossible and it always has been humanly impossible but now replays and slow motion means we can see how bad it is. 

The next question: will it or can it ever get better? Can technology be a tool to save basketball? 

JMK 

PS: I hate the announcers too 



On Dec 2, 2017, at 7:51 PM, Dennis v < dvanlangen at verizon.net > wrote: 




77-73 to the Nittany Lions. 
Downside: 
1. Soft bounce passes that led to turnovers, guard play weak 
2. Did not defend the perimeter, guard play weak 
3. Couldn’t get off good shots from 3-range 
Upside: 
1. The big guys played hard, forced a lot of fouls. Kreiner probably has a broken nose though. 
2. That’s all I got. 
Dennis v. 
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