For continuing officiating, participants cited intrinsic and social motivations. Finally, interactors, monitors, and reactors cited lack of respect, too much stress, and lack of recognition, respectively, as their main beliefs for why sport officials quit. Practical recommen...
There are two general areas the league could address: officiating and math. On the officiating side, you can't nominate the return of handchecking; no one wants that. Free throws are down. The NBA legislated away some of the ugliest foul-grifting: shooters kicking their legs ...
The officiating in soccer is always under constant scrutiny. So many decisions are left up to those calling the game, and with a decent amount of power, they can heavily sway a match. Officials are left to make a lot of judgement calls, and soccer is very slow to adopt technology to he...
Barnwell and friends discuss sports -- usually. • Podcast: Stat superlatives » • Archive: Every podcast from Barnwell » Wentz tends to look good when you split out the numbers by half, which is because the Eagles star has been phenomenal in the third quarter. Going...
“I don’t think there is a group in professional sports that is under the same level of stress that NBA referees are under.” Crawford is now a referee trainer within the NBA’s officiating program. The officials he mentors have far greater and more visible mental health resources available...