Cary Williams Not Fined for Ref Hit

[pbmax]

Ladies and gentleman, meet Roger Goodell, commissioner of the new NBA.

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/09/leagues-decision-not-to-fine-williams-makes-plenty-of-sense-for-the-wrong-reasons/

Released the news on a Saturday by confirming it to PFT.

Soon the home team advantage will approach the NBA's level as referees are more concerned about headlines than getting the call right.

[Freak Out]

[mraynrand]

The NFL did fine him 5K for not having his socks pulled up high enough.

[mraynrand]

Or, as one source with knowledge of how things get done put it more succinctly, the decision not to fine Williams is “just more of the farce that led to [referee Jerome] Boger getting the game,” and “now they’re propping up him and his crew.”

Mraynrand responds: "FYI......FYI"

[Guiness]

Insane. How can you lay a hand on a ref and not end up fined AND suspended? Accidental or not.

[red]

goodell is completely out of control and wildly inconsistent

its a rule, guy should have been kicked out, fined, and probably suspended

if you're gonna have rules, you have to enforce the rules the same way, and to everybody, equally

its only a matter of time before fans give up on goodell and his nfl the same way they've given up on baseball, hockey, and the nba

[Joemailman]

goodell is completely out of control and wildly inconsistent

its a rule, guy should have been kicked out, fined, and probably suspended

if you're gonna have rules, you have to enforce the rules the same way, and to everybody, equally

its only a matter of time before fans give up on goodell and his nfl the same way they've given up on baseball, hockey, and the nba

NHL and MLB attendance has been near highs recently. People may disagree with some of what Goodell does, but as long as the product on the field is good, people will keep watching. The average person doesn't really give a damn whether a relatively unknown player got fined for accidentally bumping into a referee in the Super Bowl. He should have been, but most people just son't care.

[pbmax]

NHL and MLB attendance has been near highs recently. People may disagree with some of what Goodell does, but as long as the product on the field is good, people will keep watching. The average person doesn't really give a damn whether a relatively unknown player got fined for accidentally bumping into a referee in the Super Bowl. He should have been, but most people just son't care.

MLB is in good shape, but NHL attendance might be a tough metric to use to judge the health of the sport. Wouldn't attendance be spiking since the season began in a lockout? Or are the numbers under consideration from more than this year?

I think the integrity of the sport matters if you don't have enough stars to draw crowds by themselves. The NBA suffered post-Jordan because no one was nearly as fond of the next generation of players. The more recent young players have been far better received. But in between, the NBA was suffering just as the NHL was prior to the last lockout.

Its a fair question whether this matters for the NFL . TV money is the prime driver, though local revenue had been rising faster. The NFL gets comparably glowing reviews (until Spygate went south on Goodell) compared to other Leagues (Selig can do nothing right and despite everyone being afraid of Stern, no one thinks the NBA is on the up and up). But if he continues to act as if reality and common sense never need to intersect, he might find himself with a jaundiced press rather than the PR flacks they resemble.

And that doesn't even get into the basic ongoing bad press tour that is brain trauma and the lawsuits.

[Jimx29]

Ladies and gentleman, meet Roger Goodell, commissioner of the new NBA.

Just wait till he draws drafting positions with ping-pong balls behind a curtain

[mraynrand]

Just wait till he draws drafting positions with ping-pong balls behind a curtain

[smuggler]

Just wait till he draws drafting positions with ping-pong balls behind a curtain

Do they seriously do it behind a curtain? Oh God. How pathetic.

[Jimx29]

Do they seriously do it behind a curtain? Oh God. How pathetic.

I can't say for sure if they do now, but a few years ago that's how they did it