How Are NBA Officials Punished And Disciplined For Incorrect And Missed Calls?

[{"selector":"#anim-f2563f87-5d5c-4b20-9391-7f7852c24e89","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-91bec7b8-5ff9-4c16-b096-4f4a9761278b","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-98.13084%, 0px, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-d3bcac61-6d97-41fa-bfd6-a8e0086d0c53","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-aff629b8-0c8e-4fcf-8d2d-ad1d049b63b6","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(114.82649%, 0px, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] This season, several NBA fans have voiced their displeasure with the in-game refereeing.

[{"selector":"#anim-08400bbd-6e2b-4811-8f27-f7ed036b6679","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-7cb2f6e4-c2fc-4d91-b19a-db0d32380263","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(114.82649%, 0px, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-e690ced7-566c-47b1-b74b-dd29521e32c9","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-6d61dc65-7be6-4b80-95bc-5587c553b13b","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-97.47707%, 0px, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-c4217b13-008c-408c-9ad0-454e02c4528e [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(34.305245440479126%, 0, 0)","translate3d(0%, 0, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"both"}] Several have argued that referees need to be disciplined for flagrantly missing calls at vital moments of games.

[{"selector":"#anim-e1e61192-fa7e-4819-96ce-05fc953dc22d","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-fe39abdd-53d6-4896-8c2c-a9603dd9961b","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(115.92356%, 0px, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-195f489f-b406-4a7b-ad7e-94bceb89830b","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-a35d3878-1b06-4089-8b94-4ca95dd4c74c","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-98.58156%, 0px, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-18508b2c-d96a-4c2c-976b-f28d5a3ec514 [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-31.246337776828504%, 0, 0)","translate3d(0%, 0, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"both"}] Adam Silver, the commissioner of the NBA, claims that officials are already subject to punishment and accountability for serious mistakes.

[{"selector":"#anim-2ba99640-e074-4bcd-b8f7-723bfbc5723d [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-31.249999886225726%, 0, 0)","translate3d(0%, 0, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-53b79f78-0fa0-409f-9202-cfd7af3cb4f4","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-a3def9ae-421e-4243-bb6b-9209e3f3fab5","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(114.51104%, 0px, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-20e26c76-56d0-411e-aae1-3fe43484aecb","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-e1dd9510-4885-4048-9b98-f90e88951f38","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-96.78899%, 0px, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] The league just keeps their disciplinary actions hidden.

[{"selector":"#anim-eb991bae-54e7-432a-aea7-05e61dd80933 [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-17.81036896651599%, 0, 0)","translate3d(0%, 0, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-ab5d309c-a3f4-4f78-b6f3-bba9653a4188","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-efeced48-fd6b-47fb-90b9-b949c1c2abd6","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(115.60510%, 0px, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-fdab7193-b620-4408-94f6-c5ac4f48eb7b","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-6210f4ae-6333-4b6e-a0ec-e71d64fb9d19","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-95.06726%, 0px, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] We don't make officials' disciplinary actions public. "We don't think that will be acceptable," Silver said in a recent SportsCenter interview with ESPN's Sage Steele.

[{"selector":"#anim-752f5846-d571-4280-9a55-82fe6ab00e01","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-7cb166de-0317-4e2c-a4e9-dfec30727a41","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(114.06250%, 0px, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-cfc0a19e-c691-4390-84b4-0af0e2522f73","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-88634d62-847a-4eb2-b836-6162f731e7e2","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-97.26028%, 0px, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-74065d6a-50d5-4d8a-b6b2-c6203f8a8b12 [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(34.305245440479126%, 0, 0)","translate3d(0%, 0, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"both"}] He continued by saying that referees with the best records are given the most crucial games, especially during the playoffs.

[{"selector":"#anim-9000aaef-d0b4-4eed-b7c4-809a1a87d6ab [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(31.246337776828504%, 0, 0)","translate3d(0%, 0, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-26a61fe8-3592-4e4b-9576-d1bc0172911a","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-1a884d90-7fe6-41e1-acf4-faabe22b4dfb","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-97.26028%, 0px, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-22200008-4389-46a4-b808-14c73552e726","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-cb4db889-77e2-4992-b488-6f75452978b5","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(114.37500%, 0px, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] Referees who repeatedly botch crucial calls throughout the regular season do not advance to the postseason.

Watch More Sports Related Stories

[{"selector":"#anim-2bc826f7-b10d-4d46-b859-7693c1e56668","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-e8c7595e-e4f3-4d27-bde3-dd207525a496","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-115.14196%, 0px, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-ff556340-d7ab-424e-9abf-8e007a41ac4c","keyframes":{"transform":["scale(1)","scale(1.5)","scale(0.95)","scale(1)"],"offset":[0,0.33,0.66,1]},"delay":0,"duration":1450,"easing":"ease-in-out","fill":"both","iterations":1}] [{"selector":"#anim-41f17da1-df85-4701-aa9d-c6af3beb7c09 [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(31.249999886225726%, 0, 0)","translate3d(0%, 0, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"both"}] Swipe Up