PAc- 12 controversy

[esplanade91]

Head ref of basketball "jokingly" offered $5k to the ref who T'd up Arizona coach Sean Miller in the Pac-12 tourny, which happened, his first of the year... And it was the most exaggerated T I've ever seen.

Commish of Pac-12 did an investigation and found the allegations to be true, said the comments (said it twice) were inappropriate but not unethical, and doesn't plan on firing him. Arizona coach was fined $25,000, again his first T.

If there was ONE person I wanted in my corner if this happened to my school it would be the ninja.


***** Arizona led by 2 at the time of the T in the final minutes of the game. Lost by 4.

 

[Shmuley]

The question needs to be asked. What was offered to the PAC 12 head of refs by the league office to secure that $25k fine?

 

[seshomoru]

Heard a little about that on van Pelt just now...

Fire the guy. Even if Miller hadn't gotten a tech, the guy should lose his job.

Either he really has it in for Miller and that bias shouldn't be tolerated, or he's so tight with Miller that he can joke about it and no other coach should have to face that bias the other way around. It's not like that ref would be screwed out of a living. Joey Crawford would provide a reference.

 

[esplanade91]

Fire the guy. Even if Miller hadn't gotten a tech, the guy should lose his job.

Either he really has it in for Miller and that bias shouldn't be tolerated, or he's so tight with Miller that he can joke about it and no other coach should have to face that bias the other way around. It's not like that ref would be screwed out of a living. Joey Crawford would provide a reference.

Apparently the guy is former head of NBA officials, which is why the commish is refusing to fire him.

And the SEC is the dirtiest league.... That's 2 major scandals (one significantly less major than the other) involving 2 different conferences and neither are the SEC.

 

[RobbieRandolph]

Mark Cuban hates that guy with the fury of a hundred suns**

 

[Mack Rebennack]

And the SEC is the dirtiest league.... That's 2 major scandals (one significantly less major than the other) involving 2 different conferences and neither are the SEC.

Don't forget Rutgahs....