Isaac
Years ago
NBL: Harmison talks referees
There's a bit of a fluff piece on the NBL site right now (that, to a pessimist like myself, seems awfully like a specifically timed and placed reaction).
Still, a few NBL fans might find some parts interesting, especially talk about an increase in technical fouls called (something relevant to 36ers fans this season)
Have a read
Here's a snippet from one section about the NBL's efforts to maintain or improve the quality of refereeing.
One of the other things we did this season was send video of a random selection of games to the head of the NBA Referees, Ronnie Nunn, to ask for a critique on the way that our officials were handling the games. We have taken Ronnie's feedback on board for inclusion in future referee-training sessions but interestingly, we were told that the overall standard of our refs was comparable with that in the NBA considering ours are part time compared to their full-time referees.
