Refs under the pump

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Who seriously wants to be a referee at any level of sport these days?  Seriously it is a thankless job by which you are heavily slandered when you have a bad game and not complemented when you have a good game.  I for one applaud all referees for showing the courage to step to up to such a contentious position. 
Tension is however brewing in the NBA with many referees given their marching orders before the start of the new season.  Peter Vecsey's article in the New York Post claims that an increase in oncourt fines for player misconduct has led to the firing and resignation of many NBA referees particularly the league's oldest and more experienced officials.  The article is extremely informative and quite insightful however, tends to overstep the mark for an online article by initally confusing the reader with an avalanche of statistics before revealing the article's main purpose which is to reveal the referee overhaul in the NBA.  Online news reader's do not want to sift through mountains of statistics to reach the half way point of the article to know what the essence of the story is about.  Vecsey needs to initially state the fact that many referees have lost there jobs for the upcoming season then reinforce this statement with the relevent statistics. 

Vecsey's article does not portray any insight from sources.  This leaves the reader wondering and curious to the opinion of the recently fired referees, current referees players and the NBA board itself.  This particularly article which reveals the current situation in the NBA and divulges mountains of statistics demonstrating why the NBA is cracking down on oncourt discipline, needs to consolidate these claims and information with perspective from those directly involved to give more weight and credibility to the article.  Although the article reveals an interesting trend and is fairly informative it is a poorly developed and structured online article.

http://www.nypost.com/p/sports/more_sports/nba_curtain_calls_dcSu6psa1Ln2No4a6WQNUL/0