Saturday, October 30, 2010

Jason Williams Unjustly Ejected, Suspended


 Jason Williams is the first regular season victim of David Stern's new no tolerance technical foul policy. He received two technicals for calmly discussing a charging call he disagreed with. He was then suspended for lightly touching the arm of the ref who gave him the calls.
 White Chocolate is now a third string PG for the Orlando Magic behind Jameer Nelson and Chris Duhon. Even so, does the league want to be known for suspending players for marginal offenses? What other contact sport would eject a player for simply disagreeing with a ref and then suspended him for gently touching the ref's arm?
 Stern tried to increase the range of technical foul calls in the 2006-07 season. The rules were scaled back by January of that season after players filed an unfair labor practice charge against the league with the National Labor Relations Board.
 The players may need to revisit those tactics again if Stern and vice president of basketball operations Stu Jackson continue to mete out petty technical fouls & unwarranted suspensions. 
    

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