Anyone who watches NBA games knows that anytime a player/coach makes a negative comment about the way NBA officials call games, they get fined a ridiculous amount of money. I call it ridiculous because the last time I checked, this was America and free speech was allowed (1st Amendment)! David Stern has a lot of explaining to do! He wants to fine players and coaches for comments and even try to control the way they dress off the court, but when the betting scandal that involved an NBA official came up, HE had to take a good look at the officials’ behavior! It’s gotten so crazy that you don’t really know how these games are going to turn out! Is the official making these kinds of calls because they’re real or because he has a gambling debt that he’s trying to pay off? Even though that’s a disgrace to the game, it’s an even bigger disgrace when your freedom of speech is taken away from you in regards to the things you can and cannot say! So what do the rest of you all think about this?!
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