Violet Palmer- Worst Ref?

[Minstrel]

I'm saying as a black female she has certain guarantees that other refs do not have, ie, the right to be the worst ref in the NBA and have 100% job security.

Yes, and I'm saying that the evidence doesn't support that. They fired another female referee and they have other black referees...they don't need Violet Palmer to give them "racial diversity."

Clearly you think she's awful, which is fine. I don't see any evidence that the NBA thinks so, but retains her for "diversity" reasons.

 

[Денг Гордон]

It looks like they removed the video where Stacey King rants about what the hell Violet Palmer is doing from youtube.

She loves the reactions she gets from fans when she makes a bad call. That's what drives her.

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[Natebishop3]

A couple of years ago the Blazers played the Knicks at the Rose Garden and Violet was one of the refs. The Blazers pulled out a close win and as Marbury stomped off the floor and into his locker room he yelled something to the effect of "she doesn't even belong here."

 

[barfo]

Dee Kantner. Dee Snider was the lead singer for Twisted Sister.

Dee Snider should absolutely be a ref in the NBA.

barfo

 

[Minstrel]

Dee Snider should absolutely be a ref in the NBA.

He'd need to work on his posturing to fit in.

 

[JE]

Next time I have hard liquor, I'm coming in here and taking a shot for every post Minstrel has edited.

 

[JE]

*edited: Pretty clearly inappropriate*

 

[Minstrel]

Clearly, this isn't going anywhere productive. Discussing the ability of a referee is perfectly reasonable, but using it as a jumping-off point for insulting women or lesbians (whether in "joke" form or not) is entirely unreasonable. If you disagree with my closing it, you can PM me. If you don't think I'm being reasonable and would prefer to talk to someone else, barfo and Ed O also moderate here and are available to PM, as are the administrators, like Denny Crane and others,