Do you think the officials get tired?

[Boyd94]

I know they all are grey haired and out of shape. But have you ever noticed that there is always a foul called at the 16, 12, 8, and 4 minute mark? It's like they need a breather or oxygen.

 

[the nail at the foul line]

I know they all are grey haired and out of shape. But have you ever noticed that there is always a foul called at the 16, 12, 8, and 4 minute mark? It's like they need a breather or oxygen.

Mike Nance is the king of blowing whistle for a break.

 

[BlueWorldOrder74]

Have you watched how many times they go to the monitors? Answered.

 

[ftp000]

I know i get tired of them.

 

[Tf2217]

More likely that it's network incentives to maximize commercial air time ...
If we have a clean game from 16:01- 11:00 min left ESPN or whoever lost atleast 2 valuable full length commercial segments.
And if you watch they try to make it up late by tick tack fouls that stop the clock and allow a team to get into foul time and we all know the last 3-4 minutes can take an hour especially in this league.
Theyre always in the market to cram more ads and commercials down people's throats. I guess that's what pays these big media contracts that help the SEC so much but damn.

 

[Boyd94]

They called a non existent foul on Alabama at 15:56.

 

[yabbadabbadoo]

Fat pudgy ones like Pat Adams do

 

[rick64]

Of making bad calls?? Absolutely not!!

 

[Swimcat20]

I get exhausted umpiring little league baseball. I can’t imagine college basketball at my age.

 

[wildcat_nation28]

they suck either way

 

[ukcatz12]

If we have a clean game from 16:01- 11:00 min left ESPN or whoever lost atleast 2 valuable full length commercial segments.

That's not how it works. If you play through a media timeout then the next two consecutive dead balls would both media timeouts. So if the game went from 16:01-11:00 with zero dead balls, then the first dead ball would serve as the under 16:00 media timeout and the one directly after that would serve as the under 12:00.

 

[Orville Boggs]

TV Teddy could run for days like Forest Gump!

 

[JimboBBN]

I know we all love a good ref hate fest around here, but let’s not act like those guys aren’t in better shape than 95 percent of this board.

 

[crestcat]

I get tired of them.

 

[ImTheVillageIdiot]

I know we all love a good ref hate fest around here, but let’s not act like those guys aren’t in better shape than 95 percent of this board.

They aren’t a better shape than me. I’m a perfect circle.

 

[ftp000]

I know we all love a good ref hate fest around here, but let’s not act like those guys aren’t in better shape than 95 percent of this board.

Depends. What percentage of refs still live in their mother's basement?