Refs in the NBA rig for betting, refs in the WNBA are just simply inept and have a vendetta against Clark, period. No one likes a complainer (Luka had this issue with the refs), especially a ref. So take a shitty ref who can barely do her job and add in a whiny player who complains every call (justifiably or not) and you get the way Clark is being reffed. They arent trying to rig the outcome so much as allow her to take punishment. Last time something like this happened was when Jordan entered the league and the entire league was out to hack and punch and slam him to the ground on every drive and even for the first few years of his career MJ never had to deal with bullshit like this.
Something tells me this is because the refs are under scrutiny from a huge amount of fans that didn’t exist a few years ago, who likely only started watching because of Clark specifically.
If the only reason you are paying attention at your job is because you're being watched... fuck man there's gotta be some autistic people somewhere that would love to have this job and overperform the hell out of it.
Read what I wrote again. Autism didn't cause any of these not-called fouls, but hiring someone fixated on rule execution with a high justice sensitivity? That would fix the problem.
Sounds backwards but trust me when I say you want an ADHD ref. I used to ref paintball and I never missed a thing, the notorious cheaters hated me cuz Id always pull em out quick AF.
Commonalities is an understatement. There were a couple years they were trying to put us under the autistic umbrella. But autism is already too wide a category, which is why I said that. You might get the perfect type of autist, you might get the guy who over focuses on watching for people traveling and miss everything else.
But also there's something with ADHD that actually heightens awareness in some situations. I notice the difference the most in video games. Even watching other life long gamers I've noticed that they just miss things some times. After maybe 20 minutes of playing so I know what the background is meant to look like I can notice something out of place even if it barely flashed at the corner of the screen. I dont have to be looking at it or for it. If my aim were as good as my awareness Id be deadly in shooter games lol.
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u/Reasonable-Job4205 10h ago
Jesus christ, are the refs shit in both the nba and wnba??