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Ruffle My Feathers, a weekly sports blog by Justin Lewis

Pay for Play (Ref’s Edition)

I’m going to make this article short, sweet and to the point.  The NBA referees and the commissioner should be under investigation for installing a pay for play system (Referee’s edition).

Last night I watched the Miami Heat lose to the Indiana Pacers in a very close game.  As usual the same thing happens in every game that involves “star” players.  They hardly EVER have fouls called on them.  Last night LeBron had ZERO, yes I said ZERO personal fouls.  Are you kidding me?! He was playing the other teams’ best player Danny Granger (who is an all-star caliber player) for 90% of the game.  So you mean to tell me that he didn’t push, nudge, or slap anyone including Granger who continually attacked the basket might I add (in front of the ref) the whole game?  Either he is the greatest defender we have ever seen or he is too heavily protected.  Some of the greatest defenders I have ever seen are Walt Frazier, Bill Russell, Michael Jordan, Scottie Pippen, Dennis Johnson, and Gary Payton (before J. Williams embarrassed him badly).  LeBron isn’t in that league yet, pretty soon he may be, but not now.

I simply believe the referee’s are compensated for their lack of and/or abundance of calls for/against certain teams (coaches/players).  There’s no way around it people.  My rule with referees is “its best if you are unseen and barely heard”.  Let the players decide the game.  Since LeBron has joined the Miami Heat we could probably count on one hand how many times D. Wade and LeBron have had more than (7) fouls combined in one game.  They just now started calling fouls on Kobe and that’s only because Kevin Durant and LeBron are attempting to take the reins from him.

The foul differential in many of these games is ridiculous.  For instance, in the first round series that pitted OKC vs. Dallas.  Dirk Nowitzki was being smacked, grabbed, mugged, and whatever other word you would like to use the whole series.  Through all of that he only shot (49) free throws, yet Kevin Durant of OKC (who did the opposite of Nowitzki and stayed on the perimeter instead of posting up) shot (33) free throws.  That may not seem like a big disparity to some, but to people who are well versed in basketball it’s very significant.  One of the main rules in basketball is to never foul a jump shooter and Durant is just that and he still shot (33) free throws.  I have a big problem with that.

Another great example of the disparity referees are told to create again involves the Pacers and Heat. So far the foul differential in the series is (12) fouls; with Indiana committing (56) fouls and the Heat committing (44) fouls.  What’s the amount of fouls LeBron & Wade have accumulated between those two games you ask? LeBron has (1) foul and Wade has (5) fouls.  If you combine those two numbers it would equal (1) disqualification.  That’s between two people, within two games COMBINED!!  No there’s no pay for play with the referees, no not at all. It’s not a scheme that keeps the “money making” “star” players on the floor, no not at all.

This past Monday Kevin Garnett was called for an illegal screen on the potential game tying possession by the Celtics.  Mind you there were only about (3) such “illegal” screens called the whole game and they were pretty blatant.  Once again the referees are like state troopers who have to make their quota by the end of the month or else they may face serious consequences.  I just want fair play within the game and bottom line no one comes to see you Ref.  Understand this Mr. David Stern you and your band of pay for play referees are ruining the game we love; the best games whether its hockey, basketball, football etc are the games where you cant even tell if there are any referees.  You should keep reading that sentence over and over again and get it through your heads; you are only a miniature necessary evil, PERIOD.

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Fan Mail Question of The Week:

Dear Kendra & John,

I want to share a small issue about my boyfriend. He is not good at picking the right clothes for any occasion because he is 8 yrs older than me so expect an old fashion type of a guy. I tried to accept and slowly gave him some advices but it never works. I am just wondering if you can give me an advice about my problem.

Thanks,

Felicity

Beauty:  Kendra Cunningham

If you don’t like your man’s style, buy him the clothes you want him to wear. Tell him he’ll look sexy in them. Or hot. Or youthful. Use an adjective that will be the most mouthwatering for him. Don’t bring him shopping with you. Don’t talk to him about it. If this guy isn’t naturally stylish, a good old fashioned conversation is not going to change that. You are going to have to single handedly infiltrate his unfashionable gray matter. Start with one item. Nothing major, a shirt. Now here’s the thing, once you buy him the shirt you can’t simply expect him to wear it. You then have to say “why don’t you wear the shirt I gave you to Bob and Mary’s poker party Saturday?”  If he shows up with it on, you got yourself a new wardrobe to buy.

If he doesn’t wear it and you ask, kindly “what happened to the shirt I bought you?”

And he doesn’t answer or says he forgot, you may have a man with makeover resistance on your hands.

I had one of those guys once. He enjoyed dressing cheap. I told him “you can be cheap and stylish”. He didn’t want to. He liked acting, being and looking cheap.

You can’t change that.

Which brings me to my next point, if you have a makeover resistor, his “style” may be representative of more than just poor taste in clothes. Your guy dresses old? Maybe he is old. Maybe he feels old. He acts old. Here’s the clincher, maybe he LIKES all these things about himself. Guys don’t change unless they want to. They aren’t like women who are willing to pretend to change until the man becomes emotionally dependent on them, then revert back to their real selves. If a guy doesn’t want to change, he won’t.

Then you have to decide, can you live with a man with no style? More importantly, can you live with a man who won’t change for you? I mean don’t you want to rule the roost?

You may be in for an eternal power struggle.

The only other manipulative solution I can think of is, change YOUR style to something he can’t stand. He doesn’t like flannels on women? Suddenly you want to be a lumber jack. You see where I’m going with this? Then you’re in a position to negotiate.

Start with buying the shirt though.

Leave the tags on it.

Unless of course, you have a back up to give it to.

Thanks for listening!

Kisses-

Kendra

Kendra is a stand up comic living in Brooklyn where she owns a super comfortable bed. She spends most of her time wondering where the hell her sugar daddy is and hoping he didn’t settle.

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The Beast: John Powers

The older we get, the less flexible we become. Our habits are locked in and we like what we like. Your dude is 8 years older… I’m not good at math, but that’s nearly a decade.

I’m not surprised his fashion sense is different than yours. You grew up in a different era. Do you ever wonder why old men wear those powder blue jeans pulled up to their chests? That was the style in the 50′s…

Let’s take a moment to consider the differences between the 80′s and 90′s…

In the 80′s people wore neon, parachute pants, backwards clothes, and had curly, frizzy hair. They listened to Paula Abdul, MC Hammer, Bon Jovi, and Cindy Lauper. It was a strange time… we should have noticed something was amiss sooner.

In the 90′s it was plaid shirts, acid-washed jeans, weird hats, and long hair with blond streaks. We listened to Pearl Jam, LL Cool J, Nirvana, and Shaggy. If someone walked into a party in the 90′s dressed like 1987, it would have been cause for ridicule.

The way I see it you have 3 options. You can helpfully suggest some new(er) fashion ideas to your old man, love him for who he is… or find a guy your own age. You might simply be more hip than your antique gentleman. Try to take him shopping… and casually pick out something a bit more edgy than he’s used to. See how he responds. Be subtle and use language from his generation. That would be groovy.

… if that doesn’t work, wait for your High School reunion.

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