Although I did like to see you come out blogging today about a “non-we got robbed article” such as the HDTV/Dan Rather bit, I can’t help but mention how much I would like to see the Mavs lose in Game 6. Especially since I started out pulling for them in Game 1. Please let me explain my transition. I started out rooting for the Mavs, being from Texas, I wanted to have the all new Mighty Texas Triangle for all other NBA teams to fear. Which other state can claim that they have three NBA champions as residents? I also wanted to see a great person/player/coach like Avery Johnson win a title which he deserves “eventually”. I even like you as an owner. I’d take you as an owner of any of my other sports teams any day, twice on Sunday. You have done an awesome job with what you started with. However, my view on the Mavs all started to change after the Game 2 victory when I heard you, the city, or whoever it was already planning a parade and had even mentioned a tentative date. So much for that one! Just be glad you still have a chance at all. Even that could be gone in less than 48 hours. How does a team or city for that matter go out and set a date for a parade when they haven’t even won a game on the road or even yet to play on the road? Was this the first time a team has been up 2-0 in the finals? Was this the first time a team down 0-2 has come back to tie the series? Just what would make the city of Dallas or you the owner go out and predict a series to be over after only 2 games of a best of 7 series? It astonishes me that you wouldn’t even think how bad that would look if what exactly has happened, occurred. Just another reason I hate Dallas sports and the City of Dallas. Nothing but a bunch of pompous arrogant assholes! GO HEAT! Finish off the crybabies so they can “fully” implant foot into mouth.

As a fan, I’m tired of having to cope with critical games being decided by suspensions and biased officiating.

For me, it started years ago when several NY Knicks were suspended out of a chance at the finals for leaving the bench (a literal infraction of the rules) even though everyone with a functioning brain (other than perhaps Mr. Stern because he may not have one) knew their actions (coming on the court to observe while well clear of the action) were out of concern for a teammate.

If the idea is to punish players and franchises for aggressive actions why is that the fans are always the ones to suffer with them?

Why is that whole seasons are lost and potential championships are taken away practically every year?

There has to be a better way to solve these problems than destroying the sporting events for fans by putting teams at a huge disadvantage in critical games with suspensions!

Maybe it has to all be monetary. Maybe there is another solution, but destroying series after series is not the solution!

Second, every serious boxing fan in the world that has ever wagered a dollar knows that part of making an accurate odds line is determining how much of an advantage one boxer might have in the decision because of his promoter, the match being in a home town, or because of youth and future money generating ability vs. an aging fighter that the industry would rather see put out to pasture because his “usefulness” is over.

As horrendous as those politics are in as corrupt a sport as boxing, it certainly appears the NBA is using the WBA, WBC, and IBF as their model for officiating.

How much “home cooking” and biased officiating do we have to see before the fans realize they are watching a slightly better version of WWE Monday Night Raw.

It’s ridiculous.

Honest mistakes are will be made.

Subjective differences of opinion will occur.

However, night after night of biased officiating is simply ridiculous.

The home team should not get most of the marginal calls – especially in the last few minutes. Superstars should not get the benefit of the doubt over the rest of the players.

The rules are the rules and they should be applied equally to all the players no matter who they are and where the game is being held.

For me it’s all about seeing a fair contest between the best players and teams and wanting to see who is truly the best. The NBA, its commissioner, and the officials make that impossible almost every year with all the suspensions, home cooked officiating, and utter disregard for the fans.

Find a way to punish the players without punishing the fans and cut out all the crap politics in the officiating or merge with the WWE!

Stop crying and strap for Game 6 !!!

GO MAVS!