The NBA and Its New Replay Problem

          The first two rounds of the NBA postseason so far have been some of the most exciting and memorable playoff games in recent memory. The first round saw five of its eight matchups go to seven games, eight games go to overtime, and a series clinching three pointer at the buzzer by last year's Rookie of the Year Damian Lillard. However, the last two nights have been marred by an replay problem the NBA needs to address in the offseason that involves the power of the officials to review out of bounds plays with two minutes or less left in the 4th quarter and all of overtime.

NBA’s New Technical Foul Rule

          The NBA has added to it’s list of technical foul violations that referees can call. Now, refs are allowed to blow the whistle for the reactions of players to a call. Before this year, a player’s instant reaction to a call was allowed to be overlooked by the refs, but anything excessive would be called. This year, those instant reactions are no longer allowed.

Whistles While You Watch

With this extra technical foul rule, the games are going to be filled with whistles. Because the instantaneous reactions are so uncontrollable, they are very difficult to control and therefore, many players will break this new rule. If the refs follow the letter of the law, then this will lead to many more whistles during the game which will ultimately result in