There is no similar rule in the NBA, but officials also try to stay out of the way in playoff and championship games. Refs under-call those games because they don’t want to be the person that sways the game - the teams should play that out.

I would suspect that he was more concerned that the match might swing back the other way

Thanks for your perspective. Here’s another one. Both Chris Everet and Billie Jean King said during the event this shouldn’t have happened, and wouldn’t have happened if Serena was a man. Also, Ramos has given Venus the same BS “coaching” call in a major match, so Serena already knew Ramos has a bias against her…

The rules of tennis are different from the rules of basketball, particularly in the way that players interact with officials. Your analogy doesn’t hold up.

The only important point is that a male player who behaved as Williams did would almost certainly not have been subjected to the same penalty.

He never should have taken the game away.  Umpires don’t decide championships.  It’s that simple. 

“It might be a comment in a room of people related to officiating, but not from people that work the tour”

but attributing it solely to racism is reductive.

The only important point is that a male player who behaved as Williams did would almost certainly not have been subjected to the same penalty.

Therefore, this is 100% a matter of gender equality.

This is your third comment on here so this is not really an assumption anymore but:

You don’t see any double-standard between how men are traditionally treated for ‘outbursts’ as compared with Serena?

This is bad, take this down.

I wouldn’t be so sure of that.

I wouldn’t be so sure. Hard to remember now, but a guy by the name of Clarence Thompson (I think?) had his nomination derailed in the 90’s thanks to credible allegations of sexual misconduct, IIRC in no small part because Joe Biden just kept hammering him on the issue and demanded that his fellow Senators take the…

God, I hate the Saints but Drew finally found a way to make one of these WYTS that is genuinely unenjoyable. I guess the upshot is he now gets to look forward to Cousins throwing the ball three yards passed Diggs in heavy traffic before yelling at him.

Right let’s not go overboard when standing up to white supremacy. Make sure you don’t make a mess. 

I feel like Antifa is becoming same as socialism for the right in US. They insist on making these into bad words because otherwise people might realise they are actually pro what those words represent and that would make it clear Republicans stand on the wrong side of history. When you can obscure the meaning you can…

Except for the millions upon millions California cities gave the NFL.

Just Rub Their Noses In It On The Way Out The Door Baby