... for anyone who is both an NBA fan AND a MLB fan, which situation bothers you the most - The Nba Ref or Barry Bonds. Please no "I hate Barry Bonds" bites
2007-08-03 11:48:00 · 13 answers · asked by b-jump 2 in Sports ➔ Baseball
Which is worst for the sport
2007-08-03 11:48:43 · update #1
It's one thing for an athlete to gain an edge for better performance -and this allegedly with something that wasn't banned by MLB at the time. But when a ref that can directly control the outcome of a game is tainted, that totally screws the integrity of the game.
2007-08-03 11:54:36 · answer #1 · answered by Daddy-o 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Tough call. On one hand, you've got a player who's using drugs to better his game and put him ahead of the rest...which just ups his own image but doesn't really hurt anyone else...and then on the other you have the ref that used his power to control the outcome/fate of an entire team for his own selfish desires.
I really don't like what Barry Bonds has done, but I think the NBA. thing is worse.
2007-08-03 11:56:42 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I would say the NBA referee is worse only because he has more of a direct impact on the outcome of a game. Bonds all juiced up, can only impact his own play. The ref can call a key foul or something along that line at a key point in the game.
As for comments by tesorotx, please leave race out of it. Sure Bonds hasn't tested positive but there are several sources who say he took them. Worth investigating. As for Rose, there isn't any direct evidence of his betting affecting the outcome of the games yet he is BANNED FOR LIFE. What more do you want for him, death? But the backlash at Bonds has nothing to do with race. What's next, that Vick is being harrassed because of race?
2007-08-07 07:47:42 · answer #3 · answered by njcardfan 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Barry Bonds. The NBA ref is not breaking one of the biggest records in history.
2007-08-05 16:18:21 · answer #4 · answered by Joe H 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The last time I checked Bonds has never won a world series, even if he did take steroids. The ref is worse cause he has more of a direct role in the outcome of the games.
2007-08-03 12:34:20 · answer #5 · answered by Sam S 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No one is saying the Ref changed the ultimate outcome of a game, only that he shaved points to change the betting line for gamblers.
Barry's juicing did change games- 200 hrs worth.
C'mon- if a ref shaves 1-3 points over the course of the game do those points really matter? The outcome of the game hasn't changed- the Spurs still beat the Clippers. No one becomes a superstar or is able to pad their stats to ensure their hall of fame status.
Reflexes become quicker- researcher even say your eyesight is better, let alone the recovery time, confidence and added strength of 'roids. 380 ft flyball outs become 400 ft homeruns. The game is irrevocably changed by Bonds, McGwire, Sosa and Palmeiro.
The Bonds situation is way worse
2007-08-03 12:51:46 · answer #6 · answered by jsied96 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Pete Rose and Floyd Landis - but nobody wants to talk about these guys -- Wonder why? Barry has never tested positive and steriods were not banned until 3 years ago. Barry's arrogance and aloofness is his downfall. To have a hero you need a villian and Barry has been chosen to be the villian.
2007-08-03 13:46:40 · answer #7 · answered by tesorotx 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
NBA ref Donaghy is worse, Bonds offenses have not yet been prvoen, plus if they are, at the time what Bonds alledgedly did was not against the rules
2007-08-03 12:25:07 · answer #8 · answered by tarheelsjordan 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
the Barry Bonds Situation what are they Proving.
2007-08-03 13:29:33 · answer #9 · answered by tfoley5000 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The referee can control the outcome of a game a lot more surely than a homerun hitter can. Plus, it's proven fact that one of them (not Bonds) actually did something wrong and not just speculation. Therefore, Donaghy is way worse.
2007-08-03 11:57:20 · answer #10 · answered by kianvis 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋