No one ever said Reffing an NBA game was easy.  But events over the past few NBA seasons really have put the current refs in even deeper pressure than ever before.  Any questionable calls or discrepancis immediately leads to calls of foul play (no pun intended).  And so I think it is time for the NBA to do the only thing they really can do.  Yep, you guessed it, start a reality TV show.  They can announce their desire to find a replacement for Dick Bavetta (seeing as he still goes to Minneapolis when he is told to ref Lakers games - get it he’s old) and call the show "so you think you can ref?"  Instead of dance-offs we would witness ref-offs and feats of strength/agility. Bavetta could be one of the judges along with Barkley and Rasheed Wallace. Tim Donaghy could do the PSAs. Priceless.

If you have any reservations over Bavetta’s retirement, just consider the fact that he was born in 1939. That’s WWII time for those of you keeping score at home.  Now with advances in modern medicine and his high level of income it isn’t ridiculous to think that he will live to be 125 so who knows.  And he is the only ref that kisses the players publicly.  Did you eat garlic for dinner Chuck?  All things to consider.