Olympic Officials Recognition

[jc]

Best wishes wishes to all the olympic officials, timekeepers, judges who help make the olympics a success.

For most of them it is the shining moment in their careers.

I know the USA has officials and judges is most of the sports
like football, basketball, volleyball, judo, track & field, swimming, weightlifting, and boxing

Also, congrats to NBA referee Bill Kennedy for officiating in these London 2012 games

Best Wishes to all of you...

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are the officials nba or fiba?

[JugglingReferee]

Jul 30, 2012 10:33:26 GMT -5 @harrytasker said:

are the officials nba or fiba?

NBA? Um, no.

They're FIBA carded officials.

[jc]

Fiba but a few are in the NBA...Here is the FIBA list from the USA.

01.

Mr. Anderson, Steven Marquis (USA)

Licence N°: 24101



02.

Mrs. Bass, Lauren Holtkamp (USA)

Licence N°: 21617



03.

Mr. Bolnick, Scott Sachs (USA)

Licence N°: 24107



04.

Ms. Bonner, Amy Lynn (USA)

Licence N°: 16746



05.

Ms. Burrell , Katherine Tierney (USA)

Licence N°: 24127



06.

Ms. Cross, Gina Denise (USA)

Licence N°: 21618



07.

Ms. Cruse, Tiara (USA)

Licence N°: 24128



08.

Mr. Franklin, Anthony Marques (USA)

Licence N°: 24108



09.

Mr. Goble, John Daniel (USA)

Licence N°: 21619



10.

Mrs. Gonyeau, Leah Lavon (USA)

Licence N°: 16732



11.

Ms. Grinter, Felicia Andrea (USA)

Licence N°: 16733



12.

Mr. Jordan, Anthony Dewayne (USA)

Licence N°: 21621



13.

Mr. Kennedy, William Gene (USA)

Licence N°: 17358



14.

Ms. Kimura, Kaili Lyn (USA)

Licence N°: 21622



15.

Mr. Kogut, Marat (USA)

Licence N°: 21623



16.

Mrs. Muench, Chaney Leigh (USA)

Licence N°: 21624



17.

Mr. Myers, Matthew Albert (USA)

Licence N°: 24115



18.

Ms. Overstreet, Meadow (USA)

Licence N°: 16740



19.

Mr. Short, Thomas James (USA)

Licence N°: 24120



20.

Ms. Spurlock, Pualani Thelma (USA)

Licence N°: 21625



21.

Mr. Sterling, Jonathan Richard (USA)

Licence N°: 24125



22.

Mr. Stith, Winston Cornel (USA)

Licence N°: 17360



23.

Ms. Suffren, Angelica (USA)

Licence N°: 16743



24.

Mr. Taylor, Robert Benjamin (USA)

Licence N°: 24126



25.

Ms. Tieman, Margaret Elizabeth (USA)

Licence N°: 24129



26.

Mr. Unruh, Wayne Allan (USA)

Licence N°: 8125

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Marat Kogut also from NBA, he's really young too. Congrats

[russ]

John Goble is as well. Also, Scott Bolnick, Steve Anderson and Matt Myers are D-League Officials who each got called up to work about 9 NBA games this past season. Anthony Jordan is one of the main officials in the SEC.

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Quick question. The officials working are not NBA scabs right? The NBA doesnt want their officials working overseas or FIBA doesnt want the NBA guys? Just curious

[JugglingReferee]

Any official can be FIBA carded. You have to pass FIBA qualifications, not the least of which is the FIBA interpretations and approach to the game.

I belong to a discussion group where basketball officials from the USA think less of international basketball because the officiating in the Olympics is not that they're used to. Those are the officials that FIBA doesn't want, and won't consider.

In Canada, our national group grants nominations to the FIBA tryout according to their standards. I imagine that if an official from the USA is able to learn and apply FIBA rules and interpretations, then they could become a FIBA official. That they also work the NBA doesn't matter, as the evidence says.

FIBA is different than all codes in the USA. The simple fact is that not everyone can adapt outside of the philosophies found in the USA. Keep in mind, that for the most part, that the rest of the world uses FIBA. The USA is the only country that uses their own rules.