re: Adam “Woke” Silver: I want 50% of new NBA officials and coaches to be women

quote:

---

If sounding woke improves officiating, then that’s good.

---

Only thing that will improve officiating is hiring better officials and training them better/giving them more power to enforce the rules correctly. That has zero to do with gender. Sounding "woke" doesn't amount to a hill of beans. It's illogical to argue otherwise.

quote:

---

Not that big a deal, man.

---

Placing an emphasis on immutable characteristics as a hiring requirement is a big deal. I want the best officials, not just the officials that made the gender numbers close to whatever the grand poobah wants it to be.

He needs to focus on fixing the discrepancies in the way certain players are officiated. That's of far greater concern when it comes to improving the refs.