Shakeia Taylor

This is sort of a pulling back of the curtain that the average person doesn't get. Instead, we get the mistakes or we get the good calls or we get the game impacting things or we get the players flipping out. We get the technicals. We don't know what goes into it.

This is sort of a pulling back of the curtain that the average person doesn't get. Instead, we get the mistakes or we get the good calls or we get the game impacting things or we get the players flipping out. We get the technicals. We don't know what goes into it.

This is sort of a pulling back of the curtain that the average person doesn't get. Instead, we get the mistakes or we get the good calls or we get the game impacting things or we get the players flipping out. We get the technicals. We don't know what goes into it.

And something that I thought was interesting that I'm sure you all will too, is most officials are former athletes and they're getting in five miles per game, running up and down the court with elite athletes, five miles per game.

And something that I thought was interesting that I'm sure you all will too, is most officials are former athletes and they're getting in five miles per game, running up and down the court with elite athletes, five miles per game.

And something that I thought was interesting that I'm sure you all will too, is most officials are former athletes and they're getting in five miles per game, running up and down the court with elite athletes, five miles per game.

Absolutely. It's even in my lead. I mentioned that like with the proliferation of gambling, referees are, they're under threat. Something that James Williams said in our conversation was social media is not a safe place for an official. In fact,

Absolutely. It's even in my lead. I mentioned that like with the proliferation of gambling, referees are, they're under threat. Something that James Williams said in our conversation was social media is not a safe place for an official. In fact,

Absolutely. It's even in my lead. I mentioned that like with the proliferation of gambling, referees are, they're under threat. Something that James Williams said in our conversation was social media is not a safe place for an official. In fact,

early in his career, which obviously was in the pre, you know, boom of social media, but he remembers just feeling so horrible about a call in a game and the things that were said to him that he started wanting to work harder and wanting to be better and wanting to make fewer mistakes. Unfortunately, that's not how it goes for a lot of people. You get berated and

early in his career, which obviously was in the pre, you know, boom of social media, but he remembers just feeling so horrible about a call in a game and the things that were said to him that he started wanting to work harder and wanting to be better and wanting to make fewer mistakes. Unfortunately, that's not how it goes for a lot of people. You get berated and

early in his career, which obviously was in the pre, you know, boom of social media, but he remembers just feeling so horrible about a call in a game and the things that were said to him that he started wanting to work harder and wanting to be better and wanting to make fewer mistakes. Unfortunately, that's not how it goes for a lot of people. You get berated and

one time too many you get cursed out you get your life threatened one time too many and you're like i'm out of here i'm not doing this and on the lower levels they're getting it from parents right like parents think they know the game parents and i'm not saying parents don't know the game but you you all know what i'm getting they don't no they don't no i'll say it they don't yeah i used to tell them that uh when i coached high school i used to tell them that at the beginning of the year

one time too many you get cursed out you get your life threatened one time too many and you're like i'm out of here i'm not doing this and on the lower levels they're getting it from parents right like parents think they know the game parents and i'm not saying parents don't know the game but you you all know what i'm getting they don't no they don't no i'll say it they don't yeah i used to tell them that uh when i coached high school i used to tell them that at the beginning of the year

one time too many you get cursed out you get your life threatened one time too many and you're like i'm out of here i'm not doing this and on the lower levels they're getting it from parents right like parents think they know the game parents and i'm not saying parents don't know the game but you you all know what i'm getting they don't no they don't no i'll say it they don't yeah i used to tell them that uh when i coached high school i used to tell them that at the beginning of the year

So go ahead. But that's what they experience, right? They experience exactly what you and other coaches experience is parents telling them how to do their jobs. So imagine it when you're at the NBA level, you got thousands of people watching on TV, live streams. on social media, in the arena. And one mistake, you already have the weight of this could impact the game.

So go ahead. But that's what they experience, right? They experience exactly what you and other coaches experience is parents telling them how to do their jobs. So imagine it when you're at the NBA level, you got thousands of people watching on TV, live streams. on social media, in the arena. And one mistake, you already have the weight of this could impact the game.

So go ahead. But that's what they experience, right? They experience exactly what you and other coaches experience is parents telling them how to do their jobs. So imagine it when you're at the NBA level, you got thousands of people watching on TV, live streams. on social media, in the arena. And one mistake, you already have the weight of this could impact the game.

This could impact the outcome of the game. You know, this could impact player relationships. But then you have this idea that I could be threatened and harmed, you know, after this. And so James talked about like wanting to not only teach the basics of how to do this job, but how to steel yourself out

This could impact the outcome of the game. You know, this could impact player relationships. But then you have this idea that I could be threatened and harmed, you know, after this. And so James talked about like wanting to not only teach the basics of how to do this job, but how to steel yourself out