Pac-12 head of officials investigated for targeting Arizona's Sean Miller

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Pac-12 coordinator of basketball officials and former NBA referee Ed Rush has been investigated by the Pac-12 for comments made about Arizona coach Sean Miller in meetings that included several Pac-12 referees.

Rush, according to a source within the Pac-12 officiating group, told a group of referees on the Thursday of the Pac-12 tournament in Las Vegas that he would give them $5,000 or a trip to Cancun if they either "rang him up" or "ran him," meaning hit Miller with a technical or toss him out of the game. Rush then reiterated during a Friday morning meeting, according to one referee in attendance, that officials should take similar action against Miller if he did anything on Friday in the Pac-12 semifinals against UCLA.

"He was emphatic about not dealing with him (Miller)," the ref told CBSSports.com. "He made that perfectly clear."

Pac-12 commissioner Larry Scott issued a statement to CBSSports.com:

"Based on the review, we have concluded that while Rush made inappropriate comments that he now regrets during internal meetings that referenced rewards, he made the comments in jest and the officials in the room realized they were not serious offers," Scott told CBSSports.com. "Following our review, we have discussed the matter with Rush, taken steps to ensure it does not happen again, and communicated our findings to all of our officials."

http://www.cbssports.com/collegebas...vestigated-for-targeting-arizonas-sean-miller

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BleedGopher said:
Pac-12 coordinator of basketball officials and former NBA referee Ed Rush has been investigated by the Pac-12 for comments made about Arizona coach Sean Miller in meetings that included several Pac-12 referees.

Rush, according to a source within the Pac-12 officiating group, told a group of referees on the Thursday of the Pac-12 tournament in Las Vegas that he would give them $5,000 or a trip to Cancun if they either "rang him up" or "ran him," meaning hit Miller with a technical or toss him out of the game. Rush then reiterated during a Friday morning meeting, according to one referee in attendance, that officials should take similar action against Miller if he did anything on Friday in the Pac-12 semifinals against UCLA.

"He was emphatic about not dealing with him (Miller)," the ref told CBSSports.com. "He made that perfectly clear."

Pac-12 commissioner Larry Scott issued a statement to CBSSports.com:

"Based on the review, we have concluded that while Rush made inappropriate comments that he now regrets during internal meetings that referenced rewards, he made the comments in jest and the officials in the room realized they were not serious offers," Scott told CBSSports.com. "Following our review, we have discussed the matter with Rush, taken steps to ensure it does not happen again, and communicated our findings to all of our officials."

http://www.cbssports.com/collegebas...vestigated-for-targeting-arizonas-sean-miller

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Some on the hole have said the ref's never determine the outcome on the games.........
 

How can these comments "made in jest" be tolerated at all by the coordinator of officials? So he was joking around two days in a row? Evidently not everyone in the room knew he was kidding or it wouldn't have been reported.
 


So freaking what.. there are tons of officails who don't like certain coaches.. there are tons of coaches who dont like certain refs omg big freaking deal... coaches have some pretty sharp tounges and cross plenty of lines.
 


gopherhoopsguy said:
So freaking what.. there are tons of officails who don't like certain coaches.. there are tons of coaches who dont like certain refs omg big freaking deal... coaches have some pretty sharp tounges and cross plenty of lines.
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It's a little bit different when money is being offered for a ref to take a certain action.
 

gopherhoopsguy said:
So freaking what.. there are tons of officails who don't like certain coaches.. there are tons of coaches who dont like certain refs omg big freaking deal... coaches have some pretty sharp tounges and cross plenty of lines.
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You serious?

This guy is the FREAKING BOSS OF ALL PAC 12 REFS. He is their supervisor and assigns them games!! Their future in the PAC 12 Conference officiating rests in this guy's hands. They will do what he says. Frankly, this is an absolute disgrace. I'd be shocked if this doesn't end with the guy getting fired. The media whirlwind is just beginning with this one.
 

gopherhoopsguy said:
So freaking what.. there are tons of officails who don't like certain coaches.. there are tons of coaches who dont like certain refs omg big freaking deal... coaches have some pretty sharp tounges and cross plenty of lines.
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Integrity?
 




This sounds like a commissioner who wants this issue to go away. I hope it doesn't go away, because this is a big deal. This is something that you just don't joke about - if he was even joking, which I highly question.
 

Trying to decide which is worse, the incident or the way it was handled by Larry Scott(Pac 12 Comm). At this point Scott's future employment should also be in question.
 

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