Baseball for the fact that the behind the plate antics have become over the top. Call strike 3 and be done with it.
I went with the NHL - The only league where replays provide referees with conclusive evidence, and they STILL get the call wrong: https://vine.co/v/MhmP17ixT2U
In the NFL, there is more opportunity for this to happen, as replay is used to determine if a player was inbounds, or if a player crossed the goal line, or or if a player had possession, or where to spot the ball. In the NHL, replay is used to determine the puck crossed the goal line, and that's it. Yet they STILL get that one call wrong more than right.
NBA has the worst in my mind, but the distance between NBA and the rest of the 4 major sports is closing in bad officiating. Side note, I watch more NBA games than NFL, NHL, and maybe MLB within each respective season. NFL has the worst results because of the length of the replay process as Junc mentioned and because they are usually the most impactful when they are wrong. PI, roughing, grounding.
NBA by far. NFL did give them a run for their money, but I've never seen so many double standards in calls, even within the same game.
I don't watch a lot of NBA but when did they legalize palming? I remember long ago that was a form of traveling, I think. _
How long ago? The wording of the rule has probably been changed quietly by the NBA but right now it's only called if it looks awkward or really obvious and that goes hand in hand. Allen Iverson blatantly used to palm the ball but I don't think the NBA could keep up with the way game changed before them and the way players could dribble. I think around 5 years ago they tried to refocus on the rule to cut it down but the players created enough backlash they went back to overlooking anything that wasn't blatant. I don't watch much college but I see it there all the time too so it slowly evolved within the game if basketball Watching old games in the 60s-70s and watching things from even as early as the 90s you a see shift in dribbling and the way it works among other things. I know Phil Jackson back in LA blamed traveling and the amount of steps you had on the way it was called in international play and the international players bringing that style to the NBA. So it might be something similar, more players could do more things dribbling and the rule started to be ignored at all levels.
Even though the question says major, I'd like to change my vote to a write-in NCAA Basketball refs. This tournament has been really tough to watch at times
I agree Junc, they call penalties when they want to, at the most inoppurtune times, they watch replys and still get the calls wrong
Tough call between NHL and NFL.. If you are going strictly by how games are called, I think you say nfl is the worst, but most of it isn't the officials fault it's the endless rule book that gets worse and worse every single year.. For that reason I will pick NHL because those officials don't have the too many rules excuse and they still manage to botch things terribly. Also, they definitely pick favorites and manipulate the game worse
