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The University Daily Kansan
Wednesday, October 29, 1997
NBA blows whistle on all-male referee cadre
The Associated Press
NEW YORK — The next time Dennis Rodman smashes a player or Charles Barkley spews venom, it might not be a man whistling a technical foul. Instead, it could be Dee Kantner or Violet Palmer.
Yesterday, the NBA hired two females to referee games this season. This marks the first time in major professional sports in the United States that women will officiate regular-season games in an all-male league.
Kantner and Palmer were among five referees added to the league's 58-member officiating staff. Another seven referees did not make the cut.
"They've gotten better each time out," said Rod Thorn, NBA vice president of operations. "Just like the other referees, they've come back from the summer, had training camp and preseason and have gotten used to being out there."
Kantner, 36, was the supervisor of officials in the WNBA. She also has refereed four women's NCAA championship games, including the 1997 matchup between Tennessee and Old Dominion.
"We had them in one exhibition game, and I don't see any difference in the female and male referees," said
Palmer, 33, was an official in the WNBA. She also has officiated college women's games.
Donnie Walsh, Indiana Pacers general manager. "I think it's going to be fine. The two ladies they have are very well qualified and will demand the respect of everybody associated with the event."
In keeping with league policy, the NBA would not say in which cities the women officials will be working — or if they will be working at all — when the season opens Friday night with 14 games.
The hirings were greeted with approval at the Women's Sports Foundation, an organization dedicated to women in all facets of sports.
Bernie Gora became the first woman umpire in pro baseball in 1972. She retired after just one game in the New York-Penn league after an argument with a manager.
The other major sports — the NHL and the NFL — have always had all-male officiating crews.
"You have to hand it to (NBA commissioner) David Stern," executive director Donna Lopiano said. "His league has always had the best record of any professional sport in terms of minority hiring and women's participation."
The two women have worked exhibition games the past three weeks. They also officiated preseason games last season but did not make the final cut for the 1996-97 season.
"I don't have a problem with it," said Utah Jazz coach Jerry Sloan, whose team's exhibition game Monday night against the Phoenix Suns was officiated by Palmer and two male officials.
"She was trying to be really involved in the game," Sloan said. "I got on her about an illegal defense call and said something to her from across the court. She didn't respond and kept going about her business."
The hirings had been expected after the league sent a memo to teams during the summer ordering the teams to set aside a spare room for female officials. Thorn said no other accommodations had been made.
"We're ready for them, but are they ready for us?" Chicago Bulls forward Dennis Rodman said last season. "They've got to be ready to run with us on the court, get touched and even get a pat on the (behind)
every now and then. If they can handle that, then everything will be all right."
NBA players are prohibited from bumping referees, but there is no blanket rule against touching.
"From time to time, players will touch a referee, such as patting them on the back, and we don't have a problem with that," said Thorn, also in charge of suspensions and fines. "If somebody bumps them on purpose, (the referees) should unload on them and then let me handle it from there."
Thorn also said Kantner and Palmer would not be discouraged from trying to break up fights.
"What we tell our refs is if you can interject and get something stopped, you do it," he said. "Any ref has to read the situation, but if you think you can help you jump."
Kantner and Palmer will be among the referees replacing Mike Mathis, Jess Kersey, George Toliver and Henry Armstrong, all of whom were indicted for tax evasion.
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