What's the Difference

As we all know in the beginning of the NBA preseason the league decided to go with replacement referees. These replacement referees were a combination of WNBA, NBA Development League and other referees that use to work in the NBA before. The Commissioner Daniel Stern and the referee's union were unable to come to an agreement about there contract. So when the preseason started league officials promised that the replacement officials would be just as prepared as the regular referees, but when the season started fans, players and media saw it a different way. In the opening preseason game the referees were criticized for missing what is called routine plays. They were also downed for not blowing a play dead after an air balled free throw and sending the wrong person to the free throw line. I understand these complaints, but at the same time we have to realize that this was the replacement refs first season with the National Basketball Association. Of course their going to have first game jitters and make a few blunders calling the game it's normal, but the complaints just kept coming during the preseason. Well after the preseason and before the regular season the referee's union and the NBA came to an agreement to bring the regular referees back. After a few regular season games were played everybody was praising the regular referees on how much of a better job they have done, but I on the other hand see no difference in the way the games are being officiated right now. In fact these referees are just as worse as the replacement referees. Yeah the replacement referees made some bone head calls and didn't comprehend some of the rules, but with a little more real game experience they would've been just as good as the regular season referees. Look either way it goes referees are going to miss some calls and even make game deciding mistakes, but both of these referee groups would not be criticized so much if they were one thing, consistent. Consistent in fouls on both ends of the floor charge or block. Consistent with the traveling calls, that's why the league had to clear up the traveling rule this year. There should be no home court advantage calls or superstar treatment. There should be one way to call the game, fair. I've been watching a lot of NBA games this year and it's one thing I hate to see, if a ticky tac foul is being called on one end and right after that call on the other end the same thing happens and that call is not made or vice versa. So yes all this leaves me to ask what is the difference between replacement referees and the regular referees? You know what the answer is, nothing. Nothing at all because at the end of the day both group of referees are inconsistent, so if everybody wants to criticize the replacement referees criticize the regular season referees as well.