NBA refs might not be racists

I'm sure most sports fans have at heard of the study that concluded that NBA refs call more fouls on black players than white players that appeared in the NY Times the other day. (You can see the AP story from ESPN if the Times link requires a login password.)

I think most people's first reaction to this was "that's bullshit" because, on the surface, it doesn't look like white or black players get different treatment in the NBA. But, what no one really discussed, is that my last sentence can be true, even if the study is right also.

TrueHoop does a better job explaining, in a really well written blog post on the topic.


Can't we all just get along?