NBA

Right now a popular opinion flowing around is that Nba refs should get fined for their mistakes. I don't think that makes sense, as it'd put extra pressure on people that already aren't anywhere near perfect at their job. Unless you think the ref crews are literally corrupt and are making mistakes on purpose, that doesn't make sense. The analogy between players and referees doesn't work either. Players don't get fined if they play badly, they get fined if they break rules, that should be the same for refs.

The more reasonable approach would be allowing referees to check replays on plays where a whistle wasn't used, or allow an extra challenge for no calls. I understand that that adds extra stoppage time to games that are already overly long as is, but there is no other way to make the situation better. Fines won't magically make referees sharper, it'll just make them more nervous in dynamic game situations.