In a Q&A Mavericks owner Mark Cuban discussed the legacy of David Stern and his relationship with the outgoing commissioner and addressed the issue of people thinking the game is fixed.
“I’d say we agree on 99 percent of things that don’t have to do with officiating and disagree 100 percent on officiating. I understand David’s perspective on it. From the league’s perspective, one team’s gotta win and one team’s gotta lose, and they don’t care who it is. And so from an officiating perspective, all things balance out.
My point has always been: We’re the only top-four league that people think is fixed. They might be upset about a call in the NFL, this and that, why don’t they call it this way, that impact this style of play? But in the NBA, people literally think it’s fixed, and I think if we changed the perception, our ratings go up, and our business go up.”
