Following its complaints about the referees' decisions in last night's (Sunday) loss to Hapoel Tel Aviv, the Hapoel Haifa management decided to demand the disqualification of referee Sefi Shemesh from the team's games.
The club's general manager, Ron Feldheim, today sent a reasoned letter of demand to the chairman of the basketball association, Amiram Halevi, and to the chairman of the referees' association, Goni Tzahar, in which he explained the club's request: In the league and yesterday against Hapoel Tel Aviv, he lost control of the game that was not as expected from a referee in his position.
"Against Holon, Shemesh led a trio of referees who continued the trend throughout the season and whistled against Hapoel Haifa for 31 offenses compared to only 16 for Holon. Holon reached penalties 43 times compared to 16 times for Hapoel. A figure that does not reconcile with reality. Sefi Shemesh against club chairman Yuval Rossman, in which he claimed he insulted him, clung to him and did not keep his distance and felt threatened until he was forced to contact the security company. However, the basketball court ruled that " Consistent with the judge's description in the judgment report.
And in other words, Sun thresholds wrote a false report.
The refereeing team in the game against Hapoel Tel Aviv, including Shemesh, Photo: Oded Karni
"After the team chairman wins this section by the court, we believe that there is a connection between this fact and Shemesh's decisions yesterday against Hapoel Tel Aviv and again the game lost control of the game management and also on the floor when the result is no different from the game in Holon: 30 offenses against Hapoel Haifa and only 20 offenses for Hapoel Tel Aviv that came 37 times for penalties compared to 24 for Hapoel Haifa.
"Yesterday's refereeing was characterized by a clear one-sidedness that goes beyond legitimate refereeing mistakes that can happen to any referee as a person: like the serious injury to Spencer Weiss' face who was rushed to the Ichilov emergency room for a foul, Very, utter disregard for clear and aggressive passes on James Anis that were not burned and more and more.
"Congratulations to Hapoel Tel Aviv on the justified victory, and without harming the aforementioned and in order to maintain a sporty spirit, fairness and objectivity, it is appropriate that Sun thresholds will not be judged, at least until the end of next season, at Hapoel Haifa's games."
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