NBRA Blog
The First NBA Indian Origin Referees Journey from Pre-Med to Pre-Ref
Meet Suyash Mehta, the NBA’s first full-time Indian-origin referee named to the league’s officiating staff for the 2020–21 season. Mehta’s parents moved from India to the United States in the 1980s, but it was a college potluck roommate that lit the path for Mehta’s professional career and inspired a change in his course from pre-med […]
NBRA Announces Ratification of Agreement for G League Start of Season
The National Basketball Referees Association (NBRA) and the NBA G League have passed a Letter of Agreement for the G League to play the 2020–21 season in February at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex in Orlando, Florida. The format of the season will be modeled after the same bubble approach that the NBA […]
NBRA Announces Ratification of Agreement Governing 2020–21 Season
The members of the National Basketball Referees Association (NBRA) have ratified a Letter of Agreement modifying the Referees’ collective bargaining agreement with the NBA for the 2020–21 Season for the principal purpose of addressing operations in the COVID-19 context. The Letter of Agreement provides for the officials’ waiver of certain work rules in order to […]
NBA Referees to Kneel During National Anthem in Support of Social Justice
The National Basketball Referees Association (NBRA) announced today that it is supporting its members who have made the choice to kneel during the National Anthem to demonstrate solidarity with the social justice movement in America. “BLACK LIVES MATTER. Social justice and bringing awareness to the inequitable treatment of black and brown people in America are […]
The National Basketball Referees Association to Assist Non-Profit “It’s From The Sole” in Shoe Donation to Homeless for Second Year
For IMMEDIATE RELEASE 12/14/18: The NBRA and It’s From The Sole will collaborate for the second annual night of giving. On Tuesday, December 18, 2018, members of the National Basketball Referees Association (NBRA) will donate gently used sneakers to It’s From The Sole (IFTS), to be distributed to the homeless community in New York and […]
Joint Statement in Support of the NFLRA
Joint Statement in Support of the NFLRA
Joint Statement on the Upcoming Player-Referee Summit
Joint Statement on the Upcoming Player-Referee Summit
First Ever G League Referee Collective Bargaining Agreement Is Reached
The NBA has agreed to a new collective bargaining agreement with the National Basketball Referees Association (NBRA), which is the union representing the G League referees.
The NBRA’s Statement on the Passing of Former Referee Jesse Kersey
Remembering Jesse “Jess” Kersey, Who Reminded Us To “Enjoy The Moment”
On Mark Cuban, Integrity, and our Commitment to #RespectTheGame
Read our full statement.