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Refs have new 'no-tipping' policy

By Chris Sheridan
ESPN.com

Thursday, October 29, 2009

NEW YORK -- Referees are no longer allowed to tip locker room attendants, and teams were notified by the NBA that they must report any violations of that new rule to the league office, ESPN.com learned Wednesday. The "no-tipping" policy is part of the new two-year collective bargaining agreement between the league and the referees' union, and ESPN.com obtained a league memo outlining the rule. "The new collective bargaining agreement between the NBA and National Basketball Referees Association ...

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