The company that has provided officials for the Adidas Uprising Summer Championships in Las Vegas is ending its relationship with Adidas because of Friday’s incident in which LaVar Ball successfully removed a female referee from a game. Ball demanded Adidas remove her from the game. After a long delay, Adidas obliged with Ball’s wish and removed the referee from the game and replaced her with a male official. Ball received another technical later in the game and was ejected, after which tournament organizers ended the game early rather than finish. After the game, Ball said the female referee had “a vendetta” and needed “to stay in her lane because she ain’t ready for this.” He went on saying she was not qualified for the job.

Source: Los Angeles Times July 31, 2017 16:19 UTC