Agreed; even as a Denver fan I was disgusted they marked off the wrong yardage on that penalty. - Edit 2
Before modification by Joel at 18/09/2012 05:56:12 AM
These scrubs are NOT working. They have no respect from players, coaches, or even the commentators.
And all of this for what? Honoring a pension plan you set up years ago? This is peanuts compared to what the NFL is making, and they are quibbling over a defined benefits retirement plan?
The refs would never strike. They know they have no fans themselves. The NFL has managed the impossible... turning the zebras into sympathetic figures.
Honestly, I don't really care what the actual grievance is. The NFL refs are already part-time employees making less than any other pro-sport officials. That should be rectified, regardless of who asks for it.
This isn't about the money... its the owners stretching their muscles. I only hope that with the overturning of the Saints suspensions, and hopefully the NFL finally realizing what they are paying for with their Refs, that the Goodell administration can be brought to heel.
And all of this for what? Honoring a pension plan you set up years ago? This is peanuts compared to what the NFL is making, and they are quibbling over a defined benefits retirement plan?
The refs would never strike. They know they have no fans themselves. The NFL has managed the impossible... turning the zebras into sympathetic figures.
Honestly, I don't really care what the actual grievance is. The NFL refs are already part-time employees making less than any other pro-sport officials. That should be rectified, regardless of who asks for it.
This isn't about the money... its the owners stretching their muscles. I only hope that with the overturning of the Saints suspensions, and hopefully the NFL finally realizing what they are paying for with their Refs, that the Goodell administration can be brought to heel.
Just as a refresher: The one where they gave us 10 yards on defensive holding instead of 5 as they should have, allowing Demaryius Thomas to catch a beautiful sideline TD to put us on the board and back in the game. Without the wrong penalty yardage it is only a catch inside the 5 (with 0:08 left in the half and no timeouts,) not a TD. If Denver had won that game 28-27 (which was a real possibility through much of the fourth quarter) we would have been hearing about that one all week, probably all season.
There was at least one holding and PI call that should not have been made, and at least one of each that SHOULD have been made, but those can be dismissed as judgement calls or the refs inability to see everything. However, not knowing how many yards to assess on a commonplace holding penalty is just a simple matter of not knowing well known rules, just as when they later needed someone to phone from upstairs to correctly assess a penalty in addition to a run, not INSTEAD of the run as they initially ruled.
That was just ONE game, albeit one much of the country got to see in their own living rooms, and not even all the bad calls in it.
Honestly though, I prefer not discussing that game; asked for a list of Broncos I expected to blow it for us, Peyton Manning would have been number 53.
