Zero2Cool
11 years ago
Packers fans surely remember the screw job in Seattle last season, but another screw job happened last night during the Giants and Redskins game. Late in the game the Redskins are making an effort to score to tie the game. I don't exactly remember the specifics, but I think it was on 3rd down and the Redskins got close to a first down. One of the referee's said it was a first down, they moved the chains and the down box flipped to 1. I think the Redskins threw it deep on 1st down and it was incomplete to Fred Davis, meaning 2nd and 10, but nooooo, the referee said it was 4th and short.

This blunder falls solely on the referee's in my opinion, but it's brought up the whole "referees suck" thing again.

This isn't my first time mentioning the inordinate amount of rules , but I strongly feel less rules = more gooder football.

There are too many judgement calls. Hell, who knows what is a catch anymore? There's just too many rules that have a gray area for judgement. Then you have 16 officiating crews with what is it, six or eight people on each? That just seems to be asking a lot for everyone to be on the same page.

And truth to be told, I think we would all be happy if the referee's would just be consistent.


I'm leaning towards its the amount of rules with a gray area that are more the problem than those trying to decipher who broke what rule. Sooner or later, we're gonna have to have lawyers only as referee's because no one else is gonna be able to understand all of the rules.

What do you think? Is its rules more than officials, or officials more than rules?
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DarkaneRules
11 years ago
I say the rules and all their grey areas. The rule book is a mess just like our current tax code in the US.
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nerdmann
11 years ago
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I do believe the officials have an agenda to keep games close. This boosts/maintains television ratings. In the playoffs it seems to me that they tend to favor a team from a larger market.
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hardrocker950
11 years ago

http://thefixisin.net/ 



I do believe the officials have an agenda to keep games close. This boosts/maintains television ratings. In the playoffs it seems to me that they tend to favor a team from a larger market.

Originally Posted by: nerdmann 



I agree. It seems like they tend to make calls that favor the team that is behind - which would explain a lot of the miracle comebacks we have seen the past couple of years.

When you combine this with the rule book which is way too big, and many calls are judgment decisions - you have a recipe for disaster.

The fault is both on the officials and the league. If they cleaned up some of the stupidity in the book - we would probably see more consistency.

Also note that if you are playing against a team like Denver - you will be in for a rough day via officiating.
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