Comments on: NFL Driving Fans Away; Officiating and Management Frustrating Fans- Michael Luchies http://rogergoodell.wordpress.com/2008/11/20/nfl-driving-fans-away-officiating-and-management-frustrating-fans-michael-luchies/ NFL Blog Sponsored by Stubs4Sale.com Mon, 07 Dec 2009 19:49:12 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Jason 'Great White' (Shark: Beings Rights Person) Nall http://rogergoodell.wordpress.com/2008/11/20/nfl-driving-fans-away-officiating-and-management-frustrating-fans-michael-luchies/#comment-208 Jason 'Great White' (Shark: Beings Rights Person) Nall Mon, 07 Dec 2009 19:07:40 +0000 http://rogergoodell.wordpress.com/?p=110#comment-208 I think that sports refereeing are not up to par, no matter the level. All these Sports organizations, I know are purposely not improving or holding their referees responsible enough for making bad calls or not calling penalties, when the fans can see it for themselves, while watching on TV. I refer you to Univ. of Miami Hurricanes losing The '2002 BS Championship Game, on a 4th-Down Pass Interference Penalty, on OSU's Last Drive, from the referee farthest away from the where the mythical penalty took place and took him almost 2-minutes for him to call the penalty. When the TV cameras (from many angles) showed The DB (who it was called on), the DB never committed any penalty, let alone he never touched The OSU's WR. Oh, by the way the referee that called the play could not be over-ruled, by any other on-field referee, because he was The Head Referee. Then weeks after the game it was found out he is a referee that was punished for making many Bad calls 9some even deciding games) in the conference he refereed in. This was the referee that was made Head Referee of The BS National Championship Game!! Another game, Univ. of Miami Hurricanes was cheated out of was the year (I cannot remember which) was Norte Dame (another CFB Div. 1A darling and money maker) playing at home, against Univ. of Miami. Well, any ways, Univ. of Miami's RB Cleveland Gary just push his way into The End Zone, his knee is about to hit the ground of The End Zone he was so far into The End Zone, when the ball pops out and Norte Dame defense claims they have the ball. It gave Univ. of Miami at least a 6-point lead, with not enough time for Univ. of Norte Dame to score a TD. Yap that is right, the referees decided it was a fumble. Now, any FootBall Fan, at any level, knows if any measure of the ball crosses above The End Zone's Goal Line it is a TD and the ball is automatically dead. I hear it now, all those people, with financial connections to The NFL's owners; Game Announcers, Sports Shows' Hosts, Head of The NFL/NBA/MLB/NCAA/High School/ETC Referees and etc, making BS excuses that The NFL Referees are watching it at the stadium, one-chance to view and in real time the plays, without the views from any possible angle and in slowed motion. The problem with that is also all professional sports (sorry, WWF and the rest of entertainment/wrestling) and most lower level sports have instant replay process and yet far too many calls are still not decided properly! Oh, yes when their arguments are destroyed through logical reasoning, they will head to the stupid argument that I am just a biased Univ. of Miami Hurricanes Fan that has colored his view of those examples. My response is keep reading. This year's LSU & Univ. of Alabama game, late in the 4th-Quarter (I think Second to last drive for Univ. of Alabama), a LSU DB catch, controlled and the ball was not moving, the Univ. of Alabama's pass, then dragged his left foot, while his right foot was on the field of play, then tapped his left foot, right foot had not moved, before he step out of bounds. He was ruled out of bounds, because he did not have his left foot inbounds, LSU's Head Coach challenged it and yet, The Instant Replay Referee agreed with the on-field Referee. On top of that, Univ. of Alabama was up by only less than 5-ponts and the really Intercepted Pass was inside Univ. of Alabama's 45-yard line. By the way, LSU lost by 9-points and now, Univ. of Alabama is heavily favored to win this year's BS National Championship! Again, I hear it now, all those people, with financial connections to The NFL's owners; Game Announcers, Sports Shows' Hosts, Head of The NFL/NBA/MLB/NCAA/High School/ETC Referees and etc, making BS excuses that The NFL Referees are perfect and that we expect to high of a standard for humans. WHAT! I am not asking them to be perfect, I am simply asking them to referee according to their responsibilities and for The Sports Organizations to only use Referees that can do so. They are the cops and enforcers of Sports' Fairness and Rules! Also, I have been a College Referee and Sports Host, so I understand the demands of refereeing and media professions and neither has any excuse for such stupid arguments. Someone should create a blog here asking our opinions on The Sports Organizations' rules and if they are there simply to make The Sports Organizations more money, by having and encouraging* dangerous hits, crazy offensive scoring and forever making past decades of offensive record holders no longer comparable. *- They claim they are worried about health issues from dangerous hits, like concussions; however, they just changed the rule that did not allow defenders to hit the WRs out of bounds, when the WRs are trying touch their body inbounds; thus make them catches. I think that sports refereeing are not up to par, no matter the level. All these Sports organizations, I know are purposely not improving or holding their referees responsible enough for making bad calls or not calling penalties, when the fans can see it for themselves, while watching on TV. I refer you to Univ. of Miami Hurricanes losing The ‘2002 BS Championship Game, on a 4th-Down Pass Interference Penalty, on OSU’s Last Drive, from the referee farthest away from the where the mythical penalty took place and took him almost 2-minutes for him to call the penalty. When the TV cameras (from many angles) showed The DB (who it was called on), the DB never committed any penalty, let alone he never touched The OSU’s WR. Oh, by the way the referee that called the play could not be over-ruled, by any other on-field referee, because he was The Head Referee. Then weeks after the game it was found out he is a referee that was punished for making many Bad calls 9some even deciding games) in the conference he refereed in. This was the referee that was made Head Referee of The BS National Championship Game!!
Another game, Univ. of Miami Hurricanes was cheated out of was the year (I cannot remember which) was Norte Dame (another CFB Div. 1A darling and money maker) playing at home, against Univ. of Miami. Well, any ways, Univ. of Miami’s RB Cleveland Gary just push his way into The End Zone, his knee is about to hit the ground of The End Zone he was so far into The End Zone, when the ball pops out and Norte Dame defense claims they have the ball. It gave Univ. of Miami at least a 6-point lead, with not enough time for Univ. of Norte Dame to score a TD. Yap that is right, the referees decided it was a fumble. Now, any FootBall Fan, at any level, knows if any measure of the ball crosses above The End Zone’s Goal Line it is a TD and the ball is automatically dead.
I hear it now, all those people, with financial connections to The NFL’s owners; Game Announcers, Sports Shows’ Hosts, Head of The NFL/NBA/MLB/NCAA/High School/ETC Referees and etc, making BS excuses that The NFL Referees are watching it at the stadium, one-chance to view and in real time the plays, without the views from any possible angle and in slowed motion. The problem with that is also all professional sports (sorry, WWF and the rest of entertainment/wrestling) and most lower level sports have instant replay process and yet far too many calls are still not decided properly! Oh, yes when their arguments are destroyed through logical reasoning, they will head to the stupid argument that I am just a biased Univ. of Miami Hurricanes Fan that has colored his view of those examples. My response is keep reading.
This year’s LSU & Univ. of Alabama game, late in the 4th-Quarter (I think Second to last drive for Univ. of Alabama), a LSU DB catch, controlled and the ball was not moving, the Univ. of Alabama’s pass, then dragged his left foot, while his right foot was on the field of play, then tapped his left foot, right foot had not moved, before he step out of bounds. He was ruled out of bounds, because he did not have his left foot inbounds, LSU’s Head Coach challenged it and yet, The Instant Replay Referee agreed with the on-field Referee. On top of that, Univ. of Alabama was up by only less than 5-ponts and the really Intercepted Pass was inside Univ. of Alabama’s 45-yard line. By the way, LSU lost by 9-points and now, Univ. of Alabama is heavily favored to win this year’s BS National Championship!
Again, I hear it now, all those people, with financial connections to The NFL’s owners; Game Announcers, Sports Shows’ Hosts, Head of The NFL/NBA/MLB/NCAA/High School/ETC Referees and etc, making BS excuses that The NFL Referees are perfect and that we expect to high of a standard for humans. WHAT! I am not asking them to be perfect, I am simply asking them to referee according to their responsibilities and for The Sports Organizations to only use Referees that can do so. They are the cops and enforcers of Sports’ Fairness and Rules! Also, I have been a College Referee and Sports Host, so I understand the demands of refereeing and media professions and neither has any excuse for such stupid arguments.

Someone should create a blog here asking our opinions on The Sports Organizations’ rules and if they are there simply to make The Sports Organizations more money, by having and encouraging* dangerous hits, crazy offensive scoring and forever making past decades of offensive record holders no longer comparable.

*- They claim they are worried about health issues from dangerous hits, like concussions; however, they just changed the rule that did not allow defenders to hit the WRs out of bounds, when the WRs are trying touch their body inbounds; thus make them catches.

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