These god damn refs!

[Nemesis]

For the record I mention he didn't catch the ball...

I really hope someone leaks where this guy lives or where his kids go to school. It wouldnt fix it, but it would help is his children were kidnapped, raped, and left in a ditch for what daddy has done.

[Hitman]

All the fucking power houses destroyed by BULLSHIT calls. No call on Howard-Bey? FUCK THAT.

NFL can suck my dick. Cost me shit loads of money these past 3 weeks. Fucking shit eating zebra foot locker faggots. I ever meet any of them I will gladly go to jail for these bullshit calls.

[brett friggin favre]

for anyone unaware, this has been an ongoing issue in the nfl this year due to a monetary dispute, causing all the regular refs who have been doing their job for years to be replaced by rookies. there's mass confusion in every game, the refs show little to no knowledge of the rulebook, and their calling of penalties is more inconsistent than anyone's ever seen. they'll call pass interference on one play if you breathe on a guy, them not call it in the play discussed previously. its an absolute sham, and it needs to stop because its ruining the game. drew brees, widely regarded as one of the most respectful and tactful players and speakers in the league, came out even before this game saying its a joke. you don't get him talking unless shit really hits the fan.

the nfl came out today backing up the refs. they say the refs got it right. never have i seen such an ass-covering and a blatant lie.

they say it was simultaneous possession. that rule is as follows (paraphrased): if two players gain possession of the ball simultaneously and go to the ground with shared possession, the ball goes to the passers. it is NOT simultaneous possession if one player establishes possession and then a second player subsequently attempts to gain joint possession.

in this case, the green bay defender had the ball to his chest, arms around it, he has possession. seahawks player has one hand kinda on the ball, kinda just wedged in green bay defender's arms. he does not have joint possession going to the ground, or on the ground. he was touching the ball, but had not established possession. since it is not simultaneous possession, the ball does not go to the passers, rather it goes to the first player to establish possession, which in this case is green bay. there is no other way to call that play, that is the letter of the law, the refs blew it, and now the nfl is completely covering their asses and trying to shove it under the rug. it's ludicrous. in the saints-chiefs game, two blown calls resulted in the saints losing. a play was originally called touchdown saints on the field, but was reversed with 0 video evidence. they said the ball hit the ground in the process of making the catch, though no camera angle available showed that. later, a chiefs player tripped...fucking TRIPPED and lost the ball, it was recovered by the saints and run into the endzone but the official called it a dead ball. these two calls resulted in the saints missing out on 14 points, and killed their momentum. the entire situation is just beyond silly. it's frustrating and it kills the entire experience.

[Spasm]

Well brett u know for sure they are going to back up the call made

[brett friggin favre]

Well brett u know for sure they are going to back up the call made

well i was hoping the nfl would have a bit more integrity. honestly it seems like NASCAR is the only sports administration that actually gets this shit right. example: at a race a few weeks ago, tony stewart was wrecked by matt kenseth, and was pissed. he got out of his car and chucked his helmet at matt kenseth's car. any other sport would fine his ass, maybe suspend him. in nfl that would be "unsportsmanlike conduct". but stewart received no penalty because NASCAR felt the throw was justified because he was wrecked. point is they handle shit the right way, and they're the only ones i see doing it. the only thing the nfl can logically back up is that the play was upheld after the review. simultaneous possession is not reviewable, which brings up another question, why the fuck not? why are so many things not reviewable if they're tough calls on the field which can be made easier through review?

just found this gem: the nfl hired at least 1 replacement referee which was fired by the lingerie football league because their commissioner felt the game's integrity was at stake.

http://sports.yahoo.com/news/nfl---l...standards.html

[Steamer]

Sad sad fucking year for football. Only gonna watch my team, even though that will be painful. We already won one and lost one because of asshat calls. Pat's should of won, Eagles should of lost (Ravens). I don't look forward to shit anymore from the NFL. At least the O's can give me some legit excitement, and I don't even watch much baseball.

[Chikun]

I kicked a puppy after watching that Green Bay game.

[ZERO]

I could get the vids and pics of the instance if you want. Do you know much about football rules?


EDIT:

http://cdn.bleacherreport.net/images...gif?1348545245

here's the gif. watch 81 in blue first push #37 to the ground, then NOT EVEN WATCH THE CUNTING BALL. You see #43 get the ball? well they call it a TD for 81.


http://img.gawkerassets.com/img/1805...g/original.jpg

here is a picture of the guy in white with the ball, and the nigger #26 calling it a TD for the guy in blue.

I thought they had to have possession for a catch to count. The blue guy only toughed it when he was in the air and he landed on hit back. Lets assume no one else is around does that actually count normally? I thought they had to have 1 or both feet hit the ground to establish possession.

[What]

Its only a simultaneous catch if both players gain possession at the same. The CB clearly had possesion, then Tate put a single arm on it, only when they were on the ground did Tate secure the ball. It was a bad call, but come on it was the packers vs the seahawks, a last second hail mary should not have been the deciding factor.

[brett friggin favre]

but come on it was the packers vs the seahawks, a last second hail mary should not have been the deciding factor.

to me, that's a stupid ass argument. the seahawks played their balls off last night, what was the number? 8 sacks in the first half or something like that? sometimes players have bad days and some have great ones, don't discredit the seahawks' play by saying it shouldn't have been that close, on paper it probably shouldn't have been but that's the way it played out. the fact that it was decided the way it was is a disservice to the league and its players, and also to the fans.