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why?

cuz the packers dont have tate, its unfair to go up against that

goodell expected to talk about the issue and probably eat a huge penis at the same time

its not his fault, its the richer than fuck owners who cant spare an extra 200k each for quality refs

pensions bro, pensions

think of the children

nfl supports the catch

http://www.usatoday.com/sports/nfl/story/2...sult/57840636/1

lol, takes the "high road" and says the PI call was missed, but supports the bullshit mutual possession shit

Rule 8, Section 1, Article 3, Item 5 of the NFL rulebook discusses a simultaneous catch.
"If a pass is caught simultaneously by two eligible opponents, and both retain it, the ball belongs to the passers. It is not a simultaneous catch if a player gains control first and an opponent subsequently gains joint control," the rule states.

The league is a joke.

I'm not sure blatantly disregarding evidence displaying full control by the packers and landing on the ground thus the play is an interception as taking the high road.

I'd call that taking that damage control retard road.

Lol @ this whole thing

Im waiting for the NFL's reply of "We are happy with the ref's and it cant get any worse"

terrible call will prompt nfl to review all scoring plays a la nhl, no need to pay actual refs

everybody wins

except for the players

and the fans

and the real referees

and the league

except when it does.

Go BEARS!

except when every call on that drive was wrong and precipitated into the gamewinning touchdown when it should have been

1. interception (no roughing the passer call LOL)
2. 2nd and 35 + Defensive PI instead of offenseive, LOL
3. well, golden tate did catch that ball though

according to him

nah, he definitely caught it, Jennings didn't even get a hand on the ball

making me so made

Packers o line obviously made of swiss cheese. Went to bed at halftime, already 8 sacks given up.

They didn't deserve a win.

Jennings also pushed off Tate to try to get the ball, and still missed his chance

golden tate #1

Great logic until you realize there are 4 quarters and not 2.

The replacement refs didn't ask to put into that situation.

Stop crying.

jennings should have punched the ball away

implying it was the only awful call on that drive

if you changed your argument to one drive does not decide a game it would make more sense, but then you'd be a fucking idiot

are you still mad?

this one is gonna hurt for a while. remember we are used to winning (last season 15-2

Nobody here is saying the refs are at fault or that somehow they are the problem entirely.

The problem is that they are there and not refs who actually are qualified to officiate the NFL.

You must really hate yourself. Be positive bro.

no wonder, 17 game season!

i counted the playoff loss. but as a bears fan you probably dont want to remember any playoff game

has anyone interviewed that ref yet

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/n...ticle-1.1168310

LOL he's a full time banker


LOL

no wonder he fucked over 300 million dollars worth of bets, he's used to fucking up peoples money and lying about it

Yes, everything about it was mind full of fuck.

Wise guys in Vegas going to find him

TEXANS

refs come back
money stays the same, though i think pensions -> 401k, and the addition of refs in an effort to better penalize bad calls/refs was relinquished and a development program is established (aka the additional refs wont be "hired" per se but be on call of sorts).

lets put a little math at this
http://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/redsk...bf_story_1.html
nfl = $9,500,000,000 revenue
121 refs x $38,500 each $4,658,500 (keep in mind this is the requested pension contribution, not the difference of pension/401k offer. i dont think that has been announced yet).
$4,658,500/$9,500,000,000 = .05%, or .00049 of all yearly revenue.

whats this mean?
http://www.usatoday.com/money/economy/stor...sing/53033322/1
$51,413 median salary of the american worker
$51,413 X .00049 = $25.19237

$25, spread over 32 teams

thats just pension contribution not including their salary on top of that figure right?

either way, its yeahhhhhhhhhhhh

too little, too late

i wish the league statement would have been something like this "although the initial ruling on the field was incorrect, the rules of review state that there must be undisputed evidence that it was not a touchdown. Because Golden Tate had a hand on the ball and was near the play, the initial ruling could not be reversed. Additionally, the blatant offensive pass interference should have been called, and the referees should have conferenced before making an initial decision, as it was clearly apparent that there was a disagreement on the ruling."

but of course the NFL would never make such a statement, they would rather carefully word things and not assign any blame on anything, like the rest of america

/e: and ofc the refs being back has nothing to do with the calls this weekend

This post has been edited by blackjack21 on Thu - Sep 27 2012 - 08:41:26

is it me or nfl official site is awful, overloaded and poorly made? mostly overloaded though

takes like over a minute to load for me

yes, it is awful.