Why can't obviously bad calls be overruled? We've got instant replay. If the replay shows the call was wrong, it should be changed. I've umpired softball enough to know that a lot of times the people in the stands can see more of the play than the ump. The ump has close-up, but no perspective. I'm not interested in football one way or the other, but we have the technology so let's use it. Games are often won or lost on an umpire or referee's bad calls, and that's just plain wrong.
I agree Pete, and they ran those plays over and over on replay but nothing was done about it. But giving the refs their due, 3 or 4 bad calls with a split second to call it out of the many right calls is a good average but It's still too many. I coached baseball,basketball,football, Kids, women, men, and bad calls took many games away from me. The games meant wheather I won the pennant or not. I was one unhappy camper to say the least. On the other hand, I have called several games and made bad calls myself. Unless it was obviously a bad call, I wouldn't change it. If I changed one call they would want me to change all I made. To sum it up, It's what side of the game you're on. MVB ES
I agree with Pete and ES. The good thing about umpiring softball or baseball, if you make a close call, the penalized team can make an appeal to the other umpire. I've had many calls appealed and the other ump had a better view and overturned my call and vice-versa. Didn't hurt my feelings at all. In football, each official has one area of the field to cover, but still the other officials sometimes see that it was a bad call but think it's 'showing-up' the other official if they try to overturn his call so most of the times they will not do it. Instant replay only covers a few calls. Shame...
Think the ref's may have been intimidated by the Steelers since they made the bad call in the Colts game..Joey ( the mouth ) Porter complained and the League agreed with him and said so.Wonder if they would have supported the claim had it affected the outcome of the game. THE STEELERS SHOULD REPLACE THOSE YELLOW TOWELS THEY WAVE WITH BLACK AND WHITE STRIPPED ONES. Can u tell I'm still ticked?
Me too Charles. I will send you an article a buddy sent to me.
You'd think with a Multi-Billion Dollar Business like the NFL that they'd have full-time referees instead of Lawyers, Accountants and School Teachers.
I hope ES and Jimmy don't read our posts because they are Pacifists and don't want to make the 'refs' mad by disagreeing with them.
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Jim you will always and forever get the last laugh on this one..You got the trophy.Too bad the refs get to share it with you..Whiner yes, Loser no.In order to be a loser there has to be a winner. I didn't see the Stealers(not mispelled) win anything.
Sorry! I thought we were just goofing around here. I really don't EVER get serious about sports....I don't know SH*T about it, and it means absolutely NOTHING to me!
Sorry, I thought we were goofing too..Guess the Stealer line was a little harsh..Take it back. Lets just say the Steelers were the recipient of an unsolicited gift.How's that..
Naw, "Stealers" was a natural at the moment. Sure didn't bother me. I just thought my chatter had bothered you, and I had NO intention of being anything other than my usual, sometimes off-base self. As to the "unsolicited gift," that could be. Did you hear Roethlisberger SAY on national television that he didn't think he'd crossed the goal line? I really thought he put the ball ON the line while he was in the air, then pulled it back a couple of inches.
But a thousand years from now, who'll give a sh*t?
Bart Starr scored on that play. Don Merideth almost made the tackle on Derrick Jeter on the five-yard line but Johnny Mack Brown's horse threw him and he fell on Cassius Clay. I have Gordy Howe's autograph...
Right after the game, Manning went off like a kid whose all-day sucker was grabbed away from him. Blamed the whole thing on "protection." It was a real "quickie," so I can understand that you missed it. Both my sons saw it, though, so I'm NOT imagining things.
Later on, he tried to brush it off, saying he was misquoted. That's BULLSH*T! I heard what he said. Thing is, even if he was right --- and I think he WAS --- he was wrong for saying it in public!
I've thought for a long time he'd end up being the NFL's greatest quarterback. The boy will never make it if he keeps crapping on his teammates...and THEN denying he did it.
If I made a bad call and the instant replay showed it was bad and I got overruled, I would be glad to change it. I've made calls that I wasn't sure of, but I had to call something. We got the technology, so let's use it. Maybe someday. No, I'm not petulant about the outcome of the game. I really couldn't care less who won.
I'm not goofing, I'm with Lathan. I didn't think R'berger got the ball over...The Seahawks had a touchdown stolen, There was no more holding on the play that got called back from 2 than there was on that fluke the fat kid from Ohio threw after he steped on the line of scrimmage and Hasselbeck wasn't blocking he was tackeling. And what referee do think is gonna stick his head in the black box...I wonder if there really is a monitor in there anyway...and come back out there and tell 80,000 people, whoops I and or my best buddies screwed up?
So there maybe I'm half fast too, but I'm in good company.
I think football's got too many rules anyway. I used to watch Australian football. Now, they've got it right! No rules, just beat the crap out of the enemy, take the ball away and run with it. If you get boxed in, just punt at a full run. Australian football players have got to be the toughest, most in shape athletes in the world.
Yea I think all those Aussies actually grew up in Dairyland and on Twin St. where the game of choice was "Tackle the man with the football" and it didn't matter if your fast was half or whole...it WOULD get tackled.
Yea I think all those Aussies actually grew up in Dairyland and on Twin St. where the game of choice was "Tackle the man with the football" and it didn't matter if your fast was half or whole...it WOULD get tackled. And now guys are flying into the endzone with the ball out stretched when there's nobody within 20 yards of him...makes you wanna puke.
I just figured out what Lathan was talking about(I'm know I'm leaving ol' Jim an opening here)... that Repeating business.....I'm still trying to figure out how that happened..I musta dropped off or something.