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Originally posted by: rdwoodpecker
RM, if he does not know that rule he should be let go! I officiated high school for better than 15 years and I knew that rule plain and simple. Speculation on this might well be what happened but you would hope at that level they should have at least concurred and had a conference with each other.
It is a fast game and much can be missed. It will never be perfect. Just bad for the Lions who really needed a win.
Originally posted by: rdwoodpecker
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Originally posted by: rdwoodpecker
They always try to score. The officials missed the illegal bat in the end zone! That would have given the Lions the ball at the one. With all this fancy replay and as many officials that are on the field how do ALL OF THEM MISS THIS?
Bad calls are part of the game, seems Seattle has had some "nice" calls go their way on Monday nights
Until last night, it seems like the NFL officials kind of got their act together. When one of them made a bad call, many times there would be a conference held and they would pick up the flag. There was no excuse for last night. The ref even had his eyes on the ball when it was batted.
It was speculated that he didn't do anything because it was the end of the game or because he didn't know the rule.
RM, if he does not know that rule he should be let go! I officiated high school for better than 15 years and I knew that rule plain and simple. Speculation on this might well be what happened but you would hope at that level they should have at least concurred and had a conference with each other.
It is a fast game and much can be missed. It will never be perfect. Just bad for the Lions who really needed a win.
I had an NFL referee as a speaker for a quarterback club in the 90's. None of the refs are full time, but get paid a good salary. They also get to travel first class air and are put up in suites. They are graded by the head office after each game. Generally after the season is over, the ones that graded in the bottom 10% are let go. They do have a Sunday morning quiz on rules. I don't know if this particular rule was ever covered.
