Bobhaze
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IMO NFL executives continue to foolishly believe that a football game using human referees can somehow be called without human error. This year the NFL game has “evolved” to the point where the guys wearing the stripes and their “bosses” in a TV booth in New York are becoming the centerpiece of the game itself rather than the actual players of the game.
In its quest to see every penalty (or non-penalty), every catch, every fumble or now even every possible pass interference called correctly, we now have a mess each game. Penalties this year are up astronomically and it’s making the game less enjoyable.
I have watched pro football since 1964, when my dad took me at 6 years old to see the Cowboys play in the Cotton Bowl. Here are some truths I believe about football and sports in general that we should all accept:
Some may disagree but I would rather see a much simpler solution to all this:
In its quest to see every penalty (or non-penalty), every catch, every fumble or now even every possible pass interference called correctly, we now have a mess each game. Penalties this year are up astronomically and it’s making the game less enjoyable.
I have watched pro football since 1964, when my dad took me at 6 years old to see the Cowboys play in the Cotton Bowl. Here are some truths I believe about football and sports in general that we should all accept:
- There will ALWAYS be blown calls because human beings are involved. With or without instant replay.
- 99.9999% of the time, the refs don’t cause a team to lose. Losers usually find a way to blame losing on something beside the plays they didn’t make.
- The current use of looking at countless plays over and over in slow motion is not making the game officiated better.
- Holding (offense and defense) and pass interference could be called almost every play. If it’s not at the point of attack or not affecting the play at all, I would rather see less penalties than more.
- We as fans need to accept that just as in life, sports are NOT always fair.
Some may disagree but I would rather see a much simpler solution to all this:
- Get rid of the new PI rule. It hasn’t made the game better.
- Stop with the parade of holding penalties. It’s ridiculous!
- Keep the challenge flag rule as it was in the past to limit how many times it can be used.
- The NFL executives need to stop pretending that a perfect game can ever be called.