Has the league admitted screwing up by not reviewing Dak's TD?

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JJ has pushed back against the NFL for marketing rights in the past and pushed back against Goodell, so yeah I believe there is some bias against the Cowboys. I mean hell wasn’t it like 10 or more straight games where holding was never called against opponent?!?!

I can understand why the league would not like the Cowboys. But getting that to translate over to the refs would be somewhat difficult without a high probability of being exposed. Just my opinion.

Anyone can conspire and have success. But you need it to be compartmentalized, few involved, and plausible deniability. I could be wrong, but I'm not sure that could be done with the refs. They don't get paid enough.
 

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There hasn’t been any threads on it because we won the game. It’s silly getting upset about a call or no call in a game we ended up winning. Had we lost there would’ve been countless discussions about it.
I'm not upset about not getting the TD. If they'd called it in our favor, it may have changed the outcome of the game. I just think it's ridiculous that such an important decision was glossed over.
 

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Let the team protect its own image.

The league is awful and slow at punishing it’s players.
The league can’t allow teams to only act on their own self interests which could damage the leagues image if they didn’t make a decision to protect the sum.

If you worked for a company in a publicly held position it wouldn’t be uncommon to be suspended pending legal action. The NFL is no different.
 

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I can understand why the league would not like the Cowboys. But getting that to translate over to the refs would be somewhat difficult without a high probability of being exposed. Just my opinion.

Anyone can conspire and have success. But you need it to be compartmentalized, few involved, and plausible deniability. I could be wrong, but I'm not sure that could be done with the refs. They don't get paid enough.
The odds of nobody speaking up, with so many people who would have to be involved, after so much time are completely against any conspiracy. Particularly in modern times, with all the money that could be made by being a whistleblower, somebody would.ve come forward.
 

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I've been to a bunch of games (Not involving Dallas) where the calls seemed to lean toward the home team and it seemed to relate to the crowd as well. It's hard to take the human element out of it. Even if you're a ref and don't have a favorite.
 

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The shot from above had him on top of guys and over the goal line unless he was holding the ball with his cleats. We were jobbed.

It's okay....we won. Every win in the NFL is SO valuable. It's usually just one win that decides the division or playoff seeding. In past seasons, it feels like we would've lost to both the LAC and the Pats.

I HATE that they didn't tell us the calf strain grade. If it was a Grade 1, I would think they'd have said that given the average recovery time for that injury.
I think he scored but to over turn the call it has to be clear and it just wasn’t
This team has learned to win and that’s a very hard thing to do. There are some very talented teams in the NFL who haven’t got to that point. Every win is a battle in the NFL and only any given Sunday any team can win or lose so each win is something special
It would be nice to know how serious the strain is but I’m pretty confident that Dak will be in the field when we beat the Vikings
 

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I've been to a bunch of games (Not involving Dallas) where the calls seemed to lean toward the home team and it seemed to relate to the crowd as well. It's hard to take the human element out of it. Even if you're a ref and don't have a favorite.
It’s a hard job. 22 really big and fast men flying around and things happen very fast
There are parts of officiating that can be helped with technology but some can’t and some that could be aren’t
The goal line is particularly hard because it’s 22 men compacted together. Technology could tell you if the ball crossed the goal line but not if it happened before or after he was down
I don’t think there is any conspiracy, fans of every team complain their team was robbed by the officials
For the most part they do about as well as humans can. I do think there are more ways to make it better but the human element will always be a factor
 

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Only half his body was over the goal line. There is nothing to correct…

:omg::omg:
 

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LOL....if you like yourself that much.....

But okay...I accept that you noted no proof of a TD...on tv cameras. So smart.

Yes, I verified what happened. Why didn't you? You just ran with what you wanted to believe and actually formulated an argument based on it when it was a complete falsehood. But the rest of the 'spiracy crew is to be trusted? Lol.
 

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We're just going to have to disagree on this one.

No worries. For the record, I've said a few times that I think he was probably in too but my argument is that the margin of yes or no is way more razor thin than what most think. This is where what broadcasters say influences people because emotions are elevated.
 

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They called it a TD and then reversed it

You must be thinking about the fumble on the goal line where Dak lost the ball diving over the top. That TD was reversed. He’s referring to the other QB sneak by Dak where we couldn’t see the ball cross the goal line.
 

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Yes, I verified what happened. Why didn't you? You just ran with what you wanted to believe and actually formulated an argument based on it when it was a complete falsehood. But the rest of the 'spiracy crew is to be trusted? Lol.
NO...I ...clearly said "someone said" and "if true".

And "Didn't someone say they called a td....QUESTION MARK!"

I was asking. I never said that is what happened.

You can't have a civil conversation....sheesh.
 

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It’s a hard job. 22 really big and fast men flying around and things happen very fast
There are parts of officiating that can be helped with technology but some can’t and some that could be aren’t
The goal line is particularly hard because it’s 22 men compacted together. Technology could tell you if the ball crossed the goal line but not if it happened before or after he was down
I don’t think there is any conspiracy, fans of every team complain their team was robbed by the officials
For the most part they do about as well as humans can. I do think there are more ways to make it better but the human element will always be a factor

There’s tech that can be embedded in the ball that can accurately determine its position to 1cm. They use embedded tech in several sports balls to measure angular velocity, etc. Can’t come soon enough for me.
 

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No worries. For the record, I've said a few times that I think he was probably in too but my argument is that the margin of yes or no is way more razor thin than what most think. This is where what broadcasters say influences people because emotions are elevated.
Oh I know you agree he was in. You're just saying the evidence isn't strong enough to support that point of view, and I understand that. Like I said earlier, I'm not really concerned with whether or not Dak got robbed, just that they should have taken time to adequately review it, because it may be more important in a future situation for one team or another.
 

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There’s tech that can be embedded in the ball that can accurately determine its position to 1cm. They use embedded tech in several sports balls to measure angular velocity, etc. Can’t come soon enough for me.
That could be useful sometimes but remember it doesn’t tell you if the person is down or not before they crossed the goal line or if someone controlled the ball at the time it crossed the goal line
It could help in some calls but not others
Should they use it? Sure, use as much technology as you can to get calls right but don’t expect any technology to solve all human error
 
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