The commisioner can overturn the result of a game if there is an eggregious enough error

Ranched · Jan 22, 2019

cowboyec said:
he could.
but the Saints won the coin toss in OT and got the ball first....with a HOF QB...Saints had a chance to rectify the situation....whoops.

That's exactly why the OT rules for the NFL, should be the same as college football OT rules.

OmerV · Jan 22, 2019

408Cowboy said:
They need to get rid of that rule. Use it one time for something as simple as a missed call no matter how obvious it was would cause neverending problems. Every fanbase would be clamoring for games to get reset weekly. The rigged conspiracy theories would skyrocket. Not to mention the league would get more video evidence delivered than they got from spygate.

I don't think that is the purpose of the rule anyway. When you read the way it is written, it doesn't apply to things that just happen in the course of a game, like a missed call. It appears it is more for things like games being fixed or natural disasters .. things that are aside from the way games are played and officiated on the field under normal circumstances. If someone could prove the refs were paid off prior to the game (they can't), the rule might apply, but not for the refs making an error.

OmerV · Jan 22, 2019

daboyzruleperiod said:
That's exactly why the OT rules for the NFL, should be the same as college football OT rules.

That's the one thing you've said in this thread I agree with. The college system is more fair.

CPanther95 · Jan 22, 2019

Captain43Crash said:
Why should we allow a team to lose a game because a ref misses a no brainer call. Bottom line the NFL has the technology to fix mistakes like this, they should be fixed!!

They definitely need to prevent it from happening again.

But you don't only fix the screw-ups at the end of the game, you need to fix them all. Last thing we need is the NFL to come up with more subjectivity by deciding which "missed no brainer calls" are worthy of correction.

CPanther95 · Jan 22, 2019

OmerV said:
That's the one thing you've said in this thread I agree with. The college system is more fair.

College system would be fun.

What's asinine is that the primary reason they meddled with the OT rules in the first place was the "unfairness" of a team never getting a chance with the ball. The solution they came up with only eliminated that unfairness most of the time. Why the hell didn't they just stick with "each team gets at least one possession" and be done with it.

Hook'em#11 · Jan 22, 2019

Games over. Let it rest. Saints got screwed. Move along.

OmerV · Jan 22, 2019

CPanther95 said:
College system would be fun.

What's asinine is that the primary reason they meddled with the OT rules in the first place was the "unfairness" of a team never getting a chance with the ball. The solution they came up with only eliminated that unfairness most of the time. Why the hell didn't they just stick with "each team gets at least one possession" and be done with it.

I think the biggest thing is they wanted to limit the length of overtime, which college football doesn't do. I think that's BS though, because it would be rare that OT games would go more than a couple of possessions each anyway. The occasional one that does would be worth it to eliminate ties.

MarcusRock · Jan 22, 2019

BoysWin said:
Exactly, even Dean Blandino had no idea what a catch was. It’s all xxxxed up, GOODELL and Blandino have ruined the NFL

No, actually they were right. Replay showed that the ball hit the ground which the on field official was shielded from. So if the wrong rule was applied on the field, replay was there to make sure the correct one was applied instead. Replay worked that time.

Chrispierce · Jan 22, 2019

Because of a penalty not being called? No,that’s an area best not go down. You’ll open a can of worms doing that.

mmohican29 · Jan 22, 2019

OmerV said:
That's the one thing you've said in this thread I agree with. The college system is more fair.

I like the current rule.

If a team can't prevent a TD drive when it needs to it, deserves to lose. Period

I think it also brings real game strategy to OT rather than just basically red-zone O and D.

mmohican29 · Jan 22, 2019

MarcusRock said:
No, actually they were right. Replay showed that the ball hit the ground which the on field official was shielded from. So if the wrong rule was applied on the field, replay was there to make sure the correct one was applied instead. Replay worked that time.

Stupid take. Ball was caught. End of story.

OriginalNameGuy · Jan 22, 2019

Let's get the 2014 rosters of the Cowboys and Packers back in Green Bay.

DaleMc · Jan 22, 2019

I don't see him doing it over a blown call, where would it stop if he does, they miss calls on a regular basis.

Floatyworm · Jan 22, 2019

This place cracks me up....You all assume Goodell has a set of balls. :laugh:

Jake · Jan 22, 2019

cowboyec said:
he could.
but the Saints won the coin toss in OT and got the ball first....with a HOF QB...Saints had a chance to rectify the situation....whoops.

daboyzruleperiod said:
That's exactly why the OT rules for the NFL, should be the same as college football OT rules.

Because the Saints got the ball first and threw a pick?

That would've lost the game for them in college, too.

cowboyec · Jan 22, 2019

Jake said:
Because the Saints got the ball first and threw a pick?

That would've lost the game for them in college, too.

huh???
I didn't say anything about college ot rule.
my point is sure the commish could step in......but why.....the game went to OT and the team that got hosed....WON THE COIN TOSS.....A GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY TO WIN THE GAME AND THE DRAMA.....but alas they didn't.......they choked.
They had their shot and blew it.
You really want this swamp-hagg deciding the game......you really want this swamp-puke deciding which game to intervene on.....you really think this swamp-ratt wouldnt use this rule to screw us out of a win???
you are too trusting.
he can't even be fair and just with who gets 6 games and who doesn't.

cowboyec · Jan 22, 2019

Jake said:
Because the Saints got the ball first and threw a pick?

That would've lost the game for them in college, too.

on second thought...ignore my rant...I mis-read your post.

OmerV · Jan 22, 2019

mmohican29 said:
I like the current rule.

If a team can't prevent a TD drive when it needs to it, deserves to lose. Period

I think it also brings real game strategy to OT rather than just basically red-zone O and D.

How do you know the other team could prevent a TD drive if they had to? If they couldn’t stop a TD drive either, that means the coin flip decided the victor.

MarcusRock · Jan 22, 2019

mmohican29 said:
Stupid take. Ball was caught. End of story.

It's only stupid when people don't like the result but can't actually explain why it was wrong.

chagus · Jan 22, 2019

Daktozekecoop said:
"Rule 17, Section 2, Article 3: “The Commissioner’s powers under this Section 2 include . . . the reversal of a game’s result or the rescheduling of a game, either from the beginning or from the point at which the extraordinary act occurred.”

Basically, the Commissioner has the power to turn back time to the spot of the penalty that wasn’t called, put the teams back on the field from that point in the game, give the Saints first and goal at the spot of the foul, put 1:49 on the clock, and let the game proceed, tied at 20, with the Rams having one time out left."

Imagine the ratings something like this would bring in??

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