Lombardi: NFL admits call against Butler was wrong

[THEHEREAFTER]

 

[65fastback2plus2]

You just can't get over the fact Romo is no longer the QB can you?

I cant get over he attempted a throw that my grandma could have told you before the snap to not try and make. Has nothing to do with Tony.

 

[Sepia]

Oh..trust me. It has far surpassed the horrid officiating of the NBA in the last 6-7 years.

It's gotten to the point where most fans believe the NFL is rigged. NBA games are not decided by officiating the way NFL games are due to parity.

If it's a 3 point game in the NFL, 99.9% of the time, the game will come down to a horrendous call by a incompetent biased official.

Even Rico Gathers said it was rigged in that vid I posted. Kind of funny and sad even players know. How can you give your all for a sport that may never reward you if you're not the predetermined winner?

 

[GhostOfPelluer]

I hope this costs Corrente his job. You don't make a call like that, on a penalty that's never called, unless you know damn sure the rule was broken. I think it's bush league to make those kinds of calls in a playoff game to begin with, but to be wrong on top of it should cost him his job.

That's the only plausible recourse. It won't make me feel any better about the call or the loss or anything, really. But if officials want to start playing technicality police they need to do it in the preseason when the games don't mean a damn thing.

 

[T-RO]

We were only stopped on 3 of our possessions. This penalty was responsible for 1/3 of Green Bay's 'defense'.

Anyone ever notice how many of these refs making 'interesting' calls are Italians? Tony Soprano is at poolside somewhere, sucking on cognac, just laughing.

 

[Longboysfan]

That is where the person in charge of officials should buzz in from the bunker in NYC and get to referee on that call.

 

[ryanbabs]

There seriously needs to be a way a head official or such can phone down to these guys. Game changing calls cost teams big. Total BS and horrible for the NFL. Makes me not want to invest my time watching games that seem to be fixed.

 

[MarionBarberThe4th]

Remember when they tackled witten heading into the end zone and they called it tripping and they only got 3 on the drive

 

[LandryFan]

How does this even happen? They had to be looking for it so did McCarthy say something pregame? Mike pereria?

I have been watching NFL football for 55 years and have never seen that penalty called before (had never even heard of it). That was a call that was planned before the game ever started. I don't know the reason for the official (s) to plan that call, I just know that it was planned. There's really no other explanation. Maybe it was a case of an official wanting to show his "knowledge" of the rule book and jumping at the chance to make the call. In his haste, he got it wrong. There wasn't a "huddle" for Butler to go into (it hadn't yet formed) and Butler never (from what I could see on TV) communicated with anyone. Those are two necessary elements for that call to be legally made. Some shenanigans went on there and it should be investigated. It won't be, but it should be.

 

[MarionBarberThe4th]

We were only stopped on 3 of our possessions. This penalty was responsible for 1/3 of Green Bay's 'defense'.

Anyone ever notice how many of these refs making 'interesting' calls are Italians? Tony Soprano is at poolside somewhere, sucking on cognac, just laughing.

Im offended

 

[T-RO]

Im offended

Gonna bust my knee?

 

[Ranching]

Good thing for that crew that no crime bosses had money riding on that game...

 

[Tabascocat]

Holding on KC to tie it up to help the Steelers and a no call against us to help GB......sounds about right

 

[percyhoward]

Except when the Cowboys and Steelers played in Super Bowl XIII. That game is referred to as Black Sunday in Vegas.

The NFL admitted they made a mistake in that game that affected the outcome too.

 

[Trouty]

This game was all about continuing the "legacy" of ARod since he's fallen short recently. The League was banking on him being the Golden Boy. Thus, he got the calls. Inexcusable. Spare me the "conspiracy theory" narrative.

The League hates Brady and will do all it can to get PIT against GB. It will be a very, very small solace to have a NE/ATL SB.

 

[T-RO]

That was a call that was planned before the game ever started.

That's what I've been thinking too. We got refs watching tape too these days.

 

[LandryFan]

Oh..trust me. It has far surpassed the horrid officiating of the NBA in the last 6-7 years.

It's gotten to the point where most fans believe the NFL is rigged. NBA games are not decided by officiating the way NFL games are due to parity.

If it's a 3 point game in the NFL, 99.9% of the time, the game will come down to a horrendous call by a incompetent biased official.

Not that officiating has ever been great, but the timing of the downward spiral coincides with Blandino being named as VP of Officiating. Doesn't take a genius to see the parallel.

 

[erod]

Absolutely unforgivable.

 

[Wolfpack]

crazy

 

[Seven]

And 28 million people knew it was a garbage call the second it came out of Corrente's pie hole...

That dude was as vindictive as I've ever witnessed.

He was ADAMANT that it was a 15 yarder.