NFL Officiating; Petition to NFL with members signatures complaining about poor offic

[BotchedLobotomy]

I've been resisting the whole refs on the take thing, but come to think of it, how many late flags were thrown after a player started complaining? I know there were two that came out really late after Driver complained.

Maybe there is something to the conspiracy.............nah.....the refs just stunk up the place.

 

[Disturbed]

That game was obviously fixed...anyone who watched it could easily tell. The NFL head office wanted to make sure GB season was not over so they sent word to the refs to do what they could to ensure a GB win. And the language coming out of Dallas all week was it was going to be a tough game (they probably already aware that the calls would be against them). Look at GB schedule and you can see they have not beat anyone all year, they were just beaten by the worst team in the league (the TB joke), and their line was banged up.

The refs are a joke and have been most of the year -- they don't even hide the bias any more...


Is there a site that tracks refs or ref teams by game....maybe we could learn what the bias will be before the game!!!

 

[cowboyjoe]

Cowboys coach Wade Phillips challenged, saying Jones recovered and didn't lose the ball. After about a two-minute pause in play, referee Jeff Triplette said the fumble couldn't be challenged. He admitted that the crew wasted time starting the review process when they shouldn't have.
"They said because they ruled it a fumble all the way through, that I couldn't challenge it even though we recovered the ball and our guy was touched and he knew the guy was down," Phillips said.
Triplette said to a pool reporter after the game. "My mistake, that's not a reviewable aspect of a play. A recovery of a loose ball in the field of play is not reviewable by rule. So we just couldn't review it."

Triplette said he never actually got a chance to review the play because he and other officials began talking about whether the play was reviewable.
"We never got in the booth to review," he said. "Just put the headphones on and starting talking through what we had."
Cowboys owner Jerry Jones says he understands why the rule doesn't allow for review of possession of fumbles, but that there should be room for exceptions.

The other apparent mistake by the crew occurred with 6:29 to play in the fourth quarter. Cowboys wide receiver Patrick Crayton made a diving catch for 14 yards. The Packers challenged the catch, but after another delay in play, Triplette said Green Bay didn't have any more challenges left.
According to the NFL rule book, Rule 15, Section 9, "For initiating a challenge when all of a team's timeouts have been exhausted or when all of its available challenges have been used: Loss of 15 yards."
But the referees allowed play to continue without penalizing the Packers, who had used up all their challenges.
"I have to ask the league," about the call, Phillips said. "We don't have any challenges left and you challenge and stop the game. It kind of helps you regroup. I thought it was at least a delay of the game, but it wasn't."
If the penalty is called, it would have moved the Cowboys from the Packers' 29 to the 14. The Cowboys were turned away on that drive when Romo threw an interception at the goal line with 5:53 remaining and Dallas trailing, 17-0.

 

[poke]

Cowboys coach Wade Phillips challenged, saying Jones recovered and didn't lose the ball. After about a two-minute pause in play, referee Jeff Triplette said the fumble couldn't be challenged. He admitted that the crew wasted time starting the review process when they shouldn't have.
"They said because they ruled it a fumble all the way through, that I couldn't challenge it even though we recovered the ball and our guy was touched and he knew the guy was down," Phillips said.
Triplette said to a pool reporter after the game. "My mistake, that's not a reviewable aspect of a play. A recovery of a loose ball in the field of play is not reviewable by rule. So we just couldn't review it."

Triplette said he never actually got a chance to review the play because he and other officials began talking about whether the play was reviewable.
"We never got in the booth to review," he said. "Just put the headphones on and starting talking through what we had."
Cowboys owner Jerry Jones says he understands why the rule doesn't allow for review of possession of fumbles, but that there should be room for exceptions.

The other apparent mistake by the crew occurred with 6:29 to play in the fourth quarter. Cowboys wide receiver Patrick Crayton made a diving catch for 14 yards. The Packers challenged the catch, but after another delay in play, Triplette said Green Bay didn't have any more challenges left.
According to the NFL rule book, Rule 15, Section 9, "For initiating a challenge when all of a team's timeouts have been exhausted or when all of its available challenges have been used: Loss of 15 yards."
But the referees allowed play to continue without penalizing the Packers, who had used up all their challenges.
"I have to ask the league," about the call, Phillips said. "We don't have any challenges left and you challenge and stop the game. It kind of helps you regroup. I thought it was at least a delay of the game, but it wasn't."
If the penalty is called, it would have moved the Cowboys from the Packers' 29 to the 14. The Cowboys were turned away on that drive when Romo threw an interception at the goal line with 5:53 remaining and Dallas trailing, 17-0.

nice use of the BOLD and underline functions but is there a point in there somewhere ?