So he admitted that they should not have granted the second timeout. Okay. What I don't understand is why they still didn't punish the Seahawks for calling a second TimeOut in a row. Yes, you should not have granted it because it's a penalty to call a timeout and then call another timeout. So the NFL rule book says that's a penalty and your job as an official is to call the penalty regardless of what team is making it.
what bothers me is there are 2 separate penalties on this play that the Seahawks did not get called for. In the official"s response it seems that they did everything they could to avoid calling a penalty on the Seahawks. They saw 12 men on the field and gave him time to get off the field. I believe he is quoted as saying the "allowed him every opportunity to get off the field", okay that's fine but he didn't get off the field before the snap. That's a penalty. You, the official, did not call that penalty because you called Timeout and stopped the clock. Which 2 timeouts back to back is a penalty. So that play can not exist without some form of penalty on the Seahawks which was not called.
So Mr. Official please explain to me what exactly does a non-cowboy team have to do to get called for a penalty at a crucial moment in the game? And while you're at it, please also explain to me why the officiating staff put so much effort into not calling a penalty on that play. What was so special about that particular play that a penalty could not be called. Was there some order from the president of the United States to make sure that play was penalty free. Did God decree that on this play on this Sunday therefor will be no penalty called lest there be famine in the lands for years to come. Did someone have a gun to a loved one's head or some threat of personal security if a penalty was called on that play. Did the Mayans predict in an ancient prophesy that the world would come to an end if you did your job unbiasedly and called the most obvious penalty of the year?
And one more question I have, and this is the best one of all, Please, Please explain to me and the rest of cowboyszone why the officials could not huddle together and see they made a mistake and assign a penalty after the play to make it right. Because Mr. Official, I watch a lot of football games and you officials tend to huddle together after a play and pick up flags, throw a flag or try to get it right. Why not there?
I honestly hope someone punches that official in the face. After reading that explanation I am far more angry about that one play than I am about the whole game. That explanation really, really ticks me off. I went from a 4 or 5 on the anger scale to off the chart.
