THE LAST PLAY SHOULD HAVE NEVER HAPPENED. On two of the Packers's scoring drives, two third down unsuccessful conversions were turned into first downs by TERRIBLE calls. First, they called pass interference on a run play (lol) it was really illegal hands to the face, but either way it was on the opposite side of where the play was going and it should NOT have been called.
Then, they called a terrible PI on the CB breaking on the slant where he didn't even touch him until the ball was thrown. If these weren't called, the Seahawks could have burned clock, scored, or did something. The last play would NOT have happened.
Or what about that roughing the passer call when GB intercepted it at SEA 30 or the Shields PI on 2nd and 30 that gave SEA a 1st down.(Technically he hit the Rodgers below the knees but yet that call is rarely called by real refs) or the Brower personal foul when he had a huge cheap shot at Jennings, and Jennings got called for it also even though he didn't do anything.
Blown call or right call??? It's a judgement call, by horrible judges. One ref called it a touchdown and the other called it a touch back. The last play pretty much summed up the ineptitude of these refs but the whole season has been this way, so go blame the NFL for not giving a crap.
Basically Clay Mathews is crazy like Lattimer and will be fined for posting that number. Erin Rodgers pushed away a camera man walking off the field and nothing was said about it.
Skip to 2:08 roughly
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BX_2Kyoitjc&feature=player_embedded
http://espn.go.com/blog/playbook/dol...-in-tough-spot
And then there's this: The NFL pulled in $9.3 billion in revenues last year. In 2010, NFL commissioner Roger Goodell said he hoped that the NFL would hit $25 billion in annual revenue by 2025. Assuming that 10.5 percent a year growth rate -- and the numbers are surely going to be aggressive with the league pulling in $4.9 billion worth of television rights fees annually starting in 2014 -- the league will be bringing in $16.1 billion worth of business by 2018.
"If the league pays the referees roughly $40 million a year, which is an estimate based on the referees' offer and the league's idea of expanding crews, that's 0.2 percent of the revenue the league takes in.
Now if all the owners are like Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones -- who says mistakes are going to happen anyway -- roll the dice and pocket the $200,000 savings per year, per team.
But it's hard given the league's growth for fans to accept that that's the best option."
Are you fucking serious? 200k thousand per team per year to get the "Real Refs" back.....what a bunch of cheap, rich bastards, who are not interested in the safety of their players(see all the scrums, after the plays have ended and all the cheap shots people are getting away with). The NFL's integrity is on the line with this crap.
Maybe Mister Jones needs that 200k to pay his son-in-law to clean his glasses....