Gasjuggler Posted October 5, 2015 Author Share Posted October 5, 2015 Hiring full time refs is a good first step to improving the game. After to thinking about it more I guess the interpretation of the rules are to complex. When you can call holding on every play is rediculus and opens it up to speculation and the appearance of favoritetism. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BarleyNY Posted October 5, 2015 Share Posted October 5, 2015 That's understandable, but doesn't excuse the phantom calls. How do you default to a penalty flag on a play? How do you not wait until you conclusively see a penalty before calling one? It's the NFL mindset. They use a 'more likely than not' standard half the time (most of the time with the Bills) and a 'beyond a reasonable doubt' standard the other half (most of the time for the Pats*, Steelers, etc). The Clay PI is the best example I saw yesterday of an inexcusable flag. The ref couldn't have seen a push off because one did not occur. And don't tell me about the angle or whatever -- if you don't have a proper angle than you shouldn't conclude an infraction occurred. I just watched the play Clay got the PI on (about 5 min left in 2nd qtr). He very noticeably pushed off the defender and did gain an advantage. It was a good call. Incidentally, it would have been a short gain and the Bills got a 1st down on the following play. Good call and not exactly a game-changer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CodeMonkey Posted October 6, 2015 Share Posted October 6, 2015 Obviously you never tuned in to watch the Lakers/Sacremento series a few years back. Game 6. It was quite obvious the refs were determined to let the Lakers win & bring it to a game 7. Stop commenting on stuff you have no idea what your talking about. Coming from you that is rich. Thanks, you can never have too many laughs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gasjuggler Posted October 6, 2015 Author Share Posted October 6, 2015 The way it seems to this homer fan is that football is like figure skating in the Olympics. The Patriots are the USA and the Bills are the Russians and all the judges ( referees ) are from the USA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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