"Those people in New Orleans are nuts" - Bill Vinovich's father (article from USA Today)

Boo hoo. He gets to be a ref in the superbowl a year later so I'm sure he can cry himself to sleep in all the extra money he pulls in.

Dude, we KNOW your son wasn't the one right at the point of friction when the play happened but he was the head ref and has a responsibility to OWN it. Stop acting like a victim and take responsibility instead of crying to your dad about how the people in New Orleans hurt your fee-fees because you're incompetent.

Another thing that bothers me too is this characterization that the people in New Orleans were going to be violent towards him. I was at that game and I was in New Orleans walking out of the Superdome once the game ended. There was no violence. It was just quiet disbelief. No one was rioting in the streets or looking to kill a referee.