Everything feels wrong today (1 Viewer)

[Cage1]

I don't live in Louisiana. None of these people are Saints fans. Local sports radio was ranting about how terrible a call that was and how unfair the replay rules are. And something just feels off with everyone here. Everyone's sort of quiet and sedate, walking around in a haze.

We live in an unjust world where social media and cameras shine the light on such things and expose them. In the grand scheme of things, football is unimportant, but I think that play was emblematic of the unfairness of life. We ALL saw it. We ALL know it was wrong. We ALL know the wrong team benefitted. The wrong people will prosper from that call. And it's right there in front of us to look at over and over. Yet nothing will be done to correct this and make it right. It's possible to do, but it would be difficult and expensive and would require strong leadership, as doing the right thing in the face of injustice always is. So we'll get nothing. It's the world in a microcosm, and all these people seem to feel it in their bones, Saints fans or not.

This is wrong.

 

[Innotech]

im just P'Oed that this harms Brees legacy. oh he cant win the big game anymore! he will never be Tom Brady! he cant get back there! Yall know this is the stupid narrative going on.

 

[26ISTHEMAN]

I don't live in Louisiana. None of these people are Saints fans. Local sports radio was ranting about how terrible a call that was and how unfair the replay rules are. And something just feels off with everyone here. Everyone's sort of quiet and sedate, walking around in a haze.

We live in an unjust world where social media and cameras shine the light on such things and expose them. In the grand scheme of things, football is unimportant, but I think that play was emblematic of the unfairness of life. We ALL saw it. We ALL know it was wrong. We ALL know the wrong team benefitted. The wrong people will prosper from that call. And it's right there in front of us to look at over and over. Yet nothing will be done to correct this and make it right. It's possible to do, but it would be difficult and expensive and would require strong leadership, as doing the right thing in the face of injustice always is. So we'll get nothing. It's the world in a microcosm, and all these people seem to feel it in their bones, Saints fans or not.

This is wrong.

Good post. Agree 100%.

 

[Optimistic Ozzy]

The NFL home page doesn't even mention "the no call" in any of it's top stories......................................IMAGINE THAT!!!

 

[ChaChingBaby]

im just P'Oed that this harms Brees legacy. oh he cant win the big game anymore! he will never be Tom Brady! he cant get back there! Yall know this is the stupid narrative going on.

Brees has a SB ring. His legacy is OK. He will never face the judgement that people give ringless HoF QBs like Dan Marino, Jim Kelly, Dan Fouts, Warren Moon, etc.

 

[Big Lob]

It's one of those situations I find, what good is it to...

1. Complain about that one call (or other calls)
2. Debate whether it was incompetence or a conspiracy

Saints got jobbed and its a tough pill to swallow.

There's not much you can do unless there is some kind of way to use tech to properly enforce rules at critical moments. Ok, even if refereeing gets better next season, even if there are rule changes that allow for challenges on penalties, it doesn't change yesterday's game and the Saints still miss out on a game against the Pats in Superbowl.

 

[No2DC]

Life is full of tough pills to swallow

 

[WxM]

Brees has a SB ring. His legacy is OK. He will never face the judgement that people give ringless HoF QBs like Dan Marino, Jim Kelly, Dan Fouts, Warren Moon, etc.

Yeah but he had the chance to beat Tom Brady in the Super Bowl. The chance to give some real weight to the argument that the only thing keeping him from all those rings was a good defense. Had a chance to make a real argument as the greatest ever. Gone.