[Mega-Merged] Refs at it again... (1 Viewer)

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Owners are betting on certain controlled games every week and raking in the sure money

 

[Gin-Tilly]

I've officially lost respect for Van Pelt, and I really like him, one of the very few on ESPN.

For you not to highlight the controversy is doing a disservice to your audience.

Not sure what you mean. Its all they've talked about!

 

[NewOrleansFan]

I think Packers called timeout before the snap.

 

[saintlyn8]

But I can't understand why Patricia didn't challenge the PI no call other than he figured the refs were determined to give Green Bay the game.

I can tell you why - the rule change is nothing more than lip service to make up for their incompetence. Do you think that these scumbags are going to rule in favor of a call like that? For Detroit? Yea, don't blame them for not Challenging, would have cost them a timeout most likely.

But honestly this league is going to be in its death-rows sooner than later if it keeps on this path... game after game week after week worse and worse.

 

[webster63]

I think Packers called timeout before the snap.

yep, guy top right is signaling TO in the pic

 

[Outbackjack]

Scott Van Pelt is actively trying to steer the conversation away from the refs on ESPN right now.

Um. SVP has been calling out the refs.

He didn’t steer away from it.

He called them out big time, just said...”I don’t even know anymore”

The thing is Matt Patricia is a former Patriot golden boy, can’t believe the calls going against him.

 

[Juicy Fruit]

There needs to be a ref review show of every game every week and fines handed out... and the refs interviewed or something... but I guess whomever is pulling the strings would just pay the refs fines... so I duno

 

[Taker597]

I don't understand how we've made so many technical enhancements in officiating and yet the human element keeps declinening in standards.

 

[whodatphil]

They should get over it right?

 

[Outbackjack]

It’s not fixed.

It’s not rigged.

It’s just poor officiating.

If it was fixed, they wouldn’t have given Det a TD in the 2nd quarter.

A 4th and goal, and it’s VERY CLOSE whether he crossed the plane or not.

One ref runs in calling TD, one calls a stop short of the goal line, and 1 points “First down GB”. Total shirt show.

You can literally frame that moment which the 3 stooges calling opposite calls individually.

But IF it was fixed, you don’t give DET an easy 7 where you could just as easily make it a turnover on downs.

 

[whodatphil]

I don't understand how we've made so many technical enhancements in officiating and yet the human element keeps declinening in standards.

More cameras than ever. We can catch Bakers’ handshake but can’t a bad call with 30 cameras on the field

 

[LuvNOLA]

Booger McFarland called it out at the end of the Green Bay game just now. He made no bones about it that this level of terrible officiating cannot continue.

So many fans now think games are rigged, including myself.

I'm not sure I've ever seen the number of terrible calls against one team in one quarter of play than what happened to Detroit tonight in the 4th. In fact I know I haven't.

Even New York got in on the act on one of the worst call reversals I've personally ever seen.

1 - Complete pass on 3rd down reversed, Detroit forced to kick FG
2 - Hands to the face by the defense on a 3rd down sack of Rodgers, Green Bay would have been punted with 10 minutes to go down 2 scores
3 - Detroit receiver interfered with, not called, forced to punt
4 - Unbelievably a second phantom hands to the face called on Detroit, allowing Green Bay to run the clock all the way down before the game winning FG

Scott Van Pelt & his guests are livid about it, too.
Matthew Stafford just spoke, & SVP said, “he was a lot nicer than I would have been.”

 

[LuvNOLA]

Scott Van Pelt is actively trying to steer the conversation away from the refs on ESPN right now.

No way!!!!! SVP is as livid about it as everyone else!

 

[blackadder]

Scott Van Pelt is actively trying to steer the conversation away from the refs on ESPN right now.

He started out calling out the awful refs but then backpedaled with “lions just needed to play better”

 

[ktulu909]

I'm honestly ready to wire the field, and wire the players jerseys with sensors and eliminate human calls.