League Officiating

[Spider-Dan]

I mean, they literally just tried limiting it to pass interference calls and everyone hated it.

How do you propose avoiding the same outcome?  If they couldn't avoid infuriating people last time, I don't see what has changed since then.

[EDGECRUSHER]

I mean, they literally just tried limiting it to pass interference calls and everyone hated it.

How do you propose avoiding the same outcome?  If they couldn't avoid infuriating people last time, I don't see what has changed since then.

I honestly don't know, but if I remember correctly, it was hated because the refs still kept getting the calls wrong, even though it was fairly obvious. Gotta hold the Refs accountable for blown calls. Sports Official seems to be one of the few jobs in America where you can suck and face almost no consequence for it. Even if they get it wrong on replay, the league should review it after the fact and discipline the refs somehow if they got it wrong.

[Spider-Dan]

My point is that if they were still "getting the calls wrong," what has changed to make you think they wouldn't continue to do so?
It's the same group of refs.

[Fau Teixeira]

I honestly think the refs purposely sabotaged the PI reviews .. specifically to get the league away from making judgement calls reviewable

[CF DolFan]

I honestly think the refs purposely sabotaged the PI reviews .. specifically to get the league away from making judgement calls reviewable

It certainly appeared that way. One guy watching the monitors can make a decent call watching the playback video in the time it takes for the head referee to walk to the sidelines. The seem to just want to make it look more difficult than it is.

[masterfins]

I don't even know what pass interference is any more (except for maybe tackling the guy before the ball arrives).  In one game the defender is called for PI, in another game the identical coverage is not called for PI.

Personally I think the first three quarters of games are officiated in a manner to keep the game close, and to keep viewers watching, thereby making the networks happy - and ultimately allowing the NFL to charge the networks more for TV contracts.  I thought the Miami/GB game was a good example - in the first half when Miami was rolling they called for about 5 holds, not all of which should have been called.  Additionally, they threw two flags against GB which were picked up and deemed not penalties at all.  I hate blaming wins/losses on the refs, but things have gotten really bad in the NFL.  IMO the NFL uses the officiating to create competitiveness.

[dolphins4life]

I don't even know what pass interference is any more (except for maybe tackling the guy before the ball arrives).  In one game the defender is called for PI, in another game the identical coverage is not called for PI.

Personally I think the first three quarters of games are officiated in a manner to keep the game close, and to keep viewers watching, thereby making the networks happy - and ultimately allowing the NFL to charge the networks more for TV contracts.  I thought the Miami/GB game was a good example - in the first half when Miami was rolling they called for about 5 holds, not all of which should have been called.  Additionally, they threw two flags against GB which were picked up and deemed not penalties at all.  I hate blaming wins/losses on the refs, but things have gotten really bad in the NFL.  IMO the NFL uses the officiating to create competitiveness.

I think everybody on this board has blinders on when it comes to officiating, except for me.

[dolphins4life]

Miami's success on defense this year has LITERALLY been the result of how lenient the officials in the secondary have been.

X is a one-man mugging machine. 

[Pappy13]

I think everybody on this board has blinders on when it comes to officiating, except for me.

A statement like that should make you pause.

[Spider-Dan]

It doesn't make you pause if you're the kind of person who says "I am smarter than Bill Belichick" with a straight face.

[MyGodWearsAHoodie]

Dunning-Kruger for example see dolphins4life.