RE: 2015 NFL thread
November 1, 2015 at 10:06 pm
(This post was last modified: November 1, 2015 at 10:06 pm by Jackalope.)
Tell you what, on that particular play, the receiver clearly thought he caught the ball, otherwise he's turning upfield (a 'football move'?) to run for nothing. Did he have control of the ball? I wouldn't think so. Is there "indisputable evidence" to overturn the call on the field? That is the standard, right? I don't think so.
I think personally, at full speed, when it happened, if they called it an incomplete pass on the field, I'd be cool with that. If they called it a catch and a fumble, I'd be cool with that too. But to overturn the call without some clear, objective reason... that makes less sense. I don't think we had that here.
Less subjectivity would be nice. Do I think we're going to get it? Hell, no. This *is* the NFL we're talking about.
Bitching about officiating has gotten old. In what universe is it even possible to referee a game fairly when you've got a Byzantine set of rules to interpret, and only seconds do to it in?
I think personally, at full speed, when it happened, if they called it an incomplete pass on the field, I'd be cool with that. If they called it a catch and a fumble, I'd be cool with that too. But to overturn the call without some clear, objective reason... that makes less sense. I don't think we had that here.
Less subjectivity would be nice. Do I think we're going to get it? Hell, no. This *is* the NFL we're talking about.
Bitching about officiating has gotten old. In what universe is it even possible to referee a game fairly when you've got a Byzantine set of rules to interpret, and only seconds do to it in?
