Can football officiating get any worse ?

#26
#26
The Mizz vs Osu refs were incompetent. I didn’t care that Mizz got the shaft repeatedly but to not even look at the fumble ? Cmon man. It was plain as day they were going all in for Osu to win
 
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KTrain said:
Most of them been doing it for years built up time can’t get rid of them and with the fast Offenses they can’t keep up and some can’t see very good or it seems that way. It’s worse in Basketball.Catching the Ole Miss game some bad calls. Also ole Miss about the luckiest team threw interception They ruled hit the ground yes it barely did on replay & Dart fumbles & they said arm was going forward but the ball was already off his hand. Pennn State getting bad end of calls so far. Don’t care either way but just observation.
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Calls went both ways, Ole miss just played harder and was the better coached team. Like him or not kiffin is having a heck of a run down there
 
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CPVOL said:
The Mizz vs Osu refs were incompetent. I didn’t care that Mizz got the shaft repeatedly but to not even look at the fumble ? Cmon man. It was plain as day they were going all in for Osu to win
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I know Butch is not real popular here. But. That successful onside kick that was stolen from him by that ref was the worse call of the year. Whoever threw that flag should have those striped britches taken away and never allowed to ref on the college level again.
 
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GoVols9800 said:
Until there are consequences for their failures, it will continue to get worse. Also, age and not being full time employees plays a role as well IMO.
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Vega$ and it's online minions are everywhere
Can't avoid it on tv, the radio, billboards, your wallet/pocketbook, the ref's wallet/pocketbook and, let's not forget, the $EC management knows who owns sports
 
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Volnanza said:
My biggest grip are the rule changes to shorten the game. They worked. Less football is played and all the time saved is used for MORE COMMERCIALS! The breaks are so long now that sometimes I find something else that is better to watch. I hate to see them keep killing the game.
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I once boxed for a living, and the commercial breaks are longer than a boxing round. That is beyond ridiculous. Fights schedule one minute round for commercial breaks. These are precisely timed, free timeouts, for the most advantageous situation.
 
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TennEddie said:
I‘ve watched a lot of games over the past few days and witnessed some
of the worst calls I can remember.
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I had to quit watching the UGA FSU game at the half. But what I did see, UGA corners blatantly hold and intefere on every play, I mean really obvious holding and interference.
 
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GoVols9800 said:
Until there are consequences for their failures, it will continue to get worse. Also, age and not being full time employees plays a role as well IMO.
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Yes yes and yes! I’ve been saying for 10 years it makes no sense why college and pro why these officials are not full-time, managed correctly, and using younger, healthier and qualified dudes! You hear the referee “studio consultants” speak, and they act like their profession is of medical legal importance. It’s so contrived! And they defend “the club” above all else!
 
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I have read somewhere where SEC refs call hold calls due to the extra running the fat asses have to do when calling a Tennessee game due to how fast our offense operates under normal circumstances. In the past these sec ref goons would call holding or illegal blocking calls on our wr screens. This year Ollie Lane got holding calls on him pretty consistently. Those penalties killed many drives for us this year.
 
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#43
Officials totally screwed up the end of the Detroit-Dallas game last night. If I was a Lions fan, I would be sick for a week.
 
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TennEddie said:
I‘ve watched a lot of games over the past few days and witnessed some
of the worst calls I can remember.
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I will get worse. Don't care what anybody says, refs get money out of their calls. That and the contemporary era of lyingitis all across the political and social spectrum. Morality is all but nonexistent these days. Whenever there's big money, there is an incentive to exploit its use, and an incentive to take advantage of said money's accessibility.
 
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Volnanza said:
My biggest grip are the rule changes to shorten the game. They worked. Less football is played and all the time saved is used for MORE COMMERCIALS! The breaks are so long now that sometimes I find something else that is better to watch. I hate to see them keep killing the game.
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Get a DVR and start the games an hour and a half late, skip halftime, announcer blather, and commercials. I've been watching sports like this for 20+ years - I watch games at my pace and finish them shortly after they end in real time without all the wasted time and aggravation. No way I could or would ever watch a sporting event live again unless I was there.
 
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BernardKingGOAT said:
No one has gotten as facked by the refs as the Lions did tonight
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Weekly event in the NFL, one of many reasons I quit watching it years ago. Not a week goes by without at least 2-3 of these "controversial" calls, often deciding games. That one was so obvious it was painful
 
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WoodsmanVol said:
I will get worse. Don't care what anybody says, refs get money out of their calls. That and the contemporary era of lyingitis all across the political and social spectrum. Morality is all but nonexistent these days. Whenever there's big money, there is an incentive to exploit its use, and an incentive to take advantage of said money's accessibility.
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Hell, it was proven and admitted in the NBA 25 or so years ago, and was swept under the rug and never mentioned again. Everyone knows it, but it gets the 'wink-wink' treatment, and as long as people keep watching and shelling out their hard earned money, the powers that be have no incentive to change a single thing.
 
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BernardKingGOAT said:
No one has gotten as facked by the refs as the Lions did tonight
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That’s just blatantly false. The actual worst call of the game was the tripping call on the cowboys which allowed Detroit to even get the ball back. Hutchinson tripped - not the cowboys. Do a little research before posting nonsense…
And there were multiple penalties that could’ve been called on the 2 point conversion. The OL that caught the ball was also uncovered on the line which is a penalty as well.
 
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GoVols9800 said:
Until there are consequences for their failures, it will continue to get worse. Also, age and not being full time employees plays a role as well IMO.
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I keep seeing and hearing this suggestion, but it assumes that the awful officiating is simply due to incompetence. That might be true to some extent, but hiring full time officials might only make them better at subtly 'deciding' games with timely calls, and not being so blatantly obvious about it like the buffoons we currently have.

I think they should hire full time officials if only to quiet the people calling for full time officials. That way, what are people going to say when we get the inevitable 2-3 awful, crucial, game-deciding calls every week. I don't believe it would make as big a difference as a lot of people think it would. The only way to ever make it right would be to have 4 1/2 hour games and unlimited replay, and we know that is never happening.

Besides, I've always felt the leagues love all the controversy because it keeps them in the news and on peoples' minds all week, and they never suffer any financial consequences.
 
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