To all Saints Fans

[dan_s]

You have every right to be pissed. That was the worst "no call" on a obvious pass interference that I have ever seen. Everyone above the age of ten knows it.

I was a neutral watcher of the game, so my view is unbiased. I thought that there were several more no calls during the game, that if called would have given an advantage to the Saints. It is not the fault of the Rams that a bad ref changed the outcome.

I played football in high school and in college, so I know how hard the players and coaches work to get prepared for a season. It is a shame that what they worked for was taken away by a terrible ref. He should be banned from the league. Instead, they will probably fine Sean Payton for saying what everyone knows is true.

I am a Texans fan, so I know the pain of loosing a big game. The Texans do it on a regular basis.

[dan_s]

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) -- A sportsbook in New Jersey is refunding bets on the New Orleans Saints due to the widespread belief that the team was victimized by a blown call by referees during its loss Sunday in the NFC championship game.

PointsBet said Monday it will refund spread and money-line bets on the Saints, who lost the game after officials failed to call a penalty on a Los Angeles Rams defender who leveled a New Orleans receiver long before the ball arrived.

http://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/nfl/spo ... ocid=ientp

[dan_s]

ProFootballTalk’s Mike Florio pointed out that Rule 17, Section 2, Article 1 of the NFL rulebook allows commissioner Roger Goodell to take “corrective measures” if an event happens in a game that is so “extraordinarily unfair” that it impacts the result. Article 3 of the same rule allows Goodell to either reverse the outcome or replay the game from the point of the extraordinary event. That means that, in theory, Goodell could order the NFC Championship replayed from the point of Rams defender Nickell Robey-Coleman’s uncalled pass interference.

[jmwSeattle]

Besides the hazard of injury, football suufers the hazard of poor officiating. Teams just can’t count on squeakers because of this factor. It’s definitely a downer, but life is often disappointing. It’s a good metaphor for life. A reality sandwich, I guess... a time to man up, if you will.

In situations like this it might be a good palliative to re-hear Frank Sinatra’s, “That’s Life.”

As they say, “It’s just a game.” Of course the Inca’s had a game in which the defeated were executed, I heard. The Romans also. Thank God for Christendom, or what’s left of it. In the future maybe they really will kill the refs!