DJgEX
06-Feb-06, 06:18pm
hey, just wondering if there are any fellow american football fans around here? im sure there arent many of you who watch the sport but feel free to moan about any dodgy refereeing in any sport!!
anyways, back to what im here for... to whinge about the officials in the superbowl!
im a ny giants fan so as an outside observer to this mornings superbowl game (seahawks vs steelers) i noticed the officiating in the game may have in fact been some of the worst in any sporting event ive ever seen! id go as far as to say they were paid to ensure a steelers win!!!
this is supposidly the biggest worldwide sporting event of the year and its a shame that a few decisions by the officials can give a game the seahawks may have had a chance of winning into a steelers victory.
this is a sport where reeplays can be used to overturn decisions yet still they went the wrong way!! how about when steelers qb ben rothlesberger dived for the line, didnt make it, was lying on the floor and then moved the ball over the line and held it there!! they even questioned the call but the decision went the way of the steelkers when it shouldnt have been a touchdown.
next theres the so called "pushing" in the endzone which was non existant but denied the seahawks a touchdown after it was taken away for this play!
then the "illegal block" by matt hasselbeck on an intercetion return... WTF!!!!
there were a few more things as well including an iffy call against the seahawks on a punt return losing them around 70 yards.
i for one am interested to see if something does come out in the media over the next week or so about this and whether the refs were paid off?!!
\anyways, ive had a moan, im happy!!!!
anyways, back to what im here for... to whinge about the officials in the superbowl!
im a ny giants fan so as an outside observer to this mornings superbowl game (seahawks vs steelers) i noticed the officiating in the game may have in fact been some of the worst in any sporting event ive ever seen! id go as far as to say they were paid to ensure a steelers win!!!
this is supposidly the biggest worldwide sporting event of the year and its a shame that a few decisions by the officials can give a game the seahawks may have had a chance of winning into a steelers victory.
this is a sport where reeplays can be used to overturn decisions yet still they went the wrong way!! how about when steelers qb ben rothlesberger dived for the line, didnt make it, was lying on the floor and then moved the ball over the line and held it there!! they even questioned the call but the decision went the way of the steelkers when it shouldnt have been a touchdown.
next theres the so called "pushing" in the endzone which was non existant but denied the seahawks a touchdown after it was taken away for this play!
then the "illegal block" by matt hasselbeck on an intercetion return... WTF!!!!
there were a few more things as well including an iffy call against the seahawks on a punt return losing them around 70 yards.
i for one am interested to see if something does come out in the media over the next week or so about this and whether the refs were paid off?!!
\anyways, ive had a moan, im happy!!!!