Falcons: The safety that magically was taken away

[AsylumGuido]

(12-28-2011 06:28 PM)RnB Wrote:  Guido, I am astounded that someone as intelligent as you refuses to acknowledge how ridiculous the officiating was in that game. I can understand loyalty to your team but I can not understand sticking your head in the sand because you don't want to admit something so obvious.

Not that it matters much, but my respect for you as a rival fan and poster on this forum has diminished quite a bit after reading your comments in this thread.

I watch between eight to ten NFL games every week. Yes, the officiating is puzzling at times. I believe the main reason is that the rules have become so convoluted. But, what I refuse to buy into is that any one team is getting a break from officials. That is a total crock. I visit forums like this all across the league. In every single one of them the losing team's fans ALWAYS claims the other team was given preferential treatment by the refs.

If you check out the Saints sites you see that most fans there felt like it was about time they got some breaks because most feel that other teams were getting them all.

As fans we are all as myopic as can be. Everything in our way of thinking is biased when it comes to our teams. I'll admit that the Saints seemed to have the majority of the big calls go their way on Monday. But, it had nothing to do with any conspiracy nor did it have any affect on the outcome of the game.

Once again, as fans, we tend to always favor our team. Holding is a perfect example. It happens on every single play. Some teams are better coached to get away with it, but it ALWAYS occurs. When you are watching your defense you can see multiple camera angles and in at least one of them you will see your player being held. You get angry that it almost never gets called. The fact is that when your team is on offense your attention is on the player with the ball, not the opposing team's defensive players. The fact is that those same camera angles are showing holding there, as well.

I refuse to give any undue credence to officiating threads because they are tainted by our own fanaticism. And to be fair, I feel the exact same way when I see these on Saints forums.

As for the flag being picked up on the play referenced in the thread title, hell if I know what went on because I didn't get the call. To me it was a non-issue and quickly forgotten moments later. I never thought about it again until I stopped by here. I then went out and searched every news source I could find and was not able to dig up any mention of the play as being controversial. If anyone can find any legitimate story about it (not forum threads) I would love to read more about it.