Falcons: The safety that magically was taken away

[juraitwaluzka]

(12-29-2011 03:46 PM)cooperbh Wrote:  I've never been one to buy into conspiracies surrounding Katrina and all that bullshit. But there was no doubt to any objective observer that the #1 goal of the officiating crew in Monday's game was to ensure that Drew Brees received as many chances as possible to throw the ball - especially near the end of the game. And if you don't see that, it's only because you have your eyes closed.

I know it seems like that, but in order for that to be the case, where did the order come from? Did Goodell tell the refs to favor the Saints? That doesn't make sense, because however much good might come from Brees getting the record it would be far (and I mean FAR) outweighed if word of this got out. In fact it would be devastating to the league and as such Goodell wouldn't do this because it's simply not worth the risk. At the least it would certainly cost Goodell his job.

What about the refs? Would they take it upon themselves to do this? This would be easier to get away with but I don't see the motivation. Plus it seems likely that at least one of the refs would take issue with it. I could see how a particular ref, Tripplette in this case, could let whatever agenda he may have drive his decisions, especially with nothing in place to even question him on it, no way to prove it. I don't see why one guy would care about Brees record though, but maybe he just loves the Saints, or maybe our guys pissed him off and he decided to "show us". Those are the only conspiracy type things I could see realistically.

The simplest explanation though is that it was just incompetence, which has been demonstrated many times over.