A few points
1: If fans want the old refs back the ONLY way that's going to happen is if THEY STOP WATCHING THE GAMES. The negotiation is a financial decision and people are still turning on, showing up and tuning it
in record numbers. So where's the financial motivation for the league to negotiate with the ref union?
2: People bitch about the refs always, it's a constant and in this case they made the wrong decision. The decision about the touchdown (IMHO) wasn't the wrong decision... the failure to call the PI was the wrong decision.
3: I'm a Seahawks fan and YES, I will concede that the game should have been a Green Bay victory BUT... I'll enjoy this
win. You know why... 2006 Superbowl. Many professional commentators said the refs cost the Hawks the Superbowl due to poor officiating and several years later even one of the refs admitted to his poor officiating having a direct result on the game
. So yes, even with the regular refs, bad calls can cost a team a game, sometimes
the big game.
So while Packers fans
will always remember the officiating debacle in Game 3 of the 2012 season...
Seattle fans
will always remember the officiating debacle of Super Bowl XL
Quote:
On August 6, 2010, while visiting the Seahawks' preseason training camp for an annual rules interpretation session with the Seattle media, Leavy brought up Super Bowl XL without being asked, and admitted to having blown calls:
'It was a tough thing for me. I kicked two calls in the fourth quarter and I impacted the game, and as an official you never want to do that. It left me with a lot of sleepless nights, and I think about it constantly. I'll go to my grave wishing that I'd been better ... I know that I did my best at that time, but it wasn't good enough ... When we make mistakes, you got to step up and own them. It's something that all officials have to deal with, but unfortunately when you have to deal with it in the Super Bowl it's difficult.'
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