Comments on: Goodell: “We’re sorry to have to put our fans through that”

By: txnative61

txnative61 — Fri, 28 Sep 2012 06:04:22 +0000

The replacement debacle that ended dramatically Monday night also served to work in the league’s favor in underscoring the importance of accountability. The league has long suffered bad calls that unduly affected games and negatively impacted fair competition, but had little power to cull poor officials. If we now see improved officiating, it was worth the turmoil. I also am glad to see them receive better pay for their professionalism.

By: kiefs85

kiefs85 — Fri, 28 Sep 2012 03:52:01 +0000

What gets old is the complaint about the Packers getting all of the calls. How about the Jerry Rice fumble that wasn’t called in ’98? How about the facemask that wasn’t called in ’09 vs. Arizona? These were both botched calls(among others) in playoff games that ended the Packers season. I have heard alot about the Giants game last year and the 49ers game this year as being poorly officiated. Didn’t both of those teams beat the Packers pretty handily? Did the poor calls in those games effect the outcome? No and No. This argument is a reach at best. Get a life jealous haters—the Packers will be the league’s worst nightmare the rest of the season.

By: 88ibis

88ibis — Fri, 28 Sep 2012 02:44:48 +0000

Okay, the headline I clicked on to get here reads: “NFL’s Goodell: I’m sorry for replacement referee fiasco”. There’s no quote with him saying anything close to that. Nice journalistic integrity NBC and PFT! Being biased is one thing, but come on…

By: deejer

deejer — Fri, 28 Sep 2012 02:10:17 +0000

He’s sorry?!?!? HE’S sorry!!!! Hey, a$$whole; how’d you like to be us — the poor schlubs on whom you visited this crap. Or perhaps be the Green Bay Packers.

He’s sorry. What a pitiful excuse for a human being.

By: ksctychiefs

ksctychiefs — Fri, 28 Sep 2012 01:00:14 +0000

for one thing it took alot of COURAGE for the replacement guys to step on the field, to go down in the pit,into the arena of life and do battle,unlike the oafs in the stands,or nation sports talk radio,who can only level criticism…..and without the replacement guys there would have been NO football…..and didnt the Pack get sacked like 8 times in the first half alone,with any one of those plays being blocked right, could have been a TD…..so any outcome of any game never comes down to a single officiating call,but the um total of the plays even out over the course of the game…..you always have enough opportunity in play over the course of a game,and not any one officiating call……..and the honeymoon for the regular guys is going to last all of 5 minutes before the oaks in the stands get on them too…..hats off to the replacement guys for climbing down into the pit of life and doing battle!!!……

By: leroy36

leroy36 — Fri, 28 Sep 2012 00:41:17 +0000

Just for giggles, I would like to hear how the Commish and owners thought that hiring refs fired by the Lingerie League would be a good idea.

By: bozorocks

bozorocks — Fri, 28 Sep 2012 00:08:42 +0000

Personally I think the entire season should be re-played at Roger Goodells expense. Also, he should be used as the football in every game. I would love to see anyone of those games played where only the kickers come on the field.
I realize that only 3 games have been played but every game counts. The games played so far, the officiating was 3rd grade level and should not even count.

By: suckmyhawk2012

suckmyhawk2012 — Thu, 27 Sep 2012 23:23:46 +0000

Why should Roger apologize to the Packers? He didn’t make the call, nor was this all his doing. The greedy owners didn’t wanna pony up and he took most of the heat for it.. Nobody should apologize to the pack, except the people that made the call and upheld it.

By: twoody50

twoody50 — Thu, 27 Sep 2012 22:26:13 +0000

bigbadal sounds like a bozo trying to quote the rule book and has no clue what he is saying.

By: laserw

laserw — Thu, 27 Sep 2012 22:11:50 +0000

Dear Commissy Goodhell,

You truly are sorry.

You care what you put your fans through. Oh, joy! We feel all better now. Really. You don’t even offer to kiss our boo boos?

How about apologizing to the players who have had their careers threatened when the dirty teams like the Detroit Lions, Pittsburgh Steelers, Philadelphia Eagles, St. Louis Rams, and New England Patriots took full advantage of “no see, no foul” approach. These teams sought to and often injured players because they knew there was no penalty going to be called. You can add the Cincinnati Bengals as one of the dirty teams – that fat chick with the long, ethnic island hair was like an enforcer with the mob trying to take out knees of opposing players. He should be kicked out of football for life for being a disgusting, unprofessional player.

Seriously, nothing short of your resignation will begin to heal this mess. America knows that the professional referees are greedy bastards wanting full time pay for part time work, but we can handle them in due time – via the internet – and when Hoculi starts making up calls like he did last year, I’ll be all over him like a two dollar hoe on a john.

Resign now, idiot!

Signed Joe American

By: nofunleague

nofunleague — Thu, 27 Sep 2012 22:11:14 +0000

All of this is the very reason that this old man doesn’t bet on any sports game. All it takes in one bad call, or a few in one game, and you just lost your bet. I’m glad these clowns are gone, but look at the real refs new shirts with the horizontal stripes and the 5 numbers on the front of their shirts. $180,000. for a part time job plus retirement. Are you kidding me. I hope you season ticket holders are happy paying for this.

By: maddbearfan

maddbearfan — Thu, 27 Sep 2012 21:39:47 +0000

I watched that replay tape of the catch a whole bunch and according to the “Completed Catch Rule”…By the time Jennings got his left foot down he was no longer in complete control of the ball, there were 2 other hands on it so from the ref’s point of view it was a simultaneous catch. So he called it as close as he could. And even after the review it couldn’t be over turned.
So Green Bay..suck it up..it’s early in the season…next time score more points.

By: stanstanbloch

stanstanbloch — Thu, 27 Sep 2012 20:57:57 +0000

Get real! If the refs would have called that game right Green Bay would not have scored their touchdown due to the blown interference call on the third down of their TD drive. Look at thre films, that was a blown call!
It goes both ways.

By: severinsmith

severinsmith — Thu, 27 Sep 2012 20:52:14 +0000

@mullman76 says: Sep 27, 2012 3:36 PM

“But, in reality, there was no way the “RAIDERS” were going to travel to and defeat the “PATRIOTS” in the wake of 9/11.”
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Wait, wait, wait… outside of whether or not the tuck rule was ruled correctly on the field, that game was decided because of the team’s NAME and September 11?

Hold on… i have to process this. The Patriots were escotred to the Superbowl, because of their name, and the fact that September 11 had occurred the previous Fall….

Wow. That is a whole new level of crazy.

By: ms72lbc

ms72lbc — Thu, 27 Sep 2012 20:13:03 +0000

The only reason this deal got done so quickly is that Green Bay plays at home this Sunday and the league knew they couldn’t send the replacement refs to Lambeau! If the Pack was on the road, this would have drug out at least another week.

By: ibreathefootball

ibreathefootball — Thu, 27 Sep 2012 20:00:03 +0000

There was over a billion dollars won or lost in betting that night for the Packers/Seahawks game. This isn’t rocket science guys, there is shiesty business going on here if I’ve ever seen it. The NBA is used to fudging points, but never thought I’d see it so blatantly clear in the NFL.

By: jjackwagon

jjackwagon — Thu, 27 Sep 2012 19:53:57 +0000

If you are really sorry then refund everyone’s ticket moeny from the last three weeks.
Actions speak louder than words.

By: jason9696

jason9696 — Thu, 27 Sep 2012 19:53:17 +0000

I wonder if Lance Easley will be ready to officiate again in 8 years time?

By: psousa1

psousa1 — Thu, 27 Sep 2012 19:50:34 +0000

Hey, it got me out of a traffic ticket. I thought I made the yellow light, got pulled over and the cop said to me “Do you know why I pulled you over?” and I jokingly said “Sorry, its just these damn replacement officials and I couldn’t concentrate!”. He then went into a rant that he didn’t start Golden Tate on his fantasy team and got beat by 2.

By: docshrinker

docshrinker — Thu, 27 Sep 2012 19:50:11 +0000

Amazes me that people complain about the final call of the game as if it was the only mistake of that game. There were so many calls missed or incorrectly called prior that the entire game was a toss up. The refs made large mistakes on the final two touchdown drives that had significant impacts to the outcome of the game.
Wash the last two mistake ridden (ref influenced) touchdown scoring drives off the board and the Seahawks win 7-6

By: mullman76

mullman76 — Thu, 27 Sep 2012 19:36:00 +0000

I love how Rog referenced the Tuck Rule when talking about historically bad calls, comparing it to the MNF debacle.

The Tuck Rule is the worst call in the history of the NFL. Brady knew it was a fumble. But, in reality, there was no way the “RAIDERS” were going to travel to and defeat the “PATRIOTS” in the wake of 9/11.

That call squashed the RAIDERS for more than a decade and launched a false dynasty. The MNF call pales in comparison.

Week 3 regular season does not compare to the playoffs… not even close.

By: cbs1971

cbs1971 — Thu, 27 Sep 2012 19:30:39 +0000

You’re sorry huh? Well, how about free NFL Sunday Ticket for all of the fans?

Just saying……

By: frankiemontana

frankiemontana — Thu, 27 Sep 2012 19:29:15 +0000

And if “the game” had not received that much attention the replacements would still be in.protect the shield..Roger

By: ladyraestewart

ladyraestewart — Thu, 27 Sep 2012 19:28:03 +0000

An apology is hollow and meaningless without justifying the wrong. I’m not a GB fan but to make this right the NFL needs to take away the win from Seattle and give it to Green Bay. The Seattle coaching staff and owners should also be fined for not doing the right thing after reviewing the game tape and telling the NFL it wasn’t their win. But silly me, thinking anyone does what is right voluntarily.

By: puntonfirstdown

puntonfirstdown — Thu, 27 Sep 2012 19:21:46 +0000

Resign, you moron. Idiot. Jerk. Weasel. You don’t even have the balls to admit your NFL screwed up. You’ll admit to everything but that. Not one ounce of integrity. Stay out of Green Bay for the rest of your worthless life.

By: commonsense4allofus

commonsense4allofus — Thu, 27 Sep 2012 19:15:02 +0000

Roger, your the definition of fake. You twist and turn things so that they suit you and the league. You say you care about the fans, but your actions speak far louder than words. You say you care about player safety, but your actions speak far louder than words. You, the league and the owners care ONLY CARE ABOUT MONEY. Sure sometimes a victim of cancer gets free sideline passes or an opportunity to meet an NFL idol, but you know what, you only do that for the public relations, you only care about the money fans have, not the actual fans. The NFL is only out to maximize profit no matter what the cost, just as most big businesses are. Too bad you all sold your souls for the almightly dollar. I hope when your on your deathbed you look bad on your life and have no regrets, but I’m sure you will.

By: gowhitten

gowhitten — Thu, 27 Sep 2012 19:12:12 +0000

How about apologizing for Super Bowl XL while you are at it? I do not think the replacement refs made any more bad calls than to “real” refs do.; just fans looking for excuses why their team is not winning. The replacement refs are probably not as prejudiced the regular refs.

By: saintsfan26

saintsfan26 — Thu, 27 Sep 2012 19:05:55 +0000

Prove we tried to injure other players.

By: nofunleague

nofunleague — Thu, 27 Sep 2012 19:03:50 +0000

So in 8 years after the season has started again, we will start negotiations on the next contract. We have kept the phone numbers of all of the scabs and incompetents, so that in 8 years we can do this again. Roger you thnk you are the man but you are a fool for hiring such incompetent people to do a job. You should be fired.

By: bamboozle99

bamboozle99 — Thu, 27 Sep 2012 18:56:22 +0000

Sorry for what? Didn’t the office just approve that last call on Monday night?