That should be the icing on the replacement refs.

That was poor. Too bad it may take a loss like this to get the situation resolved. Big black eye for the NFL and Goodell.

Should be, don't think it will be.

Won't be. Roger Goodell is a greedy pr*ck and will do whatever he likes.

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Originally posted by PackFoo:
Won't be. Roger Goodell is a greedy pr*ck and will do whatever he likes.

He can't like this. Bounty-gate has been bad enough. I think arrogance is a factor along with greed. But the owners facade of unity is going to fracture after this,

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But the owners facade of unity is going to fracture after this,

Remember, the owners wortk through him, not the other way around. The owners see the writing on the wall: become the NBA, or end the lockout. And for those who think the NFL is that bulletproof, see aforementioned NBA.

I remember the comments Aikman made about how the league's rediculously wild popularity could eventually nosedive because of the concussion/player safety issue.

I say games continuing to look the way they looked tonight because of poor officiating is another good way for the pro game to lose it's luster. As long as they keep affecting the outcome of games, sooner or later people aren't going to care about the games and their teams anymore.

For over 30 years, I have never willfully missed a Packer game. Next week will likely be the first. Oh well. Hope others feel the same way.

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Originally posted by tsr86free:
For over 30 years, I have never willfully missed a Packer game. Next week will likely be the first. Oh well. Hope others feel the same way.

As I turned off the tv after the game, I thought, wow, for the first time in my life I actually don't want to watch a Packer game next week.

wow poerful. even other players are coming to our defense, drew brees and chris kluwe. mountains beyond mountains

The first real unsheathed screwing on prime-time TV in the USA.

Cinemax even blushed at the display.

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Originally posted by PackFoo:
Won't be. Roger Goodell is a greedy pr*ck and will do whatever he likes.

No, he's just doing what the owners want to do. The league is loaded with dead weight owners (I don't need to go through the lengthy list) who don't give a **** about the product on the field so long as they're brining in a profit. It will probably take more incidents just like this one over a period of a few weeks for something to get done.

You are not alone tsr. Been a die hard fan for 40+ years now and NEVR even considered missing a Packer game if I could help it. I can't believe I am even considering not watching football next Sunday. Thanks NFL and good luck climbing out of this hole not smelling like a turd.

The only way I would even consider boycotting the game next Sunday is if Goodell and the rest of the knuckleheads behind these officials all get behind these piece of **** scabs and tell me with a straight face that they made the right call.

I say go to the game, and with your fellow fans, let the nationwide TV audience hear the chants directed at Goddell.

I can only imagine the anarchy that may occur in the stands if the Packers get a bad call in the Saints game....

Pack-man, it seems to me their only other option is to change the outcome of the game and call it 12-7 Packers.

Or pussy out of it altogether, do nothing, and profit off the controversy.

Mother****, there's your outcome.

I've heard that the Charlie Casserly called into the NFL Network postgame show to tell everyone that the right call was made, a no-talent hack like him was probably doing damage control at the behest of the league. I'm betting we see Goodell and the rest of his **** goblins close ranks behind these scabs and say the same thing tomorrow.

I thought my biggest fear was the Seahawks defense headhunting, especially for ARod, and they wouldn't be calling them, much less protecting them.
And we've seen a bewildering array of PI/OPI calls (and not), among many others, and bizarre interpretations of the rules and had learned to live with them.
And then....tonight.
My ass is sore.

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Originally posted by Pack-Man:
I've heard that the Charlie Casserly called into the NFL Network postgame show to tell everyone that the right call was made, a no-talent hack like him was probably doing damage control at the behest of the league. I'm betting we see Goodell and the rest of his **** goblins close ranks behind these scabs and say the same thing tomorrow.

I saw that segment and don't recall Casserly towing the company line. I do think he made the point that it if the call was turnover, it would have been hard to overturn the call and that the ruling on the field was going to be hard to overturn, it hour clear evidence, which I think is a fair point.

Touchdown Seattle!!

The NFL has gotten greedy, and Goodell is nothing more than a front man for the owners.

This lockout is about union-busting, and will continue. It will be business as usual today, with the spin doctors taking to the airwaves to "explain" away this debacle.

In backasswards world, Why wouldn't the NFL get f$&@)( up too?

This can go into any of these threads, but for what it is worth:

Steve Wyche‏@wyche89

I've learned the NFL will address last night's Seahawks-Packers controversy later today. #NFLAM

I think that a considerable drop on TV ratings would get someone's attention. I will not be watching football this next weekend. I turned off the Raven's NE game with about 2:30 left Sunday Night because it was completely unwatchable. These Refs have no control on the field. Missing basic calls that need to be made for the safety of the players like calling plays dead then everyone is going after players after they are legally down but not blown down.

I can take losing if a team beats you. It is the total lack of control and professionalism that the NFL seems to be promoting that is what I cannot stand. While I am interested in the response to this "problem" it will not affect my lack of interest at this moment.

LFL fired some

Stephen A Smith tweets:

@stephenasmith
If the NFL wants to maintain any credibility whatsoever, it should OVERTURN this decision IMMEDIATELY. This game should be awarded to GB.