02-14-2016, 10:54 PM
(02-14-2016, 10:07 PM)BFritz21 Wrote: The rule is in place to keep people who aren't supposed to be on the field from interfering in the game.People other than the trainers are allowed out there if given permission. Being that Porter was out there for possibly several minutes, permission is implied. It's really not that hard to understand. Again it's in the rules if you would just take the time to read them and understand them. If you want to deny that it isn't, you're not being honest with yourself, me, or anyone else who you try to convince that the refs weren't doing their jobs. You're grasping at straws.
Porter interfered with the game.
The refs didn't ask him to leave because they weren't doing their jobs.
Your point fails.
So just because he didn't cause a problem in the first however many seconds, it makes it ok to cause a problem in the last 11 seconds?
Your point fails.
They shouldn't have had to keep their distance because Porter shouldn't have been out there. If he was out there for Brown, why wasn't he walking off with Brown and the trainers?
And don't say "oh, Gilberry and the other Bengals stopped him," because his back was already to them and they were way ahead of him.
And regardless, had Burfict and the other 3 simply not gone to Brown and instead gone to where George Iloka and Carlos Dunlap were standing, well away from the Steelers, nothing would have happened.
Porter was walking off of the field with Brown until Burfict stepped between Brown and the trainer and Porter and laid his hands on Brown. It's clearly on the video. To deny it or pretend like it happened differently is simply delusional.
