01-23-2016, 02:13 PM
(01-23-2016, 11:57 AM)GMDino Wrote: The officials were OBVIOUSLY doing all they could do to NOT throw flags.
Porter on the field, Gilberry bumping him, the Bengals surrounding him jawing...through ALL OF THAT the refs tried to just get everybody back.
Then Pacman did a Pcaman thing and bumped the ref from behind....and who know what he SAID while he was doing it.
The people reporting on the fine also said a head coach isn't allowed on the field during injuries...but it happens all the time. You know it does.
I don't care if Porter was yelling "we dey" in some guys face...which he wasn't...the officials we not going to affect the game by throwing another flag.
Until Jones crossed the last line.
So moan, *****, complain, sign petitions...whatever. It was two weeks ago and nothing changed: The Bengals players lost their composure and blew the game.
End of chapter.
You're missing my point - everyone is saying how the refs lost control of the first game in Cincinnati. The league responds by putting the same head ref in charge of the playoff game.
The league knew this was going to happen. They were banking on it and it's paying off big time because people are still talking about it.
Had the league been serious about the games being under control as the letter they sent out prior to Wild Card weekend suggests, the refs would've been under orders to flag everything.
Instead the league sent that letter out, assigned a head ref with zero back bone, and let the explosive situation do what it was inevitably going to do one way or another.
It makes for great ratings and even more website clicks which leads to extra revenue.
It's not a conspiracy - it's the way of the world.
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Unhallowed, be thy name
Cursed be thy sons and daughters
Of our nemesis who are to blame
Thy kingdom come, Nema
