09-19-2016, 07:06 PM
Put the horrid officiating in this game in a basket together with the games last year and it is REALLY hard not to feel like there is some sort of "screw the Bengals" thing going on.
First they put an incompetent head official (Parry) in a game and he loses control of the game. So what do they then do? Put the same moron in charge of a playoff game where his crew AGAIN loses control and directly influences the outcome of the game with multiple BAD calls. Then add in the fiasco yesterday where the "new" crew misses multiple textbook holds, rules a TD out of bounds and caps it off by making a DUMB fumble ruling.
Whether certain fanbases want to admit it or not, there is a tier of clubs that "get the calls" in the NFL. I think it is pretty easy to name them - Cowboys, Patriots, Steelers, Packers. Whether it is unconscious from reputation or whatever the cause it is destroying the integrity of the sport. And for those who claim it can't be stopped I direct you to Michael Irvin.
Irvin was utterly infamous for several years for constantly pushing off and never being flagged for it. Finally enough teams complained in a united front that the league had to instruct the officials to specifically watch Irvin for OPI. And suddenly his production went down as he started drawing the flags he deserved. The same thing has to happen here - the "have nots" need to band together and make it utterly clear to the league that either the officiating becomes even handed or they will make the issue VERY public and let the league take the damage. That is probably the only way to stop the nonsense.
First they put an incompetent head official (Parry) in a game and he loses control of the game. So what do they then do? Put the same moron in charge of a playoff game where his crew AGAIN loses control and directly influences the outcome of the game with multiple BAD calls. Then add in the fiasco yesterday where the "new" crew misses multiple textbook holds, rules a TD out of bounds and caps it off by making a DUMB fumble ruling.
Whether certain fanbases want to admit it or not, there is a tier of clubs that "get the calls" in the NFL. I think it is pretty easy to name them - Cowboys, Patriots, Steelers, Packers. Whether it is unconscious from reputation or whatever the cause it is destroying the integrity of the sport. And for those who claim it can't be stopped I direct you to Michael Irvin.
Irvin was utterly infamous for several years for constantly pushing off and never being flagged for it. Finally enough teams complained in a united front that the league had to instruct the officials to specifically watch Irvin for OPI. And suddenly his production went down as he started drawing the flags he deserved. The same thing has to happen here - the "have nots" need to band together and make it utterly clear to the league that either the officiating becomes even handed or they will make the issue VERY public and let the league take the damage. That is probably the only way to stop the nonsense.
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