[Dilbert San Diego]

If she made a bad call, NFL should admit it.

What does the sex of the referee have to do with whether the call was good or not?? This doesn’t make any sense.

[ClearCase_guy]

Men and women are completely equal.

And, to prove it, if any of those little darlins make a boo-boo, the NFL will cover it up for ‘em.

[Ahithophel]

The NFL is defending an agenda to include female officials; the league’s objective is not defending the call. It just looks like the NFL is defending the call.

[treetopsandroofs]

“What does the sex of the referee have to do with whether the call was good or not?? This doesn’t make any sense.”

Likely, it’s the sexual orientation of the referee, not her gender, that spurs the NFL’s defense of her.

As another poster said, she’s never played pro football....

Kind of like our Secretary of Defense, who never served in the military...

[MMaschin]

If she made a bad call, NFL should admit it.

What does the sex of the referee have to do with whether the call was good or not?? This doesn’t make any sense.

Actually, in a way it does. It pretty clear what happened. The line judge came in, looking for the ball, and didn't see that Johnson had left the pile with it. She simply noticed that the Browns player, who appeared to be fighting for the ball, did not have it. So, she ASSUMED that the Washington player must have the ball. So, she called it.

She screwed up by calling it, without actually seeing the ball - she couldn't have, because it wasn't there. She should have done what other line judges would do, get in, and grab a player, and start separating them, to find the ball.

Did she make the call, without seeing the ball, because 1) honest mistake, she thought she saw it, 2) she did not feel comfortable getting physical in the pile?, or 3) was it female instinct to break up a 'fight' as quickly as possible?

Whatever it was, it WAS a mistake.