Posted on 01/22/2019 3:52:29 PM PST by detective
Two New Orleans Saints season-ticket holders filed a lawsuit against the NFL on Tuesday, asking a Louisiana state court judge to order Commissioner Roger Goodell to invoke an obscure rule that could force the final moments of Sunday's NFC Championship game to be replayed.
No penalty was called after Rams defensive back Nickell Robey-Coleman hit Saints receiver Tommylee Lewis while a Drew Brees pass was in the air with fewer than two minutes remaining in a tie game. A flag for pass interference would have given the Saints a first down and enabled them to run down the clock before kicking a potential game-winning field goal. Instead, New Orleans kicked a go-ahead field goal to take a 23-20 lead with 1:41 left. The Rams responded with a late field goal of their own and went on to win, 26-23, in overtime.
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Who Cares?
signed,
An ex-NFL fan
Thanks...
I was listening to a sports gambling oriented show on the Fox Sports Radio network. The main presenter claimed just like Enron can be sued for violating fiduciary duty to stock holders, sports leagues should be sued by sports gamblers for incompetence. I had to turn the dial when I heard what has to be one of the most bone headed comment about the refs blowing the call.
Sign of the times victimology
Offending referee used to play for the Rams in 1981 and lives there now.
They forgot the so called Brady rule that significantly loosened up the standards of pass interference or roughing and passer calls. This came about very early in Brady’ career when coaches and manages started paying bounties for taking out high value players. Another example would be certain rule changes for crack backbblocking, Recent statists show that despite being dubbed the Brady rule that it doesnt seem to favor Brady more than any other QB than any other other QB.
Who Cares?
signed,
An ex-NFL fan
“If any lawsuit is allowed to go forward, it’s the end of professional sports. Hell might even be the end of college sports.”
Personally, I’d say that that would be a good thing1 But realistically, season ticket holders do not have “standing” as I see it.
There are Judges in Hawaii, Washington State and California standing by to take your complaint. Call now!
“... the Commissioner deems so extraordinarily unfair or OUTSIDE THE ACCEPTED TACTICS ENCOUNTERED IN PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALL...”
I submit that NOTHING is outside the accepted tactics “encountered” in “professional” football!
My BIL mentioned the other day that the season tickets for LA were now in the high 5 figures. Up from $1500 for the same 4 seats some 20 (?) years ago. A winning team and a Superbowl justifies the team raising prices and in turn makes season tickets more valuable to those holding them if the team allows fan-to-fan resell. So there is ‘economic harm’ if you look at it that way but I have no clue if permitted fan-to-fan resell is allowed by the Saints.
My son’s baseball coach used to tell the boys that there will always be bad calls. So, try to get a big enough lead that a bad call doesn’t decide a game.
Good advice...
It’s almost like they wanted the Rams to win. How could you possibly miss something that egregious ? They wanted to stop that drive. Like someone on this thread said, there is a lot of money involved.
Especially if the lib team loses!
Well, there is a bit of solace that the N.O. Saints can be granted, by...
Asking the NFL to put an asterisk next to the title, “*Superbowl Champions”, if the Rams end up winning the game.
With the asterisk explained below the title, saying “*Should have been ‘N.O. Saints’”.
Miami beat The patriots
“Yes, but ‘bad calls’ and ‘calls made to tilt the game’ are hugely different creatures.”
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How do you tell the difference?
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