Sunday, February 1, 2009

> The NFL's 'outbreak' virus

"Both feet." "Fumble."

These are two terms that I have learned, due to the final minute of Super Bowl XLIII, that NFL referees and I have different opinions on.

No, I am not mad or irate about the outcome of the game. I have been a Ben Roethlisberger fan since he as at Miami of Ohio.

But likewise, no Santonio Holmes did not score that touchdown. While his left foot was down, his right foot was clearly caught on his left and never grazed the surface of the endzone.

And no, Kurt Warner surely didn't fumble that football at the end of the game. His arm was moving forward and it was as much of an incomplete pass as it was earlier in the game when the SAME thing happened and they ruled it a- yes, incomplete pass.

My point is this, I will take nothing away from a great game. Sadly, the officials did. They put a sour note on things by screwing up cal after call all game on both sides of the football.

I wanted the Cardinals to win, but I am not upset with a Steelers title. I am however upset with this plague of crappy officiating that is going around in athletics on every level, in every sport like it's the 'outbreak' virus.