AJ.....Nice to hear from you again! I agree that the call was bad. Especially when one of his hands was under the ball. He had it all the way. However, you guys know that one play or two doesn't mean much since T.B. had all the opportunities to score especially when the play clock ran out and T.B. had a nice pass-run for a long gain late in the game. There is a few problems with the officials. One is the recent expansion of the N.f.L. When two teams come in, that means seven new officials come in for the next season. Then, with the retirements, burn-outs, or what ever, that adds to the list of in-coming officials. Which means now you have a lot of green inexperience officials that made that jump. If you can get a hold of this months issue of Referee magazine, there is an interview of Tony Corrente, a new white hat in the N.F.L. Tony was a member and instructor in Long Beach Unit and is a fine official. He of course took advantage of the situaton. Only time will tell if he makes it. But if you read the article, that is the way it is going in the N.F.L.
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