ajmc TriggerMN wroteMy question is, how can you justify ejecting the Vikings player here and not the Green Bay player for doing the same thing (if not more severe) on Thanksgiving Day vs. Detroit? Tatoo this on your forearm, "no 2 plays in any football game, much less different football games are EXACTLY alike". It's a really bad idea to think benevolence at one game creates a license to be stupid at another.
jTheUmp IMHO, the player in the DET/GB game should've been ejected. Pretty simple, really: Don't touch the officials.
Matt jTheUmp wroteIMHO, the player in the DET/GB game should've been ejected. Pretty simple, really: Don't touch the officials. Maybe they shouldn't be touching players when it's not necessary, too. Works both ways.
Raymond TriggerMN wroteAbout 5:00 to go in the 3rd quarter, Bears throw a touchdown pass to Alshon Jeffrey. Vikings #20 is ejected for making contact with an official after the play was over. My question is, how can you justify ejecting the Vikings player here and not the Green Bay player for doing the same thing (if not more severe) on Thanksgiving Day vs. Detroit? Today's official got it right, Thursday's got it wrong?
grunewar Here's an article and some footage. Vikings corner ejected for shoving official after giving up amazing touchdown catch | For The Win Man, that official reaaally through that flag! 😀
jTheUmp Matt wroteMaybe they shouldn't be touching players when it's not necessary, too. Works both ways. Agreed.
Rich Matt wroteMaybe they shouldn't be touching players when it's not necessary, too. Works both ways. I'd like to see less breaking up of players and more flags. Would probably solve some of those problems.
BktBallRef grunewar wroteHere's an article and some footage. Vikings corner ejected for shoving official after giving up amazing touchdown catch | For The Win Man, that official reaaally through that flag! 😃 He threw it too. 🙂 I agree, the official today got it right, the official on Thursday got it wrong.
Matt BktBallRef wroteHe threw it too. 🙂 I agree, the official today got it right, the official on Thursday got it wrong. 🙄 Different situations.
hbk314 Matt wrote:rolleyes: Different situations. I think he took that into account when he offered his opinion.
MD Longhorn Matt wrote:rolleyes: Different situations.Different situations - yes... but I REALLY think the official on Thursday should have flagged that.
bigjohn He did Flag it, just didn't eject. Looks to me like the Viking had more to say and it was probably more personal. 😀