Hats off to our brother officials in Football

[The_Rookie]

Hats off to a the officiating crew who worked the Superbowl...They made some great calls including "THE CATCH" and the safety in the end zone on the grounding call!

When a great job is done by any sports officials especailly on a HIGH PROFILE Big staged event...It helps make the entire officiating brotherhood look good for all sports!

[tw1ns]

The goal of every official. To NOT be noticed. Great job last night by the crew!

[Adam]

Originally Posted by tw1ns

The goal of every official. To NOT be noticed.

No, it's not.

[Rich]

Originally Posted by tw1ns

The goal of every official. To NOT be noticed. Great job last night by the crew!

It's sad when officials buy into this nonsense.

[tw1ns]

Originally Posted by RichMSN

It's sad when officials buy into this nonsense.

Are you saying I am sad

[Welpe]

Originally Posted by tw1ns

The goal of every official. To NOT be noticed. Great job last night by the crew!

They were definitely noticed when they flagged that intentional grounding but it was a solid, correct call made by several members of the crew.

[fullor30]

Originally Posted by Welpe

They were definitely noticed when they flagged that intentional grounding but it was a solid, correct call made by several members of the crew.

Not a football official, felt that was right call wrong time. Possibly I don't follow ruling. If receiver breaks long we have nothing? what if receiver botches route.

Nobody complained so I'm way in minority, and three guesses who I had a few game fees on.

[jTheUmp]

Originally Posted by fullor30

Not a football official, felt that was right call wrong time.

If that was the 'wrong' time, when, in your opinion, would've been the 'right' time?

Possibly I don't follow ruling. If receiver breaks long we have nothing? what if receiver botches route.

Three points:
1) Brady was still in the tackle box when the pass was thrown.

2) The pass was thrown as a Giant's D-lineman (Tuck?) was about to sack him.

3) The pass was thrown into an area where there were no eligible receivers.

Combine all three, and that makes intentional grounding the correct call in the NFL ruleset.

Change any of those three points, and it's not IG:
1) if he had left the tackle box it would've been no intentional grounding, even if he returned to the tackle box prior to throwing the pass.

2) if there was nobody close to sacking him, you could make a case for a "wrong route", since in that case the pass would've NOT obviously been thrown to "conserve yardage" or "conserve time". Obviously not the case here.

3) If there's an eligible receiver in the area, obviously there's no IG.

[Camron Rust]

Originally Posted by jTheUmp

If that was the 'wrong' time, when, in your opinion, would've been the 'right' time?


Three points:
1) Brady was still in the tackle box when the pass was thrown.

2) The pass was thrown as a Giant's D-lineman (Tuck?) was about to sack him.

3) The pass was thrown into an area where there were no eligible receivers.

Combine all three, and that makes intentional grounding the correct call in the NFL ruleset.

Change any of those three points, and it's not IG:
1) if he had left the tackle box it would've been no intentional grounding, even if he returned to the tackle box prior to throwing the pass.

2) if there was nobody close to sacking him, you could make a case for a "wrong route", since in that case the pass would've NOT obviously been thrown to "conserve yardage" or "conserve time". Obviously not the case here.

3) If there's an eligible receiver in the area, obviously there's no IG.

Those guys were threading passes so precisely all night, no way he inadvertently misses by that much on that play....he threw it over the top on purpose.

[fullor30]

Originally Posted by jTheUmp

If that was the 'wrong' time, when, in your opinion, would've been the 'right' time?


Three points:
1) Brady was still in the tackle box when the pass was thrown.

2) The pass was thrown as a Giant's D-lineman (Tuck?) was about to sack him.

3) The pass was thrown into an area where there were no eligible receivers.

Combine all three, and that makes intentional grounding the correct call in the NFL ruleset.

Change any of those three points, and it's not IG:
1) if he had left the tackle box it would've been no intentional grounding, even if he returned to the tackle box prior to throwing the pass.

2) if there was nobody close to sacking him, you could make a case for a "wrong route", since in that case the pass would've NOT obviously been thrown to "conserve yardage" or "conserve time". Obviously not the case here.

3) If there's an eligible receiver in the area, obviously there's no IG.

Right time would not have been during commercial break

[BktBallRef]

Originally Posted by fullor30

Not a football official,

Obviously.

[Nevadaref]

In the entire game I felt that there was only one debatable decision and it was a non-call. The play was a possible pass interference against the Pats.

[Camron Rust]

Originally Posted by tw1ns

The goal of every official. To NOT be noticed. Great job last night by the crew!

Maybe it is the goal of the officials to have the players let them not be noticed but sometimes the players make the officials a noticeable part of the game.

[twocentsworth]

my goal is simple (yet sometimes difficult): get the call right!

[bainsey]

As a Pats fan, I thought I could come to this board for an escape.