Back Judge reassigned
 

The back judge who was on the Lions-Seahawks game has been reassigned by the NFL and won't be on the Colts-Patriots. Very interesting.

Maybe that's a good thing. Keep the guy out of prime time so he won't have as much pressure on himself.

How do you know he has been reassigned? Is there a story that says this or just something you heard through the grapevine?

Peace

Saw it on ESPN.

Gotcha.

Peace

Here is the story.

NFL reassigns Lions-Seahawks back judge

I believed you, just wondering where that information was coming from. That is certainly interesting.

Peace

ESPN will not be happy until the BJ is taken before a firing squad and disposed off, for making a (sound judgment) call, that they happen to disagree with, because their conclusion would have been far more dramatic and created weeks of much more intense controversy.

As most of us have learned, there is no limit to how far "what if" questions can be stretched, regardless of whether they stay within the confines of reasonable, or relevant.

Well, this story is from NBC, and I just saw it originally on the crawl at the bottom of the screen on ESPN. Wasn't even a commentary.

It was an incorrect call. The NFL has said so. By my scorecard, you are the only one who has said otherwise.

You probably think the "Fail Mary" call was correct, too.

Sic 'em Rich

You might need a much bigger scorecard, Rich, but I understand the league threw their official (who once again) was in ABSOLUTELY PERFECT POSITION to rule on what he observed, and decided (as his responsibility) that a violation did not occur, under the nearest bus. In my humble, and far too often incorrect opinion, Mr. Blandino should be ashamed of himself, for totally abandoning his official, over what is so clearly a judgment call, that depending on perspective can be correct in either direction.

You stick with your scorecard , if you choose. I'm sticking with mine.

I've worked for good and bad bosses. I had one who publicly humiliated me in front of customers for a mistake while doing my job the best I knew how. He was a bad boss. He wasn't my boss for much longer. I didn't take that then, and I won't take it now.

Yeah and they just expanded the overall definition or interpretation for what is a "bat." And now if this happens in the middle of the field, you better call a bat not matter how "obvious" the play becomes.

Also that call was correct. The supervisors at the time said so. The problem is when they speak publicly, they put the people on the field in a bad place when they avoid some wiggle room we used to have.

Peace

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