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Old Fri Jan 15, 2010, 10:58am
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Question Conflict of Interest? Vikings-Cowboys divisional play-off game2010
Walt Anderson is scheduled to lead the officiating crew for the Vikings-Cowboys divisional play-off game on Sunday, Jan. 17th. He grew up in Texas, played football at Sam Houston State and currently resides in Sugarland, outside of Houston. He is notorious for being hard on the home team, nothing you can do about that except play wise, but the fact that he is a Texan should be a conflict of interest.?
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That all you got, Fan Boy ??
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Coming from a long time Viking fan and a person who dislikes the whole Cowboy thing.... NO. There is absolutely no conflict of interest here. Guys at this level gave up being fans of any team a long time ago.
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Coming from a long time Viking fan and a person who dislikes the whole Cowboy thing.... NO. There is absolutely no conflict of interest here. Guys at this level gave up being fans of any team a long time ago.
Bingo! This concept is so hard for most fans to understand.
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Dude, with all due respect where you live has nothing to do with a conflict of interest. For all you know he grew up a 49ers fan because that is where his family is from. You obviously know nothing about officiating or you would have come up with something more than this crap you just stated.

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Old Fri Jan 15, 2010, 06:55pm
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Coming from a long time Viking fan and a person who dislikes the whole Cowboy thing.... NO. There is absolutely no conflict of interest here. Guys at this level gave up being fans of any team a long time ago.
Yeah...but you still picked the Cowboys in a coin flip. You are no longer a fan!
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Wait...I grew up in Ohio, and still live here. Does this mean I have to go to another state to continue officiating?
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Old Fri Jan 15, 2010, 01:04pm
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Walt Anderson is scheduled to lead the officiating crew for the Vikings-Cowboys divisional play-off game on Sunday, Jan. 17th. He grew up in Texas, played football at Sam Houston State and currently resides in Sugarland, outside of Houston. He is notorious for being hard on the home team, nothing you can do about that except play wise, but the fact that he is a Texan should be a conflict of interest.?
At your level impartiality is a totally foreign concept beyond your grasp. I'm not smart enough to explain it to you so you would understand, and not dumb enough to waste time trying.
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Old Fri Jan 15, 2010, 01:47pm
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I heard he was a direct decendant of Lief Ericksson, thus a Viking fan and has since declared himself unfit to do the job. Maybe it is just a INTERNET RUMOR though!
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Old Fri Jan 15, 2010, 02:32pm
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Anyone who would think there is a problem with this assignment likey also believes the League will "make sure" Dallas wins because who wants the prospect of the Vikings in the SuperBowl with their "huge" TV market.
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Thanx everyone for your insights and opinions! Let the game begin!
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I thought I had heard a NFL official wasn't eligible for a city if he lived so many miles from that city or in that city. Anybody know for sure?
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I thought I had heard a NFL official wasn't eligible for a city if he lived so many miles from that city or in that city. Anybody know for sure?
This is possible (I don't know for sure either way), but I'm pretty certain Houston isn't nearly close enough to Dallas to qualify for this exclusion.
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I doubt there's any kind of "must live so many miles from city X" rule.

One of the official's on Tony Corrente's crew is from the Twin Cities, and his crew worked the Minnesota @ Green Bay game in Week 8. The members of an NFL crew live all over the country... if you had a mileage restriction in place, no crew would be eligible for any game.
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