http://bayareashows.today.com/2008/09/15/petition-in-protest-of-nfl-referee-conduct-ed-hochuli-chargers-broncos-september-14-2008/ed-hochuli/ home Sun, 08 Nov 2009 12:28:12 +0000 http://www.today.com/version-2.3.1 http://bayareashows.today.com/2008/09/15/petition-in-protest-of-nfl-referee-conduct-ed-hochuli-chargers-broncos-september-14-2008/ed-hochuli/#comment-82 JWilliamson Mon, 15 Sep 2008 20:16:19 +0000 http://bayareashows.today.com/2008/09/15/petition-in-protest-of-nfl-referee-conduct-ed-hochuli-chargers-broncos-september-14-2008/ed-hochuli/#comment-82 The officials MUST have been paid off. We can thank the Denver IT department for screwing up the first call when the replay monitor was conveniently broken. But the fumble and the whistle blow was the last straw. If this were Spain or England and the sport was 'futbol', the referee would be tared, feathered and eventually burned at the stake. He should be grateful he was in Denver and this is America. The officials MUST have been paid off. We can thank the Denver IT department for screwing up the first call when the replay monitor was conveniently broken. But the fumble and the whistle blow was the last straw. If this were Spain or England and the sport was ‘futbol’, the referee would be tared, feathered and eventually burned at the stake. He should be grateful he was in Denver and this is America.

]]> http://bayareashows.today.com/2008/09/15/petition-in-protest-of-nfl-referee-conduct-ed-hochuli-chargers-broncos-september-14-2008/ed-hochuli/#comment-57 p sanchez Mon, 15 Sep 2008 16:36:53 +0000 http://bayareashows.today.com/2008/09/15/petition-in-protest-of-nfl-referee-conduct-ed-hochuli-chargers-broncos-september-14-2008/ed-hochuli/#comment-57 The worst part is most people around the country only know about the one call at the end of the game. They don't realize that there was another game changing call at the begginning of the game that gave the broncos another TD. The replay machine was conviniently not working for the chargers in the 1st quarter. There were many other questionable calls as well, phantom facemasks, flags that were thrown and picked up because they went against denver. This was so poorly disquised that I am on the verge of abandoning the NFL as a product, I am debating whether or not I can continue to believe in the credibility of this league. This has been going on for so long, few years ago it was the seahawks getting robbed in the superbowl, but this might be the straw that broke the camels back for me. The worst part is most people around the country only know about the one call at the end of the game. They don’t realize that there was another game changing call at the begginning of the game that gave the broncos another TD. The replay machine was conviniently not working for the chargers in the 1st quarter. There were many other questionable calls as well, phantom facemasks, flags that were thrown and picked up because they went against denver. This was so poorly disquised that I am on the verge of abandoning the NFL as a product, I am debating whether or not I can continue to believe in the credibility of this league. This has been going on for so long, few years ago it was the seahawks getting robbed in the superbowl, but this might be the straw that broke the camels back for me.

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