Nobody can take the Super Bowl win away from the Steelers. The reality is that they did everything they could to win and were able to take and keep the lead. In the end, that's all you need to do. However, as a Seahawks fan, I can't help but feel cheated by some of the Super Bowl officiating. It was realy hard to watch call after call go against my team, but at the end of the day the only thing that matters is the scoreboard. It didn't take long for me to come to terms with the fact that the officials are merely human and made some big mistakes that repeatedly impacted the momentum and morale of the game. With instant replay as readily available as it is, there seems to be almost no excuse as to why officials are able to make the mistakes they do, and yet not fix them on the spot. Once again, it's something we all have to accept.

However, when I see articles like this, it really burns me up. I understand the need for the league to position themselves as being infallable, but to say that they're "satisfied" with the performance of their "best" officials is just ridiculous. How many articles like this will it take for the NFL to admit that the number and magnitude of officiating mistakes was big enough to be dissatisfied? It's one thing to make a mistake when you're on a field in front of 60K+ people screaming their heads off with only seconds to make a decision. It's something completely different to pretend mistakes didn't happen (or that the mistakes weren't important enough) when you have the luxury of 24 hours to review a few minutes of game tape.

At the end of the day I'm just a fan. I'll keep paying for my season tickets, keep watching the away games, and keep buying the various trinkets of the industry that help keep it going. The game means a lot more to me than I do to it, and the NFL knows that.

2/7/2006 12:57:49 AM (Pacific Standard Time, UTC-08:00)      Comments [1]  
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