leave no room behind with xfi pods. simple. easy. awesome. click or visit a retail store today. bret: the super bowl will go on as scheduled just in case you are wondering. this after a federal judge refused to order the nfl to implement a rule that could have led to a do over of the nfc championship game between the new orleans saints and los angeles rams. a judge rejected arguments by two saint s season ticket holders who filed suit after referee failed to call a penalty against a rams player at a key point in the final minutes of that game. there you see that moment, the pass interference that was not called. patriots-rams on sunday. the bitter cold has settled into the midwest and while at record
hours. but the call was so blatant, so egregious and it took the nfl a week and a half even to say anything about it. goodell had to say something. i mean, how do you miss that? i don t like to blame the refs right there but that sets up the game-wins touchdown or feel goal and the saints going to the super bowl. the refs are going to get it right most of the time. maybe they put an extra person or two in the booth so as they re setting up the play, they call down and say stop the play, we have pass interference, you have 25 seconds to look. every incomplete pass you have wide receivers and quarterbacks
a pass interference in the championship game against the rams. gee, you think? here s the play which you have seen. you can see the d-back make contact with the receiver before the ball aarrived. there it is. no, that s not pass interference. what are you playing alabama? i digress. and i kid in this case. goodell says he will consider a rule change to address missed calls like that one. david lee miller reporting from new york. david lee? the commissioner says it was not a consideration and he didn t have the authorities to change the controversial ruling or lack thereof that some fans believe cost the saints the nfc championship and a trip to is super bowl. goodell has not spoken out till today. he ruled out another ref on the field. he said the nfl is going to examine what happened, but he
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be taken care of. look, in my opinion now, college football has eight officials, the nfl has seven. i think they need to add an eighth and i say this not out of a lack of respect for officials but technology is improving at a faster rate than officiating so it s time to suck it up and actually say we need to use more technology by hiring an eighth official, not involved with replay called the sky judge, i call them. and he has a booth in the stadium with replay equipment and he can immediately as the eighth member of this crew just call down to the referee and say i got the look, it s pass interference on the rams, it s new orleans ball first and goal at the sixth, it will take 15 to 20 seconds to fix it. not a three-minute stop on replay and it just gives officiating another tool for them to use and focus only on the major fouls, the player safety fouls, the pass