News Comment #5
26 09 2012
A call who some say cost the Green Bay Packers a tally in the win column Monday night against the Seattle Seahawks is a hot topic with sports sites, NFL commentators and specialists, and football fans everywhere this week.
Now three weeks into the season with replacement referees, the fans are beginning to see a difference. The last call of the Packers Seahawks game came down to a Hail Mary pass thrown by Seahawk’s quarterback Russell Wilson. The back of the end zone was filled as both teams went up in the air to fight for the ball. Packers safety M.D. Jennings and Seahawk Golden Tate came down simultaneously with the ball. As Jennings landed on top and the two wrestled to the ground, one of the end zone referees signaled a touch back while the other signaled a touchdown. From that moment on, people have been raising a lot of heck about these replacement referees. Spectators also didn’t forget about the pass interference call the refs didn’t call during all that commotion or the few questionable flags before that as well.
As this article mentions, headlines from different sports websites read different things such as, “DISGRACE!” “Nightmare scenario,” “The Straw That Broke the NFL’s Back,” and many more. Twitter users also took to their accounts to express their anger towards the NFL and the outcome of the game.
As the whole deal with the replacement referees in the NFL has been building this is news for anyone who likes football or maybe even is just a football fan. Of course, if a reader doesn’t care about football or the recent replacement referees, then any of the football related news article is not news for them. For me, I would consider this news. For someone who doesn’t care about football at all, this would not be news for them at all.
Considering the popularity of the NFL, it would be hard to argue this isn’t news. And people do like conflict and controversy.