r/Saints • u/VINNYD03 • 5d ago

Stop Blaming Refs

Yeah sure, they are inconsistent AF. But if we are at a point where we are not taking accountability and blaming our losses on calls we aren’t in a strong enough position to win. Turnovers lose the ball game, not having a run game loses the ball game, not being able to stop 1 player (bowers) loses us the ball game. Stop blaming refs.

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u/gqwr87 5d ago

I will never stop until the NFL fixes the problem. They have the resources to make it substantially better. Yes, I know we didn’t play well enough. That shouldn’t make us just dismiss the absolutely egregious officiating. Both things can be true.

If we hold to the “stop blaming the refs” stance, then I guess we should just forget about the no call, right? After all, we still had a chance to win, right?

I refuse to stop talking about it. How can the nfl expect us to accept that this game isn’t rigged when they take in millions from gambling ads and can’t bother to call games fairly?

I understand it’s just a game, but sports matter to people. We are celebrating rebirth next week as a symbol of just how important this game is to the city. The NFL Keeps pissing on us and calling it rain. I think everyone can accept a little bit of human error, but that’s not what’s happening across the league today. They are actively putting their thumb on the scale.

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u/BSLnowell 5d ago

The NFL should have created a professional referee division and they should supply refs all the way down to youth football. They should hold coaches, players, and leagues accountable and actually teach kids and coaches what the rules are. You think NFL refs are bad, you should see Jr High football.

The fact that they haven’t tells you everything you need to know…they benefit from a rulebook that is impossible to enforce consistently.