Elias Sports Bureau of Officiating

It’s just football dude

Look at all those details.

Sounds a lot like VAM and Compass for teachers

Newsflash:
Officials cheat!!!
If you pay attention to point spreads and totals it becomes even more obvious. The fact that the NFL almost never disciplines them makes it so easy for this to happen. There are legitimate missed and blown calls also, but cheating is happening. I don’t think players cheat, but the officials don’t make huge salaries and have the ability to change games on “judgement” calls whenever necessary. This is not only happening in football....it’s with anything that you can place a bet on.

Ya'll are really taking that Cowboys loss personal

the nfl directly influences the games with bad officiating. last night, the officials didnt even miss the penalty on the fg block the flag was thrown. it was picked up with a "j/k no flag"

the nfl does this shite every game every week directly in our faces like we are stupid. the nfl needs to be investigated for point shaving imho. they are cheating the game, players, and fans. it shouldnt be allowed to continue. no accountability, but it is one of the many reasons people are getting tired of their shite.

i am on board with this. have an upvote

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I've never seen so much crying over an 11-2 team

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I understand but it’s been pointed out several times Cowboy’s fans have started most of the threads since the game. You gotta expect a Louisiana based message board to have some bitching after a Saints loss. It was much worse after the Bucs game when we thought we were gonna have a great D and they shite the bed. Fortunately the D has turned around but our O has been lame for 3 games now, except for 4th Q Sunday. If we’d have won I’d be trolling also, so hat off to you

I think being a NFL referee is a ridiculously tough job and now we can watch their frick ups on huge HD television. Also we have message boards and 24 hour news pounding into our heads how much the refs fricked up. I’d hate to be a college or NFL referee, no freaking way.

The only problem I really, truly have with the on-field officials, is that some of them probably need to retire due to old age. I don't think it's reasonable to expect 50 and 60 year old guys - no matter how much they work out - to be able to officiate a game of 20 and 30 year olds. The game is too fast and too complex.

The officials are human, mistakes will be made.

The problem I have is, the system to fix those mistakes is horribly broken.

Setting up the command center in NY was supposed to help this process, but it seems like it has just added more inconsistency to it.

We don't need congressional committees...we just need common sense changes.

1) All scoring plays, change of possession plays, and plays where the line to gain has been ruled on the field as having been achieved, as well as all plays in the last 2 minutes of each half and all plays in OT, are subject to booth review. Coaches cannot challenge these plays.

2) Coaches are given one challenge per half. Anything can be challenged, but only one aspect of a play can be challenged, and that aspect is communicated to the official. That is what is looked at. If the coach wins the challenge, he keeps it. If he loses the challenge, he loses it for the half, as well as a timeout. He must have a timeout available to challenge.

3) The evidence must be clear to overturn. If it's a "judgement call" then the call on the field stands.

The replay system is meant to fix obvious errors on major plays. It has become a system where stupid ticky tack stuff is reversed on shaky evidence, while large errors are deemed "not reviewable"