Head Ref, Bill Vinovich, hasn’t called a Saints game since the NFCCG blown call in 19

He should never step foot in our superdome ever again

He has not. No way that is just by chance.

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He has not. No way that is just by chance.

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Pretty sure a certain referee wasn't allowed in Oakland for a long time... perhaps it was the tuck rule ref? Not sure

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Some of you don't know diddly about football officiating. The call was a blown call but it wasn't Bill Vinovich's responsibility to make that call. If he would have thrown a flag from the Referee position then he would have been downgraded by the NFL.

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I think most of is know and understand that... but the "white hat" is the public face of the crew and such he's the 1 who receives the ire when something goes wrong

Also... that was a playoff game so it was a mixed crew... though several members of that crew (3 IIRC) were on Vinovich's regular crew for that season

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Let’s not forget that Bill (from Los Angeles) claimed he didn’t see anything, but there were

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This is 100% right. He lied through his teeth.

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Let’s not forget that Bill (from Los Angeles) claimed he didn’t see anything, but there were multiple shots of him staring down the play.

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Bill Vinovich:

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"It's a judgment call by the officials," Vinovich told the media following the game where the Rams edged out the Saints 26-23 in overtime. "I personally have not seen the play."

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Bill Vinovich watching the play:



Even though it was not Vinovich's initial call to make, he could have huddled the crew to discuss the call.

Vinovich has huddled his crew in other NFL games to discuss calls.

Four members of this allstar crew were from Southern California.

I don’t know, sadly, if you can call him an idiot though. He did get “rewarded” shortly thereafter by being named head official for the Super Bowl.

Patrick Turner and Gary Cavaletto are the other 2 officials...neither has done a SAINTS game since the worst non call in nfl history...what piss me off is Turner had his hand on his flag and Cavaletto waived him off...it's on tape

The sad part is that Vinovich was pretty solid in Saints games leading up to the NFCCG. I actually looked forward to games he’d call for us because it wasn’t a shitty crew that flew flags every play. Unfortunately, he and his crew choked and held onto their flags through the most blatantly obvious no call in league history. F him

Fact is that the NFL's lax approach to enforcing its own rules smeared the credibility of its own product. FINALLY, an outrageous mistake caused a team to miss the Superbowl.

The NFL is entertainment. It's a show. It's not a legitimate competitive sport organization, IMHO.

The "No Call" was, more likely than not, intentional. Los Angeles is a HUGE mass media market and the financial best interests of the NFL were served by having the Los Angeles Rams represent the NFC in the Superbowl.

Mission Accomplished.

Epstein didn't kill himself, either.