re: Payton says league office admits they blew the call

funny.
never realized how she looks like Michael Jackson.

Screw the NFL! The No Flag League when it counted!

We messed up ,but to make up for it we can get you can coach the pro bowl.

Should have to replay the game. Or, Saints should play in the Super Bowl by default!!!

So what can the NFL do about the outcome of the Rams-Saints game? Probably nothing. Bad calls happen. Sometimes, bad calls have bigger consequences than others.

Still, there’s language in the rulebook that could, in the right circumstances, allow the Commissioner to take extreme action in the face of a grossly unfair result.

Consider Rule 17, Section 2, Article 1: “The Commissioner has the sole authority to investigate and take appropriate disciplinary and/or corrective measures if any club action, non-participant interference, or calamity occurs in an NFL game which the Commissioner deems so extraordinarily unfair or outside the accepted tactics encountered in professional football that such action has a major effect on the result of the game.”

Even though Rams defensive back Nickell Robey-Coleman admits that he opted to wipe out Saints receiver Tommylee Lewis because Robey-Coleman believed he’d been beaten for a touchdown, it’s hard to imagine this being the kind of “extraordinarily unfair” act that would have a major effect on the outcome of the game. Then again, the rule is there for a reason; if ever it would be invoked, wouldn’t now be the time to do it?

And here’s where it gets even juicier. Consider Rule 17, Section 2, Article 3: “The Commissioner’s powers under this Section 2 include . . . the reversal of a game’s result or the rescheduling of a game, either from the beginning or from the point at which the extraordinary act occurred.”

Basically, the Commissioner has the power to turn back time to the spot of the penalty that wasn’t called, put the teams back on the field from that point in the game, give the Saints first and goal at the spot of the foul, put 1:49 on the clock, and let the game proceed, tied at 20, with the Rams having one time out left.

It’s inconceivable that it would happen, but it’s sort of amazing that the rulebook even allows for this type of an approach.

And maybe that’s why the league is wrestling with the language of its expected statement acknowledging the error. Maybe the league realizes that, depending on the specific words chosen, the door to a Rule 17 proceeding could inadvertently be kicked open.

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Same with the saints in 09.

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frick you. The NFL wanted us in the Super Bowl so bad they took away our draft picks and suspended our coach for a year. You and the NFL can frick right off.

I just cant get over this non call

Should be required to replay the game from the point just before the pass interference occurred!!!

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Yes, the NFL calls to admit they blew the call. However, does the NFL admit that this was what they wanted to happen? Does the NFL admit they chose an officials crew stacked with LA connected Refs? Does the NFL admit the the officials were doing what they were directed to do?

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Exactly.

The NFL is rigged. I am amazed that more people don't see it. Hell just look at the last play of the Saints/Vikings game and rethink your believe that all is well.

What does the NFL, Roller Derby and the WWE have in common? They are all listed as Sports Entertainment!

What does this mean? It means they are not obligated to have fair contest. They can fix the games without legal repercussions.

All of the refs are in on it and some of the players. You are being duped!

i think you mean right after with the Saints first & goal after assessing the penalty.