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Football Officiating => General Discussion => Topic started by: ljudge on February 05, 2011, 07:58:18 PM

Title: ANNOYING ARTICLE ON CNN!
Post by: ljudge on February 05, 2011, 07:58:18 PM

How clueless!  I would love for officials to come out of the woodwork and comment on this!  So, when Mike Carey absolutely, positively NAILS a critical call in a Super Bowl they call it "swallowing the whistle???"  Gimme a break!  He gets it right and this????  Good grief!

http://www.cnn.com/2011/OPINION/02/05/moskowitz.wertheim.super.bowl/index.html?hpt=T2

Title: Re: ANNOYING ARTICLE ON CNN!
Post by: gsrc on February 05, 2011, 08:17:45 PM

What's even better, read the comments at the bottom of the page. So many idiots out there.

Title: Re: ANNOYING ARTICLE ON CNN!
Post by: jjseikel on February 05, 2011, 08:43:09 PM

Quote from: ljudge on February 05, 2011, 07:58:18 PM

How clueless!  I would love for officials to come out of the woodwork and comment on this!

http://www.cnn.com/2011/OPINION/02/05/moskowitz.wertheim.super.bowl/index.html?hpt=T2

Consider it done. I just posted on their site regarding this article.

Title: Re: ANNOYING ARTICLE ON CNN!
Post by: GWK on February 05, 2011, 10:31:11 PM

Quote from: Jaybird on February 05, 2011, 08:43:09 PM

Consider it done. I just posted on their site regarding this article.

And I bumped up the Like number.

Title: Re: ANNOYING ARTICLE ON CNN!
Post by: Diablo on February 06, 2011, 08:44:14 AM

From the text of the commentary,
"The first principle imparted to all medical students: 'Do no harm'. It's not, pointedly, 'Do some good'."

While there may be similarities between practicing medicine and sports officiating, "Do no harm" is a HACK poor example.  Yes, "do no harm" is part of an oath taken by every graduating medical student.  But its literal principle is only applied in situations involving emergency medicine.  If it were applied in general to medical practices, we would not have many beneficial interventions, e.g. invasive surgery and chemo & radiation therapies.  Physicians often times "do harm" for the short term in order to "do some good" over the long haul.

Having wrote that, when the game is on the line, I fully believe "swallowing the whistle" is practiced by many officials and encouraged by supervisors.  Hence, the authors are probably correct in stating, "The officials will not make controversial late-game calls."

If it was a foul or no-call in the first quarter, why not the same towards the end of the game?  It takes real skill and fortitude to let the players determine the game within the context of the rules. 

Title: Re: ANNOYING ARTICLE ON CNN!
Post by: LarryW60 on February 07, 2011, 02:09:24 PM

Here's what I always say: If you want to find out about how officials do their job, consult a financial writer collaborating with a Sports Illustrated writer who's job depends on how many hits his article gets online.
 ^no