Andy Reid and Patrick Mahomes’ 150,000 Dollar Fines Must not be Paid Until Referees Making Bad Calls Deciding the Outcome of NFL Games are Also Fined
Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart
The Kansas City Chiefs lost two games in a row, not because
they failed to play the game, but because two referees decided who would win.
On December 3rd, with little time left in the
game, Patrick Mahomes threw a pass to a receiver inside the five-yard line. The
pass was ruled incomplete, although the defender was obviously guilty of
interference. The Chiefs lost.
On December 10, playing the Buffalo Bills, once again there
were seconds left when Mahomes completed a pass to Travis Kelce. Kelce threw a
backwards pass to Toney who scored what would have made the game a tie. A
referee made a call seldom enforced in the NFL, offsides by the offense. Before
the ball was hiked, Toney’s foot was in the neutral zone. The Bills won.
Mahomes and Coach Andy Reid complained vehemently and had
the courage to challenge the competency of NFL officials. A Cowardly
commissioner, Roger Goodell, supported his failed officials and Reid was fined $100,000,
and Mahomes $50,000.
I have watched officials make calls and fail to make calls
which cost teams division championships and at least one Super Bowl. Why are
they not fined for such egregious mistakes? If they screw up it can result in
billions of dollars in losses for a single team.
Op-ed by James Turnage
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