TheWiseOldFart

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart   Did you watch yesterday’s game between the Miami Dolphins and the Kansas City Chiefs? If you did, you witnessed another low in NFL officiating. Yes, the Chiefs won, but not because the game was fairly called by Roger Goodell’s incompetent officials. Missed calls once again could have decided the game. Yes, Chiefs receivers dropped balls, again, and yes, the offensive line cost them at least one touchdown with the commission of a penalty. However, a national audience once again witnessed the many failures of the worst officiating team in professional sports. Although the Chiefs were significantly violated by the refs, both teams were harmed by calls and non-calls. This has been the pattern over the entire 2023/2024 season. If coaches or players complain about the officiating, they are fined and even suspended. However, Goodell’s referees are never punished for their incompetence. The NFL is a fascist organization which frequently decides the outcome of game...

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 3 rd , 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 $50,00...