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 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 $50,000. I