If the TD was so "meaningless" why go through all the hassle and time to change it?
A very good question that someone in power should be asking.
This was the deliberate manipulation of the final score of an NFL game with at least the passive assistance by the NFL.Ask yourself the following questions:
- Why
was this play reviewed in the first place? There was absolutely,
positively no reason whatsoever for this play to even BE reviewed.
There was no penalty flag thrown and there was nothing about the play
that was even in question.
- The last thing the official
on the field called was "Penalty declined, Touchdown!" If that was the
call, (which is what he said) why did the teams not line up for the
extra point?
- How can an ENTIRE TEAM of NFL officials
plus the replay officials plus the NFL office (which is in touch with
the replay officials) ALL blow the call when I knew, IMMEDIATELY that
the call was wrong.
If the NFL wanted to protect its integrity (and if they didn't have some degree of interest) in the outcome of this game they could have (and should have) IMMEDIATELY reversed this call within minutes of the final being posted on TV. They didn't, and now it is is being all but ignored.
There should be a criminal investigation into the circumstances of this game by someone outside the NFL. I know, some of you geniuses are going to say "it's over, move on." But that attitude is EXACTLY why people can get away with shyt like this.
Maybe it's not you or your team this time. What about next time?