In the 2006 Super Bowl do you think the refs did a bad job?
82423
Yes the refs made a difference in the game.\n\nSeattle LOST more than Pittsburg won...
153789
I think the refs are just very biased. I don't think they deserve to be ranked as high as they are. They are over ranked but you have to go with what the polls say. I wish there was a way to change it!!!!!!!!!
443278
First off Ill have to say this was one of the worst officiated Super Bowls Ive ever seen, but a conspiracy.....Uhh I dont know. Seattle didnt help themselves by letting Pittsburgh get a 3rd and long early in the game. They also kicked themselves in the butt by letting Willie Parker run vertially untouched into the end zone at the beginning of the secong half. So Seattle fans, you must also point the finger at your beloved Seahawks too. Plus Im sure the Steelers felt the refs redeemed themselves after the blew that call in Indianapolis.
1022644
This ref missed tons of fouls. Argentinian players were fouled time and time again with no call. While they could barely tap a German player, and it would be a foul.\n\nI actually expected nothing less than this. I knew the referees would ruin would could have been a great game. These referees are ruining the entire World Cup for that matter.\n\nGermany knows they got away with one.
159188
I vote for the referees.  They won the game for Steelers.
89576
For sure bad officiating like Holmgren said,"We knew it was going to be tough going against the Pittsburgh Steelers. I didn't know we were going to have to play the guys in the striped shirts as well."\nbad calls for the refs...
886853
Does it really matter? They're refs...
1062249
I certianly agree there have been some embarrasing performances or calls by the ref.  USA-ITA, USA-GHA, TUN-UKR, AUS-CRO, NED-POR, ITA-AUS are just some of them.  However, on the whole, the refs have been ok.  The bad calls receive more attention than the good ones for obvious reasons.  I think the main problem is FIFA's attitude coming into the tournament.  Yellow Cards are meant to let players know that their action was not acceptable, and if seen again they will be gone, and should be used after the Ref has already warned the player.  Red Cards are for extremely vicous fouls.  Of course, pk's and offsides will just be called wrong sometimes, and thats bound to happen, but hopefully the cards will be better next time around, I dont think theres anyway to save face this time.
715875
I doubt it, I believe bad calls by the refs are just bad calls and not attempts to cheat......
1109697
YES i agree with u the officiating is the worst ever at any competition ( i think)
109705
It was not the Rothlesbrger TD, that was actually tough to see.  The worst call was definately the offensive pass interference.  Technically by rule in the NFL it was the right call, however there has never in the history of the NFL been such a petty call.
1038846
I completely agree with you...the refs are being too harsh.
1028817
On Saturday, 2 of the 3 games I saw were absolutely ruined by the refs.  The Italy-USA game was, of course, the worst officiating of a game that I have seen since I took my niece to her little league match last year.  However, the game that nobody seemed to be paying much attention to (including the ref) was the Iran game.  I caught 2 fouls that could have drawn red cards that were completely ignored by the ref, including a cleat to the face that was lucky not to draw blood.\n\nAnd what about Togo on Monday???  That was absolutely a PK that didn't draw any notice AT ALL by the ref in the first half, when Togo was down 1-nil!\n\nBy and large, though, I've thought the officiating to be fair in all but a handful of instances, and think that FIFA is more responsible for the state of the games than the refs, with them begging the refs to throw more cards for simple fouls.
1017146
yes they are especially to all the big named teams.this is the worst officiating i have ever seen and i think fifa needs to put things in place for the next world cup in 2010 so that this doesnt happen again.
1061678
Ive been disappointed with every ref's performance in this years world cup.  I understand that they are trying to make a stand for stupid dangerous tackles but they call fouls much too often.  The referee in that game made many mistakes with throwing cards around like confetti.  The other thing that seems to be really popular in this world cup is the diving.  Ive seen so many players go down before they are touched and the ref's need to be more aware of this.  I also noticed that some ref's in games are biased towards one country and this in unacceptable.
72383
I disagree on the Champ Bailey fumble, there was no good camera angle to confirm it went out of the enzone and not in the field of play. The Samuel/Lelie "defensive" pass intereference...total BS...definately should have been on Lelie if anyone...but certainly...7 pts didn't make a difference anyway with all the turn overs. That being said, no...the officiating was not of the caliber of the playoffs if only based on that BS play alone!
1164017
I agree the refereeing has been bad, but I however don't feel it is all their fault.  Fifa has told them to referee a certain way, which is way more tight then players are used too.  This in turn create way more cards.  While there have been some awful decisions like the 3 yellows, or the PK against the US, most of the refereeing is following the strict rules fifa has put in place.  Referees are just easy scapegoats, they are the middlemen in fifa's plan to clean up the game, and get rid of bad challenges, dives, and time wasting.  I feel right now players are having a hard time adjusting to this, and therefore we are seeing way more cards.