Do you think the super bowl would have been different if the refs didnt seem 1 sided?
88897
I think the game definitely could have been different (could, not would, there is no way to know).  There were at least three bum calls in my opinion.  Ben's touchdown was not a touchdown.  He was stopped in the air and down before he not so slyly moved the ball over the line (which was out of his posession at the time), though I can see not overturning it since it was not a slam dunk to see.  However, the supposed offensive pass interference that negated a Seahawks touchdown was not cool and neither was the super idiotic illegal blocking call on Hasselbeck where he was obviously tackling.
1064942
no, there was not really any bad calls made. and they can't call for a rematch. if they could tho they would need to rematch the Italy v. US match!!!!!! that was one bad effing ref!!!!
539376
I totally agree.You could almost see Cower paying the refs.And it wasn't just the Super Bowl it was the whole playoffs,all the cheep shots and bad calls that went for The Pittspuke Squealers made the playoffs a joke.Ben Chokesonburger is a joke also.
1074481
Ok maybe not during the whole world cup.. but ya some referees are crazy LOSERS and should be fired! Notably for the Portugal-Netherlands game or even the Italy and USA... they need to change the system! Maybe there should be 2 refs??? I don't know, but it's just not working!!!
110697
the mvp of the super bowl should be the refs.\n\nthe seahawks would have won the game if there was a half desent officiating crew
1088832
i think ref lost his cool, some of the decisions were really childish it was not fair for both teams
145978
The Officials sucked all year, but the better teams can overcome those mistakes.\n\nIn my opinion, the Touchdown was good. (Ball touched the white stripe), the Pass Interference was a close call that could of went either way, and the call on Hasselbeck for an illegal block was horrible.\n\nBut... The Steelers overcame even worse calls in their win over the Colts! \n\nBy the way, it's over a month old now.  Get over it.\n\n(but if you can tell by my user name, I may be a tad biased.)
1173197
I did see this, and it's definitely questionable.  I used to referee soccer and the ball does not have to be directly kicked towards an offensive player to be considered offsides.  Once past the final defender, any ball put in play in that direction will render the player offsides.  This play seemed to be a huge error in officiating at the World Cup.
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.
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.
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!
1061590
It depends on their level of experience in the game. Referees who have been players or coaches or both tend to do a better job. Similarly, players who have been referees or coaches who have reffed or played all do better.
1139199
Referees have >50000 people watching their every call. + over a billion people watching them on TV. That is a LOT of pressure. They are humans after all, they can have flaws too.\n\nOn the other hand, they are professional, so they should behave accordingly.\n\nIn that game per say, there could have been bad calls but since FIFA do not want to use replay in match, they were not able to review the famous penalty call (and many other calls). To me it was not evident either way.  If I was the ref, I would have called it. After reviewing it, not so sure anymore...
135558
Nope.\n\nThis was the worst officiating I have ever seen.  It actually makes me wonder if the game was fixed.\n\nThe "push off" was b.s.  \nThe "hold" they called against Seattle when they got a completion to the one yard line was b.s.\nWhen Rothlisberger ran to the left to get a first down and the wide receiver (no 86) was holding the cornerback.  No call.  b.s.\nI couldn't care less who won the game, but I hate to see the pathetic officiating.
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!!!!!!!!!
100487
He did get the touchdown, the front of the ball went across the line before he hit the ground.  As Ben went down, the ball went back across the other side of the line.  I don't think the ref would have been fooled by him putting it across after the play was over.  Doesn't really matter I guess, the game is over, it's not gonna get changed now.
1112904
ya i think that the refing was unfair, but not just agianst france agianst switzerland too. i did not like that yellow card agianst Phillip Degen. but there were miscalls on both sides