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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mondio" data-source="post: 843203" data-attributes="member: 10441">Did they get it right?  i don't know, those plays happen all the time and they only call some of them.  just like holding, hands to face, illegal contact, etc.  There's letter of the rule and intent of the rule and they call it differently in all sorts of situations.  My concern is the integrity of the game.  Bad calls weaken, i know that.  Blown calls weaken it.  BUT, I think evaluating refs on a whole and keeping them sharp is the best way.  I've noticed a decline in officiating as they become more reliant on replay rather than their judgement to make a call.  The "muffed" punt in Detroit last year by King is a prime example.  Not a single ref saw him touch it, yet they all conferred and relied on replay that got it wrong.  But anyway, that's another topic too i guess.  But now they limit it to "big" plays.  Seems like a good way to have behind the scenes string pulling going on to influence outcomes and scores if you ask me.  and for every big play, ever football player knows, it's the little things done all game long that matter just as much.</blockquote>

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