Here's just one story from yesterday's NFL action where the replacement refs did in fact appear to be more clueless than Forrest Gump when listening to Albert Einstein speak.
In a game between the Arizona Cardinals and Philadelphia Eagles, the Cardinals quarterback - Kevin Kolb - got sacked on a 1st down play. The Cardinals were also flagged for holding. To my surprise, the head official stated that Philly would take the holding call and it'd remain 1st down.
At that point, Philly head coach Andy Reid had a few words for the officials and informed them that he wanted to decline the penalty. The head official came out, said the penalty was declined and it'd result in the down being 3rd. Yes - from 1st to 3rd.
Then Arizona head coach Ken Whisenhunt spoke to the official to inform them the down wasn't three. The head official came back out, said that Philly had accepted the penalty and it'd result in it being 2nd down. In other words, Philly declined the penalty and the down went from 1st to 2nd, but the official tried to save some face by not explaining the whole story. This entire process took probably close to ten minutes. If not, it certainly seemed to take that long.
In light of this, I think I've found my calling and will be applying to be an NFL replacement official. I'll just have to explain to the other officials how to count and may bring a few calculators along as well just in case. I may even have the words "I can count" tattooed to my forehead just to let my potential employer know that even if I don't know any of the rules to the game of NFL football, I'm still ahead of the other replacement officials when it comes to math.
In a game between the Arizona Cardinals and Philadelphia Eagles, the Cardinals quarterback - Kevin Kolb - got sacked on a 1st down play. The Cardinals were also flagged for holding. To my surprise, the head official stated that Philly would take the holding call and it'd remain 1st down.
At that point, Philly head coach Andy Reid had a few words for the officials and informed them that he wanted to decline the penalty. The head official came out, said the penalty was declined and it'd result in the down being 3rd. Yes - from 1st to 3rd.
Then Arizona head coach Ken Whisenhunt spoke to the official to inform them the down wasn't three. The head official came back out, said that Philly had accepted the penalty and it'd result in it being 2nd down. In other words, Philly declined the penalty and the down went from 1st to 2nd, but the official tried to save some face by not explaining the whole story. This entire process took probably close to ten minutes. If not, it certainly seemed to take that long.
In light of this, I think I've found my calling and will be applying to be an NFL replacement official. I'll just have to explain to the other officials how to count and may bring a few calculators along as well just in case. I may even have the words "I can count" tattooed to my forehead just to let my potential employer know that even if I don't know any of the rules to the game of NFL football, I'm still ahead of the other replacement officials when it comes to math.
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