Prepare to get angry, NFL fans who already think games are over-officiated. According to CBS Sports NFL insider Charley Casserly, the league prefers that officials "err on the side of caution" when penalizing a player for a defenseless hit. "Furthermore," Casserly said Saturday on The NFL Today, "they've also been told that they will not be downgraded if they make a mistake in this area. The reason: the NFL does not want [them] to hesitate on making this kind of call. Now personally, I disagree with this," Casserly said. "When I was on the competition committee, we told the officials: 'If you see it, call it. If you don't see it, don't think that you saw it. Don't call it in that situation.' Our feelings: let fines alter behavior." Source: CBS Sports
Great...you'll get more bullcrap calls like the one in the Colts/Texans game...freaking biggest joke of the season...
Why is this so surprising??? Cloaked in the great 'outcry for safety' is the bottom line that's always been there....the money. Taking out the money makers has always been the weakness in NFL big business. All that's been going on for years is the legislation of protecting those assets. It doesn't take a rocket scientist/accountant to see that taking a player like...mmmm...let's see...like a Peyton Manning out of the mix will impact a team's revenue. Of course legislation will increase... This is about the revenue, not the competitive nature of a violent sport. We'll be lucky if it doesn't get to showing a hour long makeup session before kickoff.
