Replacements are Never as good as the Pros!

Most people might have heard about the NFL referee lockout of 2012 and the dim roars started up about the blown calls made by them. But in week 3, most of the noise began to pick up after the blown TD call in the final seconds of the Green Bay and Seattle game on Monday Night Football. That blown call ended up losing the game for the Packers. The play started with the final seconds ticking off the clock, Seattle hikes the ball as a last effort, Russell Wilson throws up a hail mary to the end zone that was intercepted by the Green Bay defense, which would've won the game for the Packer's, but the referees blew the call and gave the touchdown to the Seahawks, even after the refs went back to review the play they still couldn't make the right call.

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In big time NFL games it takes big time players and big time referees. In the article The ref wasn't ready for the big time, Jim Corbett stated, "Working as the sidge judge Monday night, the longtime Southern California high school and junior college official signaled the winning catch by receiver Golden Tate in the Seattle Seahawks’ last-play, 14-12 win against the Green Bay Packers — a call the world believes he blew by turning an obvious interception into a touchdown." This is one  example out of many to suggest that the replacements are not adequate enough to fill the shoes of the missing professional referees. When all the drama was reaching it's peak and would without a doubt escalate into something no sports fans of any denominations would want to see. The lockout ended and football God granted the wish of millions of sports fans.
            The viewers of football thought all was well with the world when the refs came back, but the adoration was short lived. As David Whitley states in the article The Referees Are Back "How did the officials miss Darren Sproles’ fumble in Green Bay? It was almost as bad as last Monday night’s Armageddon call in Seattle, if only it didn’t cost the Packers the game." Was everything what we thought it would be? Packers Guard T.J. Lang said "“I was pretty close to having a little case of déjà vu... But we ended up pulling it out in the end.” But in the end the right call was made and all was made right in the football world. 

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             In conclusion no one can call a perfect game, they can try but ultimately perfection is not a actually goal, just a theoretical one. As the season goes on all the refs will eventually hone their skill once again and make football a little less exciting... for the better. The Green Bay and Seattle game will be a game that will live in our hearts because of this blown call. We can all appreciate the refs for what they do for the game of football. It makes everyone more happy not that the football world is in proper order.