Worse than the blown call...

[Steve808]

I believe most PI calls would be a wash unless they only review when the ball is arriving. How many times do you see a receiver push off and then have a defender "interfere" just when the ball is arriving?

IMO, most PI calls are back and forth pushing by both sides.

 

[shaunpinney]

Jared’s helmet mysteriously implodes just before kickoff and Mannion’s helmet suddenly has problems as well. Hmmmmm....

The Saints are allowed to blast music at full tilt while plays are being called. If fans do the deed, fine. But to hand the home team an electronic advantage is a huge disparity of “fair play.”

So.....riddle me this. One or two blown calls vs an entire quarter of unfair competitive advantage...which one is more egregious?

Did they not have a similar issue the last time we played them in the Dome also? the QBs headset just kept cutting out...

 

[tomas]

A Sunday night item explaining a rule that, in theory, gives the Commissioner the power to order a do-over as the remedy for extraordinary unfair outcomes apparently has fueled one lawsuit, and counting.

Via WDSU.com, a New Orleans lawyer has filed a lawsuit seeking to compel Commissioner Roger Goodell to invoke Rule 17 of the official rulebook and replay the balance of the NFC Championship game from the moment Rams defensive back Nickell Robey-Coleman wiped out, without consequence, Saints receiver Tommylee Lewis before a pass intended for Lewis arrived.

The New Orleans lawyer, Frank D’Amico, also has issued a press release that copies and pastes extensively from the original PFT story on the issue, without attribution. (Hopefully, D’Amico’s legal skills far exceed his P.R. abilities.)

A Lafayette law firm separately has informed the NFL that litigation over the outcome could be coming.

Lawsuits like this very rarely prevail. But the league will have to dot some i’s and cross some t’s to get out of this one, especially since D’Amico’s lawsuit undoubtedly will seek emergency relief aimed at forcing the Rams and Saints to reconvene in New Orleans for the final 1:49 of regulation, with the score tied at 20 and the Saints having a first down just inside the L.A. five.

Given that the lawsuit has been filed in Louisiana state court, the publicly-elected local judges may be inclined to take a more favorable look at this, forcing the NFL to potentially scramble through appeals courts and/or federal courts to avoid what could start as a half-joke and quickly become a deadly-serious problem for the league. At a minimum, a state-court judge could force the NFL to emerge from hiding and answer pointed questions about what happened on Sunday, when Rule 17 applies, and why it shouldn’t apply here.

https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.c...come-fuels-lawsuit-seeking-a-rule-17-do-over/

 

[Rambitious1]

A Sunday night item explaining a rule that, in theory, gives the Commissioner the power to order a do-over as the remedy for extraordinary unfair outcomes apparently has fueled one lawsuit, and counting.

Via WDSU.com, a New Orleans lawyer has filed a lawsuit seeking to compel Commissioner Roger Goodell to invoke Rule 17 of the official rulebook and replay the balance of the NFC Championship game from the moment Rams defensive back Nickell Robey-Coleman wiped out, without consequence, Saints receiver Tommylee Lewis before a pass intended for Lewis arrived.

The New Orleans lawyer, Frank D’Amico, also has issued a press release that copies and pastes extensively from the original PFT story on the issue, without attribution. (Hopefully, D’Amico’s legal skills far exceed his P.R. abilities.)

A Lafayette law firm separately has informed the NFL that litigation over the outcome could be coming.

Lawsuits like this very rarely prevail. But the league will have to dot some i’s and cross some t’s to get out of this one, especially since D’Amico’s lawsuit undoubtedly will seek emergency relief aimed at forcing the Rams and Saints to reconvene in New Orleans for the final 1:49 of regulation, with the score tied at 20 and the Saints having a first down just inside the L.A. five.

Given that the lawsuit has been filed in Louisiana state court, the publicly-elected local judges may be inclined to take a more favorable look at this, forcing the NFL to potentially scramble through appeals courts and/or federal courts to avoid what could start as a half-joke and quickly become a deadly-serious problem for the league. At a minimum, a state-court judge could force the NFL to emerge from hiding and answer pointed questions about what happened on Sunday, when Rule 17 applies, and why it shouldn’t apply here.

https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.c...come-fuels-lawsuit-seeking-a-rule-17-do-over/

What a bunch of losers.

 

[RamsJunkie]

They can fuck on off!

 

[Merlin]

Lawyers makin money off of butthurt Saints fans. Awesome.

 

[Varg6]

This is tiring. Do people really think this is going to happen? My god. Not that I ever want to be in that same situation, but if that happened to us I wouldn't be carrying on like this, trying to get lawsuits happen. It just feels like pure sore-losery.

 

[DeaconJ]

 

[SeminoleRam]

A Sunday night item explaining a rule that, in theory, gives the Commissioner the power to order a do-over as the remedy for extraordinary unfair outcomes apparently has fueled one lawsuit, and counting.

Via WDSU.com, a New Orleans lawyer has filed a lawsuit seeking to compel Commissioner Roger Goodell to invoke Rule 17 of the official rulebook and replay the balance of the NFC Championship game from the moment Rams defensive back Nickell Robey-Coleman wiped out, without consequence, Saints receiver Tommylee Lewis before a pass intended for Lewis arrived.

The New Orleans lawyer, Frank D’Amico, also has issued a press release that copies and pastes extensively from the original PFT story on the issue, without attribution. (Hopefully, D’Amico’s legal skills far exceed his P.R. abilities.)

A Lafayette law firm separately has informed the NFL that litigation over the outcome could be coming.

Lawsuits like this very rarely prevail. But the league will have to dot some i’s and cross some t’s to get out of this one, especially since D’Amico’s lawsuit undoubtedly will seek emergency relief aimed at forcing the Rams and Saints to reconvene in New Orleans for the final 1:49 of regulation, with the score tied at 20 and the Saints having a first down just inside the L.A. five.

Given that the lawsuit has been filed in Louisiana state court, the publicly-elected local judges may be inclined to take a more favorable look at this, forcing the NFL to potentially scramble through appeals courts and/or federal courts to avoid what could start as a half-joke and quickly become a deadly-serious problem for the league. At a minimum, a state-court judge could force the NFL to emerge from hiding and answer pointed questions about what happened on Sunday, when Rule 17 applies, and why it shouldn’t apply here.

https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.c...come-fuels-lawsuit-seeking-a-rule-17-do-over/

Great!!! Now, Every questionable call in the NFL is going to end in a Law Suit?!!! Now, I have heard everything!!!

 

[Liberator]

Some lawyer eating off of this

 

[FarNorth]

A Sunday night item explaining a rule that, in theory, gives the Commissioner the power to order a do-over as the remedy for extraordinary unfair outcomes apparently has fueled one lawsuit, and counting.

Via WDSU.com, a New Orleans lawyer has filed a lawsuit seeking to compel Commissioner Roger Goodell to invoke Rule 17 of the official rulebook and replay the balance of the NFC Championship game from the moment Rams defensive back Nickell Robey-Coleman wiped out, without consequence, Saints receiver Tommylee Lewis before a pass intended for Lewis arrived.

The New Orleans lawyer, Frank D’Amico, also has issued a press release that copies and pastes extensively from the original PFT story on the issue, without attribution. (Hopefully, D’Amico’s legal skills far exceed his P.R. abilities.)

A Lafayette law firm separately has informed the NFL that litigation over the outcome could be coming.

Lawsuits like this very rarely prevail. But the league will have to dot some i’s and cross some t’s to get out of this one, especially since D’Amico’s lawsuit undoubtedly will seek emergency relief aimed at forcing the Rams and Saints to reconvene in New Orleans for the final 1:49 of regulation, with the score tied at 20 and the Saints having a first down just inside the L.A. five.

Given that the lawsuit has been filed in Louisiana state court, the publicly-elected local judges may be inclined to take a more favorable look at this, forcing the NFL to potentially scramble through appeals courts and/or federal courts to avoid what could start as a half-joke and quickly become a deadly-serious problem for the league. At a minimum, a state-court judge could force the NFL to emerge from hiding and answer pointed questions about what happened on Sunday, when Rule 17 applies, and why it shouldn’t apply here.

https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.c...come-fuels-lawsuit-seeking-a-rule-17-do-over/

The Saints had their do over. It's called overtime. They lost. They don't get another shot to lose again.

 

[Classic Rams]

By the time this even gets to court it would be months after the Rams celebrate their Super Bowl win. #CantStopUsNow

 

[Akrasian]

Conveniently, the suit is for after that one non-call, and ignore all the others - most of which helped the Saints.

I wonder if those Saints fans realize that their team has already scattered to the winds, while the Rams are gathered to practice for the Super Bowl. I also wonder if they realize that if they piss the NFL off enough for no reason, the NFL could start enforcing rules against them they've been lax on. For instance, noisemakers aren't supposed to be in the stadium. Since the Saints make no effort to stop whistles being brought in, maybe they should have draft picks taken away? Maybe it's time that the Saints need to give up a home game to play internationally - always against tough opponents. Maybe officials will be assigned every game they don't want.

 

[Ewe83]

 

[12intheBox]

I hope they have to pay the leagues lawyer bills.

 

[jjab360]

Only a clown like Florio would take this BS seriously. As if any sports team would let the floodgates open by giving this clown lawsuit more than the chuckle it deserves.

Why not revert the game to the other no calls that the Saints commited in this game and would have changed the game in the Rams favor? Why not replay a game from week 17 when some team got wronged by the refs and missed the playoffs because of it? Why not replay all the Super Bowls the Patsies cheated their way into? What a joke, I didn't realize the Saints and their fan base were such a group of sad, whiny bitches.

 

[Karate61]

The Saints had their do over. It's called overtime. They lost. They don't get another shot to lose again.

They also had a chance to stop the Rams on the final drive of regulation. Screw the Saints!

 

[Malibu]

I think this awful. The ref made a call that I'm is way closer than most thought was obvious.

They conveniently forget about the multiple facemask calls we should sue the NFL for not calling those ref misstakes.

We open Pandora's box if we sue for every call.

 

[dang]

The early line on the lawsuit is LA Lawyers ( -99) vs New Orleans Lawyers.

 

[bubbaramfan]

Rams should file a counter suit, on behalf of game 9, where the ref failed to spot the ball on a Johnny Hekker run that clearly gave the Rams a 1st down. Lets start that game over from that point and see how it all turns out. Mayhaps the NFC Championship game gets played in LA and not NO, where they let the crowd blow whitsles, play loud music when the Rams have the ball.

They wanna go on about non calls, the Rams can point out more than a few that screwed them out of home field advantage. But they are getting overlooked.







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