Worst Officiating Ever

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I got caught in the vortex of youtube related videos and came across this lovely call.

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Really is amazing how some of these of calls get made. I get the whole looks like the right calls at game speed. But seriously.
 

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the Olympics have had some doozies:

How about the ref job on Roy Jones Jr at the Seoul olympics

72 US mens hoops vs Russia (game clock debacle)

Those were both ridiculous. Holyfield got jobbed at the Olympics too.
 

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Those were both ridiculous. Holyfield got jobbed at the Olympics too.

The timing mishap in the fencing this year was also really atrocious..... but maybe the worst ever was the Canadian Ice Dancing team getting hosed in 2002.

The French judge admitted that she was pressured into voting the Russians #1 in return for a favor for the French skaters later... and then she recanted her statement.... and then she was mysteriously suspended for "misconduct" anyway. It was so bad that they actually ended up giving the Canadians a second gold medal and threw out the point totals from the records.
 

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I can't believe that no one has brought this one up:

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The timing mishap in the fencing this year was also really atrocious..... but maybe the worst ever was the Canadian Ice Dancing team getting hosed in 2002.

The French judge admitted that she was pressured into voting the Russians #1 in return for a favor for the French skaters later... and then she recanted her statement.... and then she was mysteriously suspended for "misconduct" anyway. It was so bad that they actually ended up giving the Canadians a second gold medal and threw out the point totals from the records.

I don't remember that one, but it sounds typical of the Olympics. They've long been full of that sort of thing - bribed judges & officials, judging or officiating along national and political lines, trading favors, etc. My wife was on the South African gymnastics team in '88, but didn't get to go due to an injury. She says some of her teammates claimed afterwards that they were propositioned by officials for sex in return for scores. A very crooked business all too often.
 

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but maybe the worst ever was the Canadian Ice Dancing team getting hosed in 2002.

Nothing p!sses Lax off more than unruley judging of ice dancing!!

He is spitting mad!

He can't even consider thinking about the '02 Ice Dancing Debacle anymore...


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In junior high I was carrying the ball as a RB, and the ref purposefully ran into me and stripped the ball. Caused a fumble recovered by the other side.

(He thought that we were purposefully running every play into where he was assigned to stand on the field).
 

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I can't believe that no one has brought this one up:

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That was a horrible call; Clowney's hit and subsequent fumble and turnover were instant kharma and proof that God exists and, at times, intervenes in our lives.
 

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That was a horrible call; Clowney's hit and subsequent fumble and turnover were instant kharma and proof that God exists and, at times, intervenes in our lives.

The ref later said that he didn't know why he called it a first down because UM was, in fact, short.
 

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In junior high I was carrying the ball as a RB, and the ref purposefully ran into me and stripped the ball. Caused a fumble recovered by the other side.

(He thought that we were purposefully running every play into where he was assigned to stand on the field).

Thats awful...what an a-hole...What did your coach do?

its one thing to teach your kids that bad calls are part of the game...refs are human, etc.

....but to seriously have a ref strip the ball...If I was your coach, I may have gone to jail that day...
 

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That was a horrible call; Clowney's hit and subsequent fumble and turnover were instant kharma and proof that God exists and, at times, intervenes in our lives.

I've watched that a couple times now. Does the official holding the first down marker actually move it closer to the ball when the ref looks at it for the second time?
 

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Yes, as a lover of the Irish, I remember the Bush Push, I remember the phantom clip that cost us a National Title. Also, as a Pacer fan I remember the Larry Johnson 4 point play. As an American I remember the 1972 Munich Olympics. USA vs. USSR basketball game. Doug Collins sinks two free throws to win the game, and the USSR was granted a phantom time out. Time expired and the USA won. Then there was 3 seconds put back on the clock, the USSR got a chance at a long pass, it failed and the USA won again. But they said that time was being put back on the clock when play began and they put another 3 seconds on the clock, this time the pass was caught and the shot made. The USSR won. The American teams refused their medals and to this day remain in a Swiss vault, until all agree to accept them. You can google the end of the game. But what I can't find is the video where Collins makes the free throws and time expires.
 

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I got called for a foul once in basketball.... far and away the worst officiating ever. Never happened. Trust me.

But seriously: USSR vs USA olympic basketball --- outrageous and overtly biased.
 
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OldManMike is right about all sport. But I took this thread to be about football.

You can talk about all the shiit you want, but I have never seen a game with a play by play sportscaster imploring for information about what the refs were doing, like Brent Musberger did. That, "What is going on?" was really a low water mark, as stated by the 'driftwood' of college football reporting.
 
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OldManMike is right about all sport. But I took this thread to be about football.

You can talk about all the shiit you want, but I have never seen a game with a play by play sportscaster imploring for information about what the refs were doing, like Brent Musberger did. That, "What is going on?" was really a low water mark, as stated by the 'driftwood' of college football reporting.

I still don't know about that call. The ND guy definitely didn't run into our punt returner and it looked like a bad call to me, but both the head of CFB officiating and NFL officiating said the refs made the right call because your guy was too close and it interfered with his ability to catch the punt. Iffy call. Maybe one of those calls that defies common sense but is technically correct.
 

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I still don't know about that call. The ND guy definitely didn't run into our punt returner and it looked like a bad call to me, but both the head of CFB officiating and NFL officiating said the refs made the right call because your guy was too close and it interfered with his ability to catch the punt. Iffy call. Maybe one of those calls that defies common sense but is technically correct.

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