Seahwkgal":2hylpunc said:
Holy christ. How long has it been? 7 years? Time to get over XL. I have been over it for that long. Geez.
(I would like to think - and hope - that your intent with the usage of your choice of first two words in your reply would not be appropriate for this forum.)
It was the Super Bowl. Sort of a big deal. How many Super Bowl appearances do the Seahawks have in franchise history? Didn't Hawks fans (as well as that team that worked so hard to get there) deserve to see the game called equitably?
I'm pretty sure the following is related to exactly what was posted:
“I kicked two calls in the fourth quarter and I impacted the game and as an official you never want to do that. It left me with a lot of sleepless nights and I think about it constantly. I’ll go to my grave wishing that I’d been better.” - Bill Leavy (Aug 2010)
http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/20 ... -seahawks/
(Seems like Leavy is having a difficult time getting over it unless he was being disingenuous about the sleepless nights.)
Sure, one cannot change the past. But, that doesn't mean history should be forgotten. Otherwise, how would injustices ever be determined to be just that? Just because it's brought up... doesn't necessarily mean someone is complaining and I personally don't think anyone deserved to have you lash out at them. It happened and there's definitely a body of evidence to suggest there was some sort of shady stuff goin on surrounding that game. The point was not being belabored. It's simply being brought up in light of apparent new information.
Someone had posted a link to an online document (perhaps it was a book in online form) about the mafia in sports gambling, etc. back when all this was blowing up after the game in 2006. I started reading it, but then I think I stopped because I decided I'd rather try to remain as naive as possible to try to enjoy what I think (and hope) is fair competition as I root for my team and enjoy the sports I like to follow. I know there's a lot of conspiracy theory writings... but, not sure that one was such.