How can fans let the NFL know the officiating is garbage?

[PATSNUTme]

Bad football is still better than good baseball, basketball, and way better than soccer.

But sending the league a petition from fans would be the way to go. If I had any clue how to do an online petition and what social media to put it on, I'd try do it. I don't get involved in Facebook or others but that would be the way to get a broad range of fans to sign the petition.

 

[Ivan]

I am actually starting to think that this is a deliberate move by the NFL and they want fans to be as pissed off as possible about the pre-season as a way of gaining support for their plan to eliminate 2 pre-season games and expand the regular season. They know fan sentiment is completely opposed to an 18 game season and this is one way for them to try and drive up support for it.

 

[SB39]

I am actually starting to think that this is a deliberate move by the NFL and they want fans to be as pissed off as possible about the pre-season as a way of gaining support for their plan to eliminate 2 pre-season games and expand the regular season. They know fan sentiment is completely opposed to an 18 game season and this is one way for them to try and drive up support for it.

I had a similar thought but for different reasons. I don't think this has anything to do with an 18-game season but I did have the thought that there is something deliberate in the way penalties are being called this weekend to send a message to the teams and players.

 

[PatsWickedPissah]

What MAY happen is that those of us who sometimes watch games w/o the Pats in them will watch less of those games. If there's a significant # who do this ratings will drop. The bad news is that Goodell & the owners are betting that this will be minimal and MORE than offset by the increased # of low info and fantasy fanboys tuning in in greater #s.

 

[MossWelkowski]

Why don't the coaches just decline the holding penalties? All of them make a pact

 

[PatsWickedPissah]

A memo from Goodel would ensue
BB would interpret it "creatively" and do his own thing
First round picks would be lost, fines incurred, suspension...

 

[ThatllMoveTheChains!!!]

What MAY happen is that those of us who sometimes watch games w/o the Pats in them will watch less of those games. If there's a significant # who do this ratings will drop. The bad news is that Goodell & the owners are betting that this will be minimal and MORE than offset by the increased # of low info and fantasy fanboys tuning in in greater #s.

This is what happened to me. I've gone from watching 60ish games a season to just the Patriots.

 

[RayClay]

Can't catch the games in person here in NC, but that booing, intensified and organized, must let even the meathead commissioners know he's ruining the product.

Make it so obvious that non fans start tuning in just for the spectacle of a booing chorus.

 

[Big-T]

We talk about expanding into Europe, does anybody think Euros will watch this slow-paced garbage?

People over here already think it's too slow.

Last night was a complete joke, no sport should be officiated like that.

 

[pats4life12]

We need to make picket signs and go to New York and demand to talk to Goodell and not leave until they let us. Then when they let us talk Goodell we give him what for.

 

[RayClay]

I was at the game and I still had a blast... but holy ****, that was embarrassing for the league.

We talk about expanding into Europe, does anybody think Euros will watch this slow-paced garbage?

Uh, they watch soccer...

 

[RayClay]

Then they have some tea and watch cricket for two days...

 

[mmasterkillah]

Uh, they watch soccer...

The game with no delays except for Halftime and injuries? I'm not sure I see the correlation, as boring as you may believe soccer is.

 

[PatsWickedPissah]

I like the idea of LOUD fan booing noticeable on the telecast.
Also an organized movement to have thousands of yellow flags handed out to be waived by fans after every penalty or in every camera shot. Unfortunately this would cost money and take organization.

 

[chasa]

id have to check, but im pretty sure the patriots had more penalties on them last night, then all of the regular season last year combined.

almost but not quite.

75 total last year, 4.2 per game including the playoffs

This preseason: 20, 10 per game.

 

[JMC00]

There was 22 accepted penalties in ths GB/STL game which makes it 129 accepted penalties in the first 6 pre-season games so far this week. Which means including declined penalties there has to have been over 150 penalties called.

 

[Brady_to_Moss]

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[Skree]

Maybe the NFL wants the games to be longer so TV stations can collect more ad revenue. Thereby offsetting the price they pay the NFL to show games.

As to Europe watching this slow paced garbage, you couldn't be more right. They don't even have commercials during Rugby games because people would riot. They laugh at American football and all the stoppages we have for commercials and discussions over penalties. I can put up with commercials, need to use the facilities at some point, but this constant flag throwing is ridiculous.

 

[SB39]

Maybe the NFL wants the games to be longer so TV stations can collect more ad revenue. Thereby offsetting the price they pay the NFL to show games.

The number of commercials in a regulation NFL game is a fixed constant, no matter how long the game itself lasts. I suppose they could up that number somewhere down the line, but it isn't like the networks get to squeeze in an extra commercial break if a game exceeds 3:30 or something like that.