Rocky Mountain Football League

Regardless of who it is, in my eyes a rule is a rule regardless of who it is and that's how I vote unless there is solid proof to prove otherwise in the appeal. Feel free to ask Brad or Jess.

 

Lets let it ride for now. No use in talking about it now. It will only be extremely counter productive.

 

Respect and expectations goes both ways.

 

Ill come find you before the game and we'll have a friendly chat

My response: You were at the game and witnessed it, so you saw everything? You saw what happened in the pile? You heard what was said? No you didnt, we as officials don't see everything (NEWSFLASH!) and sometimes what we see and what we think we see are two conflicting things. That's why there's instant replay in football as you well know.

Ok I get that part so if he did nothing wrong why can't he get the MVP if he deserves it?? If it was that bad of a call then why does he still have the punishment??


Sometimes, (and I know you'll find this shocking) we as game officials make bad decisions. Perhaps more often, we fail to put ourselves in the best of positions, or fail to attempt in preventing bad things from happening.

Yes I agree, but as a ref the commish should stand behind you. You get the bad with the good. If it was that bad of a call then the ref should hang his whistle and never ref another game in any league. I as a ref know I have butchered calls but have never ejected someone without seeing first hand something that would warrant an ejection. 1st string or 3rd string it doesn't matter you don't just eject someone.....


"Also admitting you make mistakes opens a whole other can of worms. So can teams get games overturned because they submit film for bad calls? "
My response: No... bad calls are a part of football. Always have been, always will be. Bad calls are not subject to an appeal process in the RMFL, the owners are too smart to vote in such an idiotic idea.

Ok explain the $50 rule infraction for the unflagged unsportsmanlike penalty?? Or the video review of this "punch". The "punch and ejection was a bad call but has been overturned with the appeal process in the RMFL...

"Wow what a joke of a league, who is in charge?"
My response: The RMFL is in better hands than its ever been, just ask your owners. Were you around in 1999 when the league was started? I was... it's come quite a ways since then. In 2000, I literally showered at a car wash across the street from the football field after playing the Wasatch Wildcats in Utah because there wasn't a locker room and i wasn't staying the night at a hotel. Trust me when I say that Brad, Sarge, Jess, Jared and the boys are doing a fine job.

I will say this is a first for the league, but to make it better things like this need, to happen and I am guessing next year some rule will be applied.....


My response: Wouldn't be the first time (nor will it be the last) that I've been told that I need glasses. Yes you're right, it doesn't matter one bit if even 100% like it. Coincidentallt it doesnt matter that you hate the decision. We made this decision based on what's fair, nor what's popular.

That's fine and dandy but to make this an even better league next year you can take some forum discussion and learn from it....


"WOW slap in the face to all referee's out there. You hired him to ref the game for a reason. The ref who you had faith in to ref the game now you don't have his back?? Obviously officials make great calls and bad calls depending on who the call is against. To come out and say this official threw Messi out because he didn't see what happened.

My repsonse: Jess, myself, and Jared, all have complete faith in our officials, and yes we have their back. They ruled as best they could have, based on what they saw, but in this case, there were many many things to consider that not one or even two officials could pick up on without the use of film.

Your lack of faith is portrayed on the whole game film. The ref was a lot closer to the situation then any camera plus I bet your camera didn't get any language that was used. Like I said as an official I would love for the commish to privately tell me what a bad call it was, in this case a horrible call and take my flag and whistle away and tell me to retire... Like I said the ref is human you take the good with the bad except in this case. All this could of been resolved with the simple he is appealing the suspension we will look into July 2nd....


My response: We're not calling anyone incompetent, except mabye you. Who's incompetent when YOU can't even get his name right? Messi is a soccer player. It's MISI Tupe that we're discussing. I hate to break this to you, but there's not a long waiting list of guys wanting to "run the league." Feel free to apply.

Where do I apply???

My response: Exactly, the game film doesn't lie. Like I said, what the refs saw is only part of the equation, the other part is what the refs didn't see and that's not necessarily their fault.

Like I said you get the good with the bad, I don't think this ref just started throwing people out at random. He must of seen something or heard it. Just think the ref that threw GHOST out which was Jess if we go back and review the film I bet you don't hear the F*** bomb at all. Game film doesn't lie, then tell him he made a bad call, I bet he would say I heard what I heard I saw what I saw I called in the way I was trained to do......


The bottom line is this. The proper process was followed, player was suspended, team appealed, evidence acumulated and submitted, evidence reviewed by unbiased league staff, staff worked through the shades of gray that Sarge mentioned, penatlies reduced after CAREFUL consideration of ALL of the facts and ALL of the evidence provided.

So if you found nothing wrong and this guy deserves the MVP after the game he should be allowed to win it, the sweeping it under the rug seems a little suspicious and makes it even worse. If there was nothing wrong or they found the review didn't warrant the penalty why keep the punishment on MISI TUPE?? To keep 50% happy?? By doing that you are still punishing Misi for doing nothing??? Just saying....

Last word.