{"id":6327,"date":"2012-09-26T08:30:55","date_gmt":"2012-09-26T15:30:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.questionpro.com\/?p=6327"},"modified":"2023-06-06T06:17:13","modified_gmt":"2023-06-06T06:17:13","slug":"is-it-time-to-give-the-nfl-officials-what-they-want-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.questionpro.com\/blog\/is-it-time-to-give-the-nfl-officials-what-they-want-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Is it Time to Give the NFL Officials What They Want?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"A1_20120925054915_640_480_20120925073220_320_240\" src=\"https:\/\/www.questionpro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/a1_20120925054915_640_480_20120925073220_320_240.jpg\" alt=\"image\" width=\"320\" height=\"240\" \/><\/p>\n<p>If you haven&#8217;t heard about the controversy surrounding Monday night&#8217;s football game (Green Bay Packers vs. Seattle Seahawks), then there&#8217;s a chance you&#8217;ve been living in a cave. Not only has it dominated every sports news publication and my evening news channel, but even\u00a0President Obama is talking about it.\u00a0In case you have indeed been living in a cave, get the recap of the game (and the controversial call)\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/espn.go.com\/nfl\/story\/_\/id\/8423928\/nfl-statement-says-refs-made-right-call-end-game-green-bay-packers-seattle-seahawks\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Packer&#8217;s guard T.J. Lang was clearly unhappy about the outcome of the game, with his post-game tweet already becoming the third most retweeted tweet of all time (after only ten hours).<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"yahoo_langtweet1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.questionpro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/yahoo_langtweet11.jpg\" alt=\"image\" width=\"500\" height=\"115\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Obviously with so much negative attention the refs have already faced, this may be the straw that breaks the camel&#8217;s back. Now, we all know NFL commissioner Roger Goodell isn&#8217;t the one who is actually locking out the refs, but fans, players, and coaches are demanding he steps up to help end the lockout.<\/p>\n<p>What do you think? \u00a0Take our <a href=\"http:\/\/micropoll.com\/t\/KE5dVZQGQV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Poll!<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">LEARN ABOUT: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.questionpro.com\/blog\/straw-poll\/\">Straw Poll<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you haven&#8217;t heard about the controversy surrounding Monday night&#8217;s football game (Green Bay Packers vs. Seattle Seahawks), then there&#8217;s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":119,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[191,210],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Is it Time to Give the NFL Officials What They Want? 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