Louisiana Governor pens letter to NFL

[Neylus]

It’s sad to see the collective health of a city depend on the random outcome of a game. 

Did these losers even see SuperBowl 50??? Talk about screwed by the refs!!!!

[MHS831]

aside from a French festival on a trashy street and river traffic, he can't be too busy.

[Lumps]

i mean this site still clings on to the no calls 4/5 years ago on Cam

[NanuqoftheNorth]

9 hours ago, rbsponsel52 said:

Aints seem to get away with so many penalties like stepping on a players head and consistently grabbing face masks but they want retribution for the hit that caused them to lose the game. Such a loser mentality.

Correct. 

Taking officiating of the ENTIRE game into account, the Saints benefited from several non-calls of potentially game changing infractions.

Unfortunately, media has stoked the flames of outrage by treating a single play as if it existed in a vacuum. 

Adding context, the officials called very few penalties during the game, especially considering the number of obvious infractions.  Yes, the play in question looks egregious in slow motion, but in real time, and at a less than ideal angle of view, it is easier to see why the ref failed to call an infraction.

Many Saints fans are acting like this sort of thing has never happened before.  It happens all the time, including during Super Bowls.  

The reality, before and after the PI non-call, despite having several opportunities, the Saints failed to take control of the game and the Rams took advantage.  This loss falls on the Saints shoulders alone, no matter how much they and their supporters attempt to shift the blame.  

[cptx]

3 hours ago, Lumps said:

i mean this site still clings on to the no calls 4/5 years ago on Cam

I'm pretty sure that nobody put up billboards and filed lawsuits though

[Seltzer]

If you lived in a place like New Orleans, what else do you have to look forward to?  It's an awesome place to party, but excluding the independently wealthy who like being a big fish in a small pond and the people who have never been anywhere else to have any point of reference, it is a depressing place to be.

The lights, smells, and sounds of New Orleans at night are awesome, but they only temporarily mask how utterly depressing the place is during the day.  The city is the absolute dichotomy of a night of hard partying/ awesome time with the inevitable hangover/regret that follows in the morning.

There is nothing for most of the people there to feel good about their station in life independent of the Saints.  The team is a religion and opiate of the masses for a lot of those people. 

And I say this as someone who been way too invested in the Panthers in the past.  Football is entertainment, it's a bonding ritual, and it can bring you joy, but if you are trying to find purpose in it you are doing it wrong.

 

[joeyxfresco]

These snowflakes are gonna watch the 2010 SB instead of the real thing. What a pathetic fan base 

 

[Chaos]

41 minutes ago, cptx said:

I'm pretty sure that nobody put up billboards and filed lawsuits though

Unfortunately the city rejected my billboard putting a public price on Clete Blakeman’s head,

[NanuqoftheNorth]

1 hour ago, Seltzer said:

Football is entertainment, it's a bonding ritual, and it can bring you joy, but if you are trying to find purpose in it you are doing it wrong.

Well said.  This is something all fans of sports, not just Saints fans, would do well to remember.

 

[jfra78]

20 hours ago, joeyxfresco said:

These snowflakes are gonna watch the 2010 SB instead of the real thing. What a pathetic fan base 

 

half the city will believe they just won the SB

[TheMaulClaw]

It's a legitimate concern for the governor of that state.  Yes, it helps in polls, but that ref cost the state of Louisiana millions in revenue because of that no call.

[PantherOnTheProwl1523]

7 minutes ago, TheMaulClaw said:

It's a legitimate concern for the governor of that state.  Yes, it helps in polls, but that ref cost the state of Louisiana millions in revenue because of that no call.

No it doesn't. A football game is not a thing to put a game loss as part of his agenda no matter what transpired. His job is to work for the state he voted in to do and not worry over something as trivial as a football game. He has more pressing and important things to do than babysit a bunch fans.

[TheMaulClaw]

1 minute ago, rbsponsel52 said:

No it doesn't. A football game is not a thing to put a game loss as part of his agenda no matter what transpired. His job is to work for the state he voted in to do and not worry over something as trivial as a football game. He has more pressing and important things to do than babysit a bunch fans.

it's about lost tax revenue.