Patriots Fans Petition Super Bowl

[ATXDazed]

http://www.petitiononline.com/XLIItrut/petition.html

To: National Football League; Commissioner Roger Goodell
We the fans of the New England Patriots demand that the National Football League and Commissioner Roger Goodell review the last 1:40 minutes of the Super Bowl held February 3rd 2008. At 1:22 in the fourth quarter, after Jacobs attained a first down the clock was stopped. The following are the rules regarding clock management in a game.

1. The stadium game clock is official. In case it stops or is operating incorrectly, the Line Judge takes over the official timing on the field.
2. Each period is 15 minutes. The intermission between the periods is two minutes. Halftime is 12 minutes, unless otherwise specified.
3. On charged team time outs, the Field Judge starts watch and blows whistle after 1 minute 50 seconds, unless television does not utilize the time for commercial. In this case the length of the time out is reduced to 40 seconds.
4. The Referee will allow necessary time to attend to an injured player, or repair a legal player’s equipment.
5. Each team is allowed three time outs each half.
6. Time between plays will be 40 seconds from the end of a given play until the snap of the ball for the next play, or a 25-second interval after certain administrative stoppages and game delays.
7. Clock will start running when ball is snapped following all changes of team possession.
8. With the exception of the last two minutes of the first half and the last five minutes of the second half, the game clock will be restarted following a kickoff return, a player going out of bounds on a play from scrimmage, or after declined penalties when appropriate on the referee’s signal.
9. Consecutive team time outs can be taken by opposing teams but the length of the second time out will be reduced to 40 seconds.
10. When, in the judgment of the Referee, the level of crowd noise prevents the offense from hearing its signals, he can institute a series of procedures which can result in a loss of team time outs or a five-yard penalty against the defensive team.

Nowhere in the above rules does it state that in the conditions of what was happening on the clock should be stopped. Also in addition to this six seconds were added to the game clock. Had this illegal clock stoppage not occurred there would have been 40 seconds less time on the clock, 46 seconds less if you consider the six seconds added on after the play. This means that after that play, if the clock was running the way it is supposed to by the rulebook, there would only be 42 seconds left on the clock. Furthermore if this was not enough on the subsequent play time was not taken off during the play followed by a random flashing of numbers on the clock.

The following drive took the Giants a total of 52 seconds on the game clock from the point that six seconds were added to the clock. However if the time was managed the way it was supposed to be there would have been no time left on the clock after Eli Manning was tackled at :50 seconds on the game clock. This irrefutable proof demands that Super Bowl XLII be reviewed from the point of the first illegal stoppage.

We the fans of the NFL demand that Commissioner investigate this matter as it is in his ability and it is his responsibility. The following is what the commissioner may do in this matter.

Commissioner’s Authority
The Commissioner has sole authority to investigate and to take appropriate disciplinary or corrective measures if any club action, nonparticipant interference, or emergency occurs in an NFL game which he deems so unfair or outside the accepted tactics encountered in professional football that such action has a major effect on the result of a game.
No Club Protests

The authority and measures provided for in this section (UNFAIR ACTS) do not constitute a protest machinery for NFL clubs to dispute the result of a game. The Commissioner will conduct an investigation under this section only to review an act or occurrence that he deems so unfair that the result of the game in question may be inequitable to one of the participating teams. The Commissioner will not apply his authority under this section when a club registers a complaint concerning judgmental errors or routine errors of omission by game officials. Games involving such complaints will continue to stand as completed.
Penalties for Unfair Acts

The Commissioner’s powers under this section (UNFAIR ACTS) include the imposition of monetary fines and draft choice forfeitures, suspension of persons involved, and, if appropriate, the reversal of a game’s result or the rescheduling of a game, either from the beginning or from the point at which the extraordinary act occurred. In the event of rescheduling a game, the Commissioner will be guided by the procedures specified above ("Procedures for Starting and Resuming Games" under EMERGENCIES). In all cases, the Commissioner will conduct a full investigation, including the opportunity for hearings, use of game videotape, and any other procedures he deems appropriate.

Please do the right thing and investigate this game.


Sincerely,

The Undersigned

[Keith]

LMAO at the sore losers.

Even if they are correct: (a) they're a little late in raising this now, don't ya think ? (b) why wasn't it raised then--Belicheat caught the Giants with 12 men on the field, so surely his spys should have caught this as well; (c) obviously the Giants would have played differently at the end and would not simply have run out of time; and (d) didn't that extra time benefit the Pats at the end ?? (I suppose the Pats fans don't want to consider that part).

[williemaq]

lol it just goes to show that the NYG needed everything and more to go their way to win that game. That eli Disney commercial is almost as disturbing as him and his brother with Oreo cream on their gump faces.

[Back Country]

Didnt even read most of it

They are f*cking pussys, straight up

I cant tell you how many times i cussed out officials for f*cking up with the clock, but the official is in charge of when it starts and stops and it is his call

Not to mention i can guarantee at some point they were on the beneficial side of it.

To those pats fans, EAD and get over it, you got beat fair and square. Please do the right thing and stfu you whiney f*cks, your making fans of your team and your team look like b*tches. Blow me

[Pap]

yeah ok they'll review this superbowl and not pittsburgh vs seattle? gimme a break

[Back Country]

Great example TOP

sh*t like this happens all the time

[uva3021]

seattle was bad referring, which is subjective

an error in clock operation is not subjective, and if this is true, its a valid argument IMO

and if this were any other time besides the patriots, the responses in this thread would be different

[Pap]

hey look lets all just forget about the superbowl that was handed to them on a silver platter against the raiders

[straightanswers]

Patriot fans are cry babies

[Back Country]

If you went back and watched 10 nfl game you would likely find at least half to have errors in clock management by officials durring pileups, misjudged forward progress, lag in spoting or just straight up mis calls

The kind of bad officiating that happend in the pit/sea game was hardly subjective, blatant would be a good word

I cant speak for everyone, but my response would be no differant. they should grow a pair and stop crying.

Dont recall the play exatly, TO situation, spoting situation and all that but they had momentum and were driving. G men were the better team and with the way they were driving likely would have put it in either way.

Not to mention since it was a clock issue and withing the last 2 mins of the game if the booth or officials had any issues with it they could have reviewed it, the pats could have called attention to it if they believed it was not done correctly. They have no one to blame but themselves.

[Back Country]

Originally Posted by The_Only_Papowski

hey look lets all just forget about the superbowl that was handed to them on a silver platter against the raiders

lol

On your game tonight man

Petition that b*tches

[TTB]

Originally Posted by Back Country

lol

On your game tonight man

Petition that b*tches

Maybe that will shut his ass up!

[uva3021]

is that why people hate the patriots? because of the raiders tuck rule?

[williemaq]

Originally Posted by The_Only_Papowski

hey look lets all just forget about the superbowl that was handed to them on a silver platter against the raiders

Sweet 2 AFC teams in the Super Bowl? And Stealers being spelled with an A? I love this new NFL!!!