Lingerie Football League says it fired referees now in NFL
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Lingerie Football League says it fired referees now in NFL
Matt Mullin, Sports Editor
After the controversial finish to Monday night's game between the Packers and the Seahawks, the seat the replacement referees - and NFL Commissioner Rodger Goodell - currently occupy went from hot to scalding.
Making matters even worse is this statement, posted to the official Facebook and Twitter account of the Lingerie Football League by LFL Commissioner Mitchell Mortaza, claiming that officiating crews currently working in the NFL were fired by the all-girl football league due to incompetence.
It reads:
Because of the LFL’s perception it is that much more critical for us to hire officiating crews that are competent, not only for the credibility of our game but to keep our athletes safer. Due to several on-field incompetent officiating we chose to part ways with with a couple crews which apparently are now officiating in the NFL. We have a lot of respect for our officials but we felt the officiating was not in line with our expectations.
We have not made public comment to date because we felt it was not our place to do so. However in light of tonight’s event, we felt it was only fair that NFL fans knew the truth as to who are officiating these games.
There you have it. The referees that are currently protecting the NFL's integrity weren't even qualified to work a game between the Philadelphia Passion and Tampa Bay Breeze.
OMG— bronski- ok now they have credibility ...— FatBoy90
- It was probably not incompetence but that the refs kept putting dollar bills in the uniforms of the players.— drbob1
LOL!- ok, that just cant be true. or the commish is married to the head of the Ref's union.— jim715
- WTH is going on?! I want my NFL back! Is this really happening?— joeydub
What if there was a Super Bowl, and nobody showed up?
This is ridiculous. Hockey is on hold, and football is completely in the tank. I need to find me a good SANE sport....international soccer comes to mind.- Well both leagues sell sex and voilence and both leagues sell tickets and merchandise....one does it on the sidelines, one does it on the field....— nuggett
- Watch your own team. Tune out otherwise. Fire Goodell. Fire Andy... Give me back my football season!— Apollo Creed
- Do fans expect the elite college refs to walk away from their secure jobs to officiate for the fat-cat, scabs playing in the NFL? These bums, who expect everyone else to honor THEIR picket lines when they strike, have thumbed their noses at the regular NFL officials. They deserve the Lingerie League cast-offs.— Boru
- Those women can hit and take a hit. Never noticed the officiating in the LFL and that's the way it's supposed to be in any sport.— meteo30
- Freeh needs to investigate and squash this nfl football ownership cult. Why not - it sounded like arlen specter wrote the nfl's press release...— CrotchetyOldMan
Did any reporter call Goodell or the NFL League office to verify this?!! Sounds like an Onion article to me.
