In his article “Winning Actually Isn’t the Only Thing”, David
Maraniss explains a deeper meaning to Monday, September 24th’s
Packers vs. Seahawks game. Though he believes the replacement referees made a
horrible call giving the Seattle Seahawks a touchdown instead of the obvious
interception by the Green Bay Packers, he was more concerned and bothered by
the reaction of Roger Goodell, Pete Carroll, the Seahawk’s coach, and Russell
Wilson, the Seahawk’s quarterback. Goodell only thought about helping his
“wealthy ownership clique”, making him hypocritical against his “for the good
of the game” mantra. Maraniss is one of thousands of Packer and Badger fans,
but feels if the Packers would have won the way the Seahawks did, they would
have said something about the unfair call and, also, would not have acted as
though they “pulled off a heroic feat”, as the Seahawks made it to be.
I absolutely
agree with David Maraniss. I am no expert on football, but I could clearly tell
that Jennings had intercepted the ball. When the refs announced the play as a
touchdown for the Seahawks, I was enraged and in utter disbelief. The call was
completely horrible and ridiculous. The Packers were so offended that they
quickly left the field, and I don’t blame them; though if it were me, I would
not have come back on the field. Even though I am a Packers fan, I am not bias.
If the tables were turned and it was the Seahawks who were getting cheated, I
would still believe the call to be unfair.
I think you did a really good job explain Maraniss' reaction towards the, "as though they "pulled off a heroic feat"." I found this article to be very entertaining as well, and I agreed with him, as you did to. In my opinion, it would be interesting to see this call in reverse. Everybody I know has said they would have not joyfully celebrated, but I would find it very interesting to see if everybody would hold up to what they say.
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