I would think that those calls were an important part of the game, though. Removing them, even for the purposes of "condensing" the game seems a bit suspect.
Typical power play. The number one topic on Monday: How the refs affected the contest. Officiating was the story of the lousy game, one in which the winning team was statistically whipped, including the most dismal quarterbacking for a victory in Super Bowl history (rating of 22.6).
Thus, to show any sort of synopsis of the game without mentioning the dubious calls is a whitewash.
It's like the White House running a highlights film of Vietnam and not mentioning that over 58,000 Americans died.
Censorship is insulting. Tell it like it is and revel in the discourse. Have some guts. Tomorrow morning, football will still be this country's most popular sport.
Great post Robert. The NFL takes things a bit too far to keep their "squeaky" clean image. Anyone from the NFL side of things can do no wrong. Like you said, it won't really matter in the long run and most people will respect the league more for saying it like it is instead of playing games.
This is worse than the USA "edited for time and content" version of The Big Lebowsky. The first time I watched that movie, it was the USA version. I found myself continually puzzled during various scenes of the movie, thinking that somehow entire swaths of plot just went right past me. Then, at the end, I remember thinking "I must not be smart enough to get this movie because I have no idea what just happened".
Then, sure enough, the following week, the full version was on another channel and I watched it just to see if I would get it this time. Ummmmmmmm, about 10 important scenes were cut out. Thanxxxxx.
They do this with every single game, this is not news, if you watched any of the other ones, you'd see they don't show everything. It was like that last year. Nice try tho champ.
You go comcast... Kill the controversy with editing; everyone will forget about all those disputable calls. We can't have anyone questioning the referees now can we?
NEWSvine, not Sensationalistcrapvine. Like others before me have said, it's condensed, unnecissary calls and plays have been removed in order to summarize the game. Please avoid posting stuff like this let's not let this turn into digg.
Sorry but I think this is absolutely news. Material parts of the game were definitely removed. Yes, we all know a condensed game doesn't contain all the plays, but in this Super Bowl, there were only about 10 or 20 plays which even mattered... and half of those were the controversial ones.
But they're still showing this game just how they show the other ones, they did nothing but what they're always doing with the other games in the post season, Such as the Pittsburgh vs Indy game, they cut out some of the bad calls because they're trying to show the game within the time allotted for that game. This is not news.
Wow, this kind of pisses me off. The only time a game should be edited is if you're showing highlights. I think sports are a "all-or-nothing" sort of deal. This is more censorship than editing really.
The man, always trying to protect us.
errm...it's a "condensed" version of the Super Bowl. Not the whole Super Bowl, so it's not surprising that the calls, among other things, are missing.
I would think that those calls were an important part of the game, though. Removing them, even for the purposes of "condensing" the game seems a bit suspect.
Typical power play. The number one topic on Monday: How the refs affected the contest. Officiating was the story of the lousy game, one in which the winning team was statistically whipped, including the most dismal quarterbacking for a victory in Super Bowl history (rating of 22.6).
Thus, to show any sort of synopsis of the game without mentioning the dubious calls is a whitewash.
It's like the White House running a highlights film of Vietnam and not mentioning that over 58,000 Americans died.
Censorship is insulting. Tell it like it is and revel in the discourse. Have some guts. Tomorrow morning, football will still be this country's most popular sport.
Great post Robert. The NFL takes things a bit too far to keep their "squeaky" clean image. Anyone from the NFL side of things can do no wrong. Like you said, it won't really matter in the long run and most people will respect the league more for saying it like it is instead of playing games.
Wow. Just wow.
This is worse than the USA "edited for time and content" version of The Big Lebowsky. The first time I watched that movie, it was the USA version. I found myself continually puzzled during various scenes of the movie, thinking that somehow entire swaths of plot just went right past me. Then, at the end, I remember thinking "I must not be smart enough to get this movie because I have no idea what just happened".
Then, sure enough, the following week, the full version was on another channel and I watched it just to see if I would get it this time. Ummmmmmmm, about 10 important scenes were cut out. Thanxxxxx.
Too funny...guess that's why they don't have awards shows for "Best Edited, Watered Down, Censored, and Reality-Steered Books and Films."
They do this with every single game, this is not news, if you watched any of the other ones, you'd see they don't show everything. It was like that last year. Nice try tho champ.
You go comcast...
Kill the controversy with editing; everyone will forget about all those disputable calls.
We can't have anyone questioning the referees now can we?
NEWSvine, not Sensationalistcrapvine. Like others before me have said, it's condensed, unnecissary calls and plays have been removed in order to summarize the game. Please avoid posting stuff like this let's not let this turn into digg.
Sorry but I think this is absolutely news. Material parts of the game were definitely removed. Yes, we all know a condensed game doesn't contain all the plays, but in this Super Bowl, there were only about 10 or 20 plays which even mattered... and half of those were the controversial ones.
But they're still showing this game just how they show the other ones, they did nothing but what they're always doing with the other games in the post season, Such as the Pittsburgh vs Indy game, they cut out some of the bad calls because they're trying to show the game within the time allotted for that game. This is not news.
Wow, this kind of pisses me off. The only time a game should be edited is if you're showing highlights. I think sports are a "all-or-nothing" sort of deal. This is more censorship than editing really.