Angry Saints fans file lawsuits, put up billboards in Atlanta
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1/22/2019 12:30:18 PM
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After a stunning missed call by officials helped to keep the Saints out of the Super Bowl, jilted fans have been reacting in various ways -- from lawsuits and petitions to billboards in Atlanta and boycotts throughout the New Orleans area, Mike Triplett of ESPN reports.
At least two lawsuits have already been filed by local attorneys on behalf of Saints fans who want to compel NFL commissioner Roger Goodell to use his power under the NFL rulebook to replay the final 1:49 of regulation of New Orleans' overtime loss to the Los Angeles Rams in Sunday's NFC Championship Game.
Meanwhile, Saints fan Matt Bowers has rented billboards in and around the Atlanta area -- where Super Bowl LIII is being held -- to voice his displeasure with the league.
"And I'm not done yet," Bowers, who owns car dealerships throughout the Southeast, said. "I'm going to do my best to bring as much attention to this as possible -- and I'm not going to stop until i make them miserable."
Fans (and some Saints players) clamoring for a rematch have pointed to an obscure NFL rule: According to Rule 17, Section 2, Article 1, which deals with "Extraordinarily Unfair Acts."
According to the rule, the NFL commissioner has the "sole authority to investigate and take appropriate disciplinary and/or corrective measures if any club action, non-participant interference, or calamity occurs in an NFL game which the Commissioner deems so extraordinarily unfair or outside the accepted tactics encountered in professional football that such action has a major effect on the result of the game."
However, Article 2 also states that, "The Commissioner will not apply authority in cases of complaints by clubs concerning judgmental errors or routine errors of omission by game officials. Games involving such complaints will continue to stand as completed."
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Jan
22
1/22/2019 12:30:18 PM
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After a stunning missed call by officials helped to keep the Saints out of the Super Bowl, jilted fans have been reacting in various ways -- from lawsuits and petitions to billboards in Atlanta and boycotts throughout the New Orleans area, Mike Triplett of ESPN reports.
At least two lawsuits have already been filed by local attorneys on behalf of Saints fans who want to compel NFL commissioner Roger Goodell to use his power under the NFL rulebook to replay the final 1:49 of regulation of New Orleans' overtime loss to the Los Angeles Rams in Sunday's NFC Championship Game.
Meanwhile, Saints fan Matt Bowers has rented billboards in and around the Atlanta area -- where Super Bowl LIII is being held -- to voice his displeasure with the league.
"And I'm not done yet," Bowers, who owns car dealerships throughout the Southeast, said. "I'm going to do my best to bring as much attention to this as possible -- and I'm not going to stop until i make them miserable."
Fans (and some Saints players) clamoring for a rematch have pointed to an obscure NFL rule: According to Rule 17, Section 2, Article 1, which deals with "Extraordinarily Unfair Acts."
According to the rule, the NFL commissioner has the "sole authority to investigate and take appropriate disciplinary and/or corrective measures if any club action, non-participant interference, or calamity occurs in an NFL game which the Commissioner deems so extraordinarily unfair or outside the accepted tactics encountered in professional football that such action has a major effect on the result of the game."
However, Article 2 also states that, "The Commissioner will not apply authority in cases of complaints by clubs concerning judgmental errors or routine errors of omission by game officials. Games involving such complaints will continue to stand as completed."
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