Last weekend was the super bowl and it was a hard fought battle the New York Giants were making a 4th quarter run, to win the game. And it all came down to one pass, one catch, and one call. New York Giants quarter back, Eli Manning, threw a beautiful pass to reciever Mario Manningham. Mario Manningham tip toed the sideline to get two feet in bounds, and possession of the ball. Initially the call on the field was signaled as a catch. But after the first couple of reviews the outcome looked bleak for the Giants Superbowl success. Then it came clear to nearly everyone that Eli Manning had thrown the most perfect pass, and that Mario Manningham had caught the most important pass of his career. And the worst thing to come out of all of this wasn't that that this was the go ahead score for the Giants, as many Patriot fans would think, but instead that the referee had also made the correct call.
The officiating in that game was spectacular. But did we hear anything about that? No. In this society we are quick to look for blame, and very slow to give out praise. Too many times we hear, "Ref, get off your knees your blowing the game." And very rarely we hear how well an official did. We need to stop taking things for granted, because quite frankley not only did Mario Manningham make the biggest catch of his career, but that referee also made the biggest call of chis career
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