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Tere Hill is the wife of the owner of the Rum Rummer and Badger Cafe, a Wisconsin bar in Las Vegas on Tuesday, September 25, 2012.
Tuesday, Sept. 25, 2012 | 2:23 p.m.
Map of Rum Runner Tropicana
Rum Runner Tropicana
1801 E. Tropicana Avenue, Suite 5, Las Vegas
Green Bay fans watching Monday Night Football at a Las Vegas watering hole known for catering to a cheesehead clientele booed and yelled their disapproval at the now-infamous call that handed the Seattle Seahawks a 14-12 victory over the Packers.
“It was a pretty upset crowd,” said Teré Hill, 56, who owns the Rum Runner Lounge and Badger Café with her husband, Geno. “It was pretty hostile in here.”
The NFL’s decision to lock out its referees in a labor dispute has attracted anger from players, fans and football analysts. The league has been using replacements gathered from lower-division college football conferences and high schools to officiate NFL games this season.
Hill said the bar, at 1801 E. Tropicana Ave., wasn’t filled to capacity Monday night – as it usually is for Packers games on Sundays – because many people work, but the patrons let their anguish be heard.
“It was a pretty unfair call,” she said. “The nicest word in here was ‘mother.’”
The quality of the officiating has also caused havoc in Nevada sports books. One area bookmaker estimated there was a $15 million dollar swing in payoffs with the last-second Seattle victory.
Seahawks fan Jeff Ludvic, 48, was inside the Badger Café during Tuesday’s lunch hour, waiting for his barbecue wings.
“It just doesn’t make me want to bet on (the games),” the Las Vegas resident said.
Though the outrage over officiating has been well reported, Ludvic said locked-out referees make many mistakes, as well.
“They’re going to blow calls whether they’re replacement refs or regular refs,” Ludvic said as he took a bite of a chicken wing. “I’m partial to Seattle, but I think Green Bay got screwed and should have won the game.”
Others were less kind.
“It was a bad call, and for the NFL to say it wasn’t is atrocious,” said 50-year-old Las Vegas resident Cliff James. “They should reverse the call.”
Clark County Commissioner Steve Sisolak, who grew up in Wisconsin, voiced his displeasure with the call this morning from his office.
“I’m so disgusted. If this is how games are going to go – they just stole that one from the Packers,” Sisolak said.
Poor cheeseheads need to get over it. If the offensive line would have blocked better, Rogers would have been sacked less. Different outcome.
Of course refs make bad calls but this is getting crazy!
As a lifelong Vikings fan...
I 'hate' the Cheez as much as anyone; but that was a TERRIBLE CALL.
In the Vikings 49er's game, the scab ref's made several bad calls, plus gave Harbaugh not one, but TWO bonus challenges near the end of the game...
"According to the Associated Press, replacement referee Ken Roan said after the game that he awarded 49ers head coach Jim Harbaugh with two additional challenges because he didn't know the rules."
C'mon, man!
http://www.yardbarker.com/nfl/articles/r...
Roger Goodell, you are making this an *asterisk season and your sport a mocked & ridiculed spectacle.
Packers were only ahead because they got a crap pass interference call that saved their scoring drive. Packers suck!! Go Bears!!
get over it. how long are people gonna talk about this. refs are gonna make mistakes. cry me a river, they lost cause they couldnt score. dont blame the refs for a mistake. packers suck, defense should have batted the ball down.
It was a judgement call. Judgement call happen every year but this one was the final play of the game. Quit whining Packer fans because Pittsburgh is the real Title Town as far as pro football is concerned anyway.
This comment section is just like everything else on this website....people are so blinded by their hate/ignorance they can bring themselves to understand the bigger picture.
The Refs have done a horrendous job and not only are games in question but so are the players health, long term. Botched calls can make a game go longer and more controversial.
The NFL needs to fix this. I personally don't care for the Pack but I care about football.
Heck, my team (49ers) had so many challenge flags it was like clowns coming out of a clown car....how is that better??
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OK, lousy call, but consider a few things, all of you Packer fans that need a life. 1. The call was reviewed 2. The NFL is responsible for this Referee issue. 3. Without the Replacement Guys we would not have ANY games. I wouldn't blame them if they said Screw you fans and players, the abuse is not worth it. We are just trying to do our jobs as best we can, and besides, once the 'Real Refs' are back, are they going to be perfect? Hey coaches and players that abuse these Replacement Refs, are you perfect? Do you ever make a mistake? Grow up and GET A LIFE - this is a GAME. Oh, yeah, one more thing - I bet it's OK if the bad calls go your way, right?
Heretic, you are obviously not very familiar with NFL of even High School rules and officiating. A judgement call is exactly what occured. Who had possession? The ref decided it was the Seattle player. Hence a " judgement call". There are many judgement calls by professional refs so nothing you can possibly say will help anything.