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NFL official hits Raiders with a shot
Los Angeles Times, CA - Jul 16, 2007
By Larry Stewart, Times Staff Writer Amy Trask, chief executive of the Oakland Raiders, and Mike Pereira, NFL vice president in charge of officiating, ...
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Mon, 16 Jul 2007 07:00:49 GMT

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[Gotham Dark Knight]

Amy Trask, chief executive of the Oakland Raiders, and Mike Pereira, NFL vice president in charge of officiating, were part of a seven-member panel at the Los Angeles Sports and Entertainment Commission's NFL 101/201 charity event last week at the Coliseum.

Pereira, talking about the complaints he gets on Monday mornings, said, "One time last year I really got blown up over a pass-interference call we missed at the end of a game that may have cost a team a victory. I was really tempted to mention the six turnovers earlier in the game."

Said Trask: "That's so not the point. After 59 minutes and you are in position to win a game …"

Interjected Pereira with a laugh: "And you haven't been in that position a lot the past four years."


Okay, that's funny, but still the Raiders have a point...doesn't matter the team or the record...a blown call is a blown call.

[Lefty Noob]

Ha ha ha, oh, man that is classic. Glad to see the refs sticking up for themselves a bit here. Yeah, everyone wants to blame them when they make one mistake, even if as Pereira points out, their team went out and made six that could've easily cost them the game. Sure, you want officials to do the best job they can. But when a team plays perfect football, we can expect perfect officiating out of the zebras. Until then, live with it.

[Bette]

A blown call is frustrating but just part of the game. I believe the refs do their best. The rest of the human race isnt perfect so guess we cant expect them to be.