SEC head Greg Sankey blasts announcers for criticizing poor officiating in Texas-Missouri: 'Unacceptable'
CLICK HERE FOR MORE OUTKICK SPORTS COVERAGE Well, SEC commissioner Greg Sankey clearly heard those complaints and instead of addressing the referees and their calls, he chose to...
Key points
- "And what that creates is this narrative that we've done something wrong and that is unacceptable to me, and we have to address that." Remember, the officiating in that game was so controversial that the Missouri athletic director, Laird Veatch, published an open letter asking for more transparency from the SEC.
- If Commissioner Sankey and the SEC believe announcers are treating SEC officiating unfairly, I would suggest….
- BIG 12 CONFERENCE ADMITS OFFICIALS GOT CALL WRONG THAT BENEFITED BYU COUGARS IN WIN OVER ARIZONA STATE "I am highly disappointed in announcers and their criticism, and they're wrong," he said on "The Paul Finebaum Show." "Some of the worst officials in America are those in the announcers booth.
For most neutral fans and viewers watching Saturday's game between the Texas Longhorns and Missouri Tigers, there was a clear and obvious issue with the officiating.
Additional details
- Manning's arm appeared to be coming forward as the ball left his hand, which would have made the play an incomplete pass and forced a tough decision from Texas coach Steve Sarkisian.
- Missouri coach Eli Drinkwitz was, as Palmer suggested, livid: "If I say what I want to say, I'm going to get fined until I don't have any retirement, and I'm not going to do that.
- Judgments are always open for debate, but as I said, today's announcers are very deferential to judgments by officials and almost always extremely fair.
- Sankey choosing to go after the announcers instead though, is par for the course.
- "Football announcers in both college and the NFL in today's world are far more knowledgeable about rules than they have ever been in my lifetime.
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