A man from Virginia named Mack Donahue launched a petition on Change.org, calling football fans to boycott the NFL for the recent officiant.
Donahue calls on the League to introduce “mechanisms of training and rigorous responsibility of the referees” in response to the favoritism suspected by the referees towards the Chiefs of Kansas City, which has become a subject of hot discussion for fans this season.
“A growing concern concerning incoherent arbitration, particularly obvious while observing games involving the heads of Kansas City, tarnishing the spirit of this beautiful sport. The aggravation has reached a point where many of us plan to boycott no Only the Super Bowl, but all the future games, but all the future games until there is a significant change, “wrote Donahue in the description of the petition.
“It is time that we take a position against unfair arbitration and that we called the NFL to introduce mechanisms of training and rigorous responsibility of the referees which will guarantee a fair game for all the teams. By signing this petition, you agree to join Boycott and work to restore the joy and integrity of the NFL games that we love so much.
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Patrick Mahomes speaks to the Clete Blakeman referee before the AFC championship match against the Buffalo Bills at the Geha Field at the Stadium Arrowhead on January 26, 2025, in Kansas City, Mo. (Todd Rosenberg / Getty images)
The petition launched over the weekend had less than 200 signatures at the time of publication. Many of those who signed expressed their support for the cause of the petition in the comments.
“This [is an] important cause of democracy, “wrote a signatory.
“So many pieces were clearly not the right call that even the advertiser was confused,” wrote another. This comment may have referred to a moment in the victory of the 32-29 chiefs against the Buffalo Bills when the officials judged that the quarter of the Josh Allen bill was arrested in less than a first test at the Fourth trimester. CBS rules analyst Gene Steratore said during the dissemination he thought that Allen had the first.
This call caused mass extent of NFL fans on social networks, but it was not the only one.
During the second quarter, officials ruled that the wide receiver of the chefs, Xavier Worthy, took a catch despite the video replay showing the ball touching the ground.
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The referees were the subject of a similar examination during the victory of the chiefs’ chiefs against Houston Texans a week earlier, when a pair of passer penalties was called against the Texans for successes On the quarter of the Chiefs Patrick Mahomes.
Houston Edge Rusher Will Anderson Jr. was called upon to shake the smuggler in a third at the bottom in the first quarter. Anderson seemed to push Mahomes into the chest after launching the incomplete ball at the end tight Travis Kelce. Anderson was reported.
The second penalty occurred during a Mahoma race in the third quarter. He had two racing blockers and three defenders carrying him on him. He moved to his right and then returned to his left when he decided to slip.
ESPN’s broadcaster, Troy Aikman, criticized the penalty and said it was something that the league was to approach during the offseason.
The Texans players and head coach Demeco Ryans suggested after the match that the referees were also against them.
Mahomes approached the question when he asked the journalists last Wednesday if he thought the referees told him a preferential treatment.
Referee Carl Cheffers speaks to Patrick Mahomes during a break in the third trimester against Houston’s Texans at Geha Field at the Stadium Arrowhead on December 21, 2024, in Kansas City, MO. (David Eulitt / Getty images)
“I don’t feel that,” said Mahomes. “In the end, the referees do their best to call the game as just and as appropriate as possible. And all you can do is go there and play the game you like as hard as possible And to live with the results.
“You get new referees each year, you get new circumstances and you can never really say because each game is different. And that’s what makes the NFL so special. I have the impression of having continued To play the game, and I’m just trying to win.
Chiefing star Travis Kelce refused to solve the problem when asked his brother Jason Kelce about the officer during an episode of their “New Heights” podcast last week.
“I would like to plead the fifth,” said the tight child, jokingly referring to his constitutional right to remain silent when Jason raised the problem.
Now the Chiefs get a revenge match of the Super Bowl against the Eagles of Philadelphia. When the two teams met for the last time in the Super Bowl two years ago, this match was determined by a controversial penalty called end in the match against the Eagles James Bradberry corner half, which set up The chiefs for a 38-35 victory.
