No Touchdown for Calvin Johnson, Headache for Referees

Published by Lauren Finnegan



In the Chicago Bears' season-opening game against the Detroit Lions Sunday night, there was a call made in the final minute of the game that won't soon be forgotten. Calvin Johnson, a wide
receiver for the Lions, was in the end zone and caught the ball. However, after he hit the ground, the ball bounced out of his hands. After reviewing the call and saying it wasn't a touchdown, the officials upheld the ruling on the field.



This call was based off of a little-known rule called the Bert Emmanuel Rule, according to Freep.com. The Bert Emmanuel Rule was enacted after the 1999 NFC Championship game where Emmanuel, a wide receiver for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, had his catch overturned. The rule overturns a catch by a player who doesn't maintain possession of the ball after it hits the ground. Even though this is a rule clearly stated in the NFL rule books, it still caused a lot of controversy afterward.

read the story here

FREE shipping on all t-shirt orders (US & Canada)

To celebrate the start of football and hockey season- we are paying for the shipping/handling fees. Free shipping on all t-shirt orders in the US and Canada.

Ref You Suck insult contest!

Got a great referee or umpire insult? Did you hear a great one yelled at a game? We are looking for the most original and creative insults. Post them on our facebook page tweet to @refyousuck, or email it to info@refyousuck.com! The best 5 insults will win a free t-shirt of their choice.

SO lets hear them!

Fight Breaks Out During Women's College Soccer Game (VIDEO)

In the middle of a women's college soccer match between the Oregon Ducks and Oklahoma State Cowgirls on Friday night, two players were given red cards and ejected from the game for fighting.

Oregon's Mercedes Walters and Oklahoma State's Kyndall Treadwell started to fight in the 63rd minute. Walters pushed Treadwell to the ground and the referee immediately gave both of them red cards.

The Cowgirls won the game 1-0.

Although the scuffle wasn't as serious as infamous Elizabeth Lambert pulling a player down by her ponytail, the rough altercation still warranted ejections. Click to watch the video.

VIDEO: Minor league manager goes crazy after ejection

A video of State College Spikes' minor league baseball manager Gary Robinson getting ejected from a game last Friday is going viral on the Internet.

The Spikes are a Single-A affiliate of the Pittsburgh Pirates who play their home games at Medlar Field on the campus of Penn State University.

In the sixth inning of an eventual loss to Batavia, Spikes' manager Robinson objected to the home plate umpire's call that an opposing batter was hit by a pitch. After about a minute of discussion, Robinson returned to his dugout and only then was tossed out of the game by the umpire.

source story here

Umpire Warning: Fair or Foul?

By KEN PLUTNICKI

As Ben Shpigel observed in his account of the Yankees’ 9-5 victory over Detroit Wednesday night, “Hostility reigned from the first pitch Jeremy Bonderman threw.”

The pitch plunked Brett Gardner in the right leg, perhaps in retaliation for his slide into second base on a double play on Monday night that wound up putting Carlos Guillen on the disabled list.

Barton Silverman/The New York Times The Tigers’ Miguel Cabrera, who had hit two home runs in the game, was hit by a pitch in the eighth inning Wednesday night.

As Johnny Damon was widely quoted after the game: “If anyone over there thought it was a clean slide, then we have a different opinion on that. It’s part of baseball. But I thought the slide was dirty, and I’m sure a lot of those guys would agree.”

After Gardner was hit, the home plate umpire, Eric Cooper, warned both benches.

Then, in a tense eighth inning, Yankees reliever Chad Gaudin hit Miguel Cabrera [video], who had homered twice in the game.

Cooper, however, did not throw anyone out, and Tigers Manager Jim Leyland was ejected for arguing that Gaudin should have been tossed.

read more here

Ref You Suck team pages on Facebook- Admins wanted!

Hey everyone-

If you are on Facebook like everyone else, then please add some of our new pages! If you want us to make another team page and want to be an admin for it, please send an email to refusuck@gmail.com. We need help! So far I have only made pages for teams who have volunteer admins to run them. If your page gets over 100 "likes", we will send you a free shirt. Thanks!

Ref You Suck page

Ump You Suck! page

Refs' a Wanker (soccer page)

RefYouSuck Ducks page

RefYouSuck Flyers page

RefYouSuck Kings page

RefYouSuck Sabres page

RefYouSuck Capitals page

RefYouSuck Pathers page

UmpYouSuck Angels page