in the 1950s some guys set up a quiz show and decided they'd make more money if they rigged it

they got prosecuted

so how come the NFL gets to operate? 

If you open a sideshow carnival and you don't care the strongman mallet challenge never rings the bell, the sheriff will come shut you down.  You can't take money to watch a game or contest and then not give a damn if it actually works.

Editor's note: The following is a statement issued by the NFL regarding Golden Tate's game-winning touchdown catch at the conclusion of Monday night's game between the Green Bay Packers and Seattle Seahawks:

In Monday's game between the Green Bay Packers and Seattle Seahawks, Seattle faced a 4th-and-10 from the Green Bay 24 with eight seconds remaining in the game.

Seattle quarterback Russell Wilson threw a pass into the end zone. Several players, including Seattle wide receiver Golden Tate and Green Bay safety M.D. Jennings, jumped into the air in an attempt to catch the ball.

While the ball is in the air, Tate can be seen shoving Green Bay cornerback Sam Shields to the ground. This should have been a penalty for offensive pass interference, which would have ended the game. It was not called and is not reviewable in instant replay.

When the players hit the ground in the end zone, the officials determined that both Tate and Jennings had possession of the ball. Under the rule for simultaneous catch, the ball belongs to Tate, the offensive player. The result of the play was a touchdown.

Replay Official Howard Slavin stopped the game for an instant replay review. The aspects of the play that were reviewable included if the ball hit the ground and who had possession of the ball. In the end zone, a ruling of a simultaneous catch is reviewable. That is not the case in the field of play, only in the end zone.

Referee Wayne Elliott determined that no indisputable visual evidence existed to overturn the call on the field, and as a result, the on-field ruling of touchdown stood. The NFL Officiating Department reviewed the video today and supports the decision not to overturn the on-field ruling following the instant replay review.

The result of the game is final.

Applicable rules to the play are as follows:

A player (or players) jumping in the air has not legally gained possession of the ball until he satisfies the elements of a catch listed here.

Rule 8, Section 1, Article 3 of the NFL Rule Book defines a catch:

A forward pass is complete (by the offense) or intercepted (by the defense) if a player, who is inbounds:

(a) secures control of the ball in his hands or arms prior to the ball touching the ground; and

(b) touches the ground inbounds with both feet or with any part of his body other than his hands; and

(c) maintains control of the ball long enough, after (a) and (b) have been fulfilled, to enable him to perform any act common to the game (i.e., maintaining control long enough to pitch it, pass it, advance with it, or avoid or ward off an opponent, etc.).

When a player (or players) is going to the ground in the attempt to catch a pass, Rule 8, Section 1, Article 3, Item 1 states:

Player Going to the Ground. If a player goes to the ground in the act of catching a pass (with or without contact by an opponent), he must maintain control of the ball throughout the process of contacting the ground, whether in the field of play or the end zone. If he loses control of the ball, and the ball touches the ground before he regains control, the pass is incomplete. If he regains control prior to the ball touching the ground, the pass is complete.

Rule 8, Section 1, Article 3, Item 5 states:

Simultaneous Catch. If a pass is caught simultaneously by two eligible opponents, and both players retain it, the ball belongs to the passers. It is not a simultaneous catch if a player gains control first and an opponent subsequently gains joint control. If the ball is muffed after simultaneous touching by two such players, all the players of the passing team become eligible to catch the loose ball.

http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap1000000066164/article/nfl-supports-decision-to-not-overturn-seahawks-touchdown

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Clinton would have had Janet Reno on their ass for Racketeering

Clinton cared enough to fake caring

you sick hippie, dropping a FLAG?

/shoots Einstein

all we are saaaaaaayiinnnng, is
ALLLAHHHU AKBAAARRRR

hahah

hahhaha

hahaha

meanwhile I'm fat, I'm broke and my evicted methhead neighbor put cannibis in the flowerbed outside my apt.

varsity bowling

what they had kids who didn't quite make the cut?

did they give you a letter jacket without a zipper cause you bowlers were gonna get so fat it wouldn't close anyhow?

i thought victoria falls was too cheezy

we can have a consulate without a consul

in fact we're likely to have that one vacant for some time

unless Mitt uses it to solve unemployment

"I been out of work 5 years"
"Congrats, you just got a job through me! You're consul in Benghazi"
"The hell!? I'll just take my benefits in the mail"
"Not an option my man"

and wtf would you have marines in the building, I want them across the street flanking the attackers not doing a Alamo inside the target

I mean I know they keep screwing that up on TV because they want to use 1 camera for everything but security is guys who come running from somewhere else to interrupt the ambush

actually its not a joke, if they can bring in any dumbass from Harvard to do work at the Supreme Court then fees for lawyers who get accredited to practice there will go down

she's a frickin scab!

oh kind of how the Iranian embassy being taken over in London was the fault of the Queen?

Damn queen.

I mean quelling amok Persians has been the gold standard of a good monarch since the time of the Moors.  Can't call yourself a good king if Persians run amok in the streets on your watch.

Holland has a queen
don't see any persian takeovers there, do ya? She got her shit together