You’ll be able to add former NFL punter and sports activities persona Pat McAfee to the listing of people that didn’t just like the officiating on Championship Sunday.

The sport that obtained probably the most scrutiny was the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs-Cincinnati Bengals AFC Championship that noticed Patrick Mahomes & Co. head again to the Tremendous Bowl after Harrison Butker kicked a 45-yard game-winner.

Whether or not it was a questionable cross interference name, redoing a third-down play totally which may have pressured the Chiefs to punt, or what may need been holding on the ultimate Mahomes rush that led to a vital pointless roughness penalty, referee Ronald Torbert and his crew from that recreation have caught a great deal of flak from specialists and followers alike.

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Referee Ronald Torbert is proven through the third quarter of the AFC Championship Sport, Jan. 29, 2023, in Kansas Metropolis, Missouri.
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McAfee stated his piece on his “The Pat McAfee Present” on Monday morning.

“I do assume we’ve got an enormous officiating situation. I believe refs suck – not all refs. There are some refs that suck, they usually shouldn’t be in playoff video games. Why are they in playoff video games, particularly when there’s solely two video games and there’s going to be 15 million folks watching? That’s an ideal query.”

McAfee believes that NFL refs being half time moderately than full time is part of the difficulty, suggesting they may very well be swayed financially.

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“Since they’re not fully dedicated to the NFL, there’s an opportunity that someone can come up with them,” McAfee stated. “Now, I believe they receives a commission nicely, however what’s nicely? What’s the line? Particularly with how a lot cash is doubtlessly being made off of those video games.”

“So, make them full time, growth, we will eradicate that distraction of doubtless getting swayed elsewhere,” McAfee added. “Like all politicians as a result of they don’t receives a commission sufficient, so that they’re simply swayed by Massive Pharma, Massive Fuel, f—ing alcohol, tobacco, no matter, you will get named into it.”

Head coach Zac Taylor of the Cincinnati Bengals, proper, talks with referee Ronald Torbert, center, and line decide Jeff Seeman through the second half of the AFC Championship Sport, Jan. 29, 2023, in Kansas Metropolis, Missouri.
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McAfee wasn’t the one one voicing their tackle the matter as ESPN NFL insider Adam Schefter joined him on the present and introduced his sourcing to the desk.

“There is a matter with the officiating,” he stated. “And while you communicate to folks across the league, they believed it’s as dangerous because it’s been in a very long time, possibly ever. If we return to the one recreation that I consider is the Seahawks-Rams recreation, closing common season recreation, the place the officers missed a number of calls that doubtlessly influenced the end result of that recreation.

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“It formed the way in which the playoffs got here out. If they’d made another calls and the Rams had gained, it will’ve gotten the Lions in. I can let you know this: the Rams weren’t completely happy, the Lions weren’t completely happy, different groups weren’t completely happy. And guess what? I believe the league workplace themselves, in the event that they have been being sincere, we’re not pleased with these calls in that recreation.”

Schefter added that many groups started calling him after that report initially went out, saying he didn’t go far sufficient as a result of dangerous calls have been made all through the common season.

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The NFL nonetheless has another recreation left to officiate – the most important recreation all season – and a detailed eye will likely be watching the striped shirts to see how the sport is named.