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People on Twitter Do Not Like That Call
It’s hard to find anyone who’s happy – outside the Seattle Seahawks’ locker room – with the ending of Monday’s Seattle-Green Bay game. What looked like a clear Packers interception to end the game was ruled on the field to be a game-winning touchdown for Seattle.
- The reaction across Twitter was furious.
If there was ever an official photo of this whole replacement ref debacle, this is it http://pic.twitter.com/5eIGjRdR- Even Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker, who battled against public unions last year, called for the end of the NFL’s lock-out of unionized officials.
After catching a few hours of sleep, the #Packers game is still just as painful. #Returntherealrefs- New York magazine's Jonathan Chait noted: "How bad was the referee debacle in last night’s Packers-Seahawks game? So bad that conservatives were leaping to Twitter to demand that the NFL settle with the striking officials’ union. So bad that Scott Walker is calling for the NFL to settle."
Scott Walker, Packer Fan, Now a Union ManMitt Romney Was Joking About Airplane Windows Staten Island Borough President Calls Lady Gaga a 'Slut' for Smoking Pot How bad was the re...- NFL players weighed in despite the possibility of league fines.
Here's why #NFL won't be forced into a deal w/refs. Are we going to stop watching? Stop playing fantasy football? No. And no. #RefIssues- Perhaps the most vocal amongst them was Green Bay Packers guard T.J. Lang whose tweets saw widespread response. His first tweet attacking the officiating has seen nearly 65,000 retweets already and is likely to keep climbing.
- The tweet that followed scored even higher with 80,000 retweets by Tuesday morning already ranking among the highest retweet counts ever seen on Twitter.
- A third tweet from Lang has already pushed total retweets of his messages on the controversial finish to over 160,000 re-tweets "from one player on a team that, in the eyes of many, got completely jobbed on Monday night," says Yahoo Sports blog Shutdown Corner.
Packers guard T.J. Lang's Twitter explosion could be the most re-tweeted Tweet of all timeFrom the blog Shutdown Corner: It's safe to say that Green Bay Packers guard T.J. Lang wasn't too happy about the way his team's 14-12 lo...- Pundits, celebs and athletes weighed in:
Last night's controversial TD call shifted an estimated $150 million to $250 million in bets sprts.bz/MNFbets- And even the president's Twitter account had something to say:
