LeBron Calls Holmes' Fine 'Disgusting'

Your a hater. Haters only see the game one sided. Too bad you don't know the game of football very well. It was a excellent game.Your probably a cowboys fan. you should stop hating on the Steelers and start hating on your team that are a bunch of criminals. How bout those cowgirls!

Spleeve, really? So, the Steelers should have been called for holding in the endzone and didn't have a tough call go against them all game?...really? What else did the Steelers get away with, really? Using the ball as a prop 15 seconds later?...really? You know all of this b/c of your great credentials as an NFL Official Assessor?...oh, really?

Get out of your conspiracy theory dungeon and enjoy a great game and a franchise that does it the right way, even if your team didn't get it done.

I was stating the facts about what happened. The refs overlooked an obvious 15 yard unsportsmanlike conduct and the Steelers should have been kicking off at their own 15 yard line. They also missed an illegal block in the back on Hightower during Harrison's interception return, which would have negated the touchdown. If you can't admit the truth, you are in serious denial. Don't be a blind Steeler idiot.

Sorry, Spleeve, you're doing a lot more than pointing out potentially missed/mistaken calls, you're suggesting preferential treatment (your words), basically a fixed game.

Why wasn't Holmes penalized for unsportsmanlike conduct after the TD? Because the conduct didn't come immediately after the catch. After the TD, Holmes got mobbed. After he got out from under the bottom of the pile, Holmes started walking back to the Pittsburgh sideline, still carrying the ball. During this time, play is being reviewed while the special teams are coming out for the PAT if the play isn't reversed. Then, just as he's getting back to the sideline, he starts with that Lebron-dance. That's why he didn't get flagged; none of the refs were paying attention to him at that point. The refs were either a part of the review or where on the field getting ready for the next play. The delayed in the celebration is why it wasn't observed or flagged. You don't think this is the much more likely reason a penalty wasn't called? You really think that it was actual favoritism by the refs? I'm not saying it wasn't a penalty or shouldn't have been called as a penalty if it was observed. I'm just saying that this is the much more likely reason why it was missed, as opposed to some crooked conspiracy.

Then you mention the supposed blocking-in-the-back penalty on Harrison's return, describing it as though it was obvious for all the world to see. I think you're completely wrong about that. I don't hear any credible "experts" (reporters, writers, analysts, etc.) pointing to this as a missed call. Hell, I didn't even hear Arizona players or coaches complaining about that non-call. First, the Cards' player was in the act of turning towards the play as he was blocked, so this isn't typically called as a penalty. Second, even if could have been called as a penalty, hell, it's possible for something this close to get missed on any offensive or special teams play. I can go tit-for-tat with you on penalties against Pittsburgh that weren't called. That sure wasn't a situation where anybody who doesn't acknowledge it is blind (as you claim). In fact, it is the opposite. The silence over this non-call from amyone credible is deafening.

Even though I'm a Steelers fan, I can acknowledge that there were some missed or erroneous call in SB43. But I don't see any evidence in support of your claim that there was some actual intent to favor Pittsburgh from the refs or the league. That is clearly what you are saying, not just that the refs made mistakes.

Oh, and even if a penalty had been called on Harrison's pick 6, there was still at least 2 seconds on the clock, it hadn't expired. So I don't think its as simply as saying that a penalty would have negated the Pittsburgh TD. I'm not guaranteeing that Pittsburgh would have put a TD on a final play from scrimmage in the first half, the odds would certainly have been against it. But how ironic that so many of you anti-Pittsburgh fans claim (in very similar terms) that the Cardinals would have scored a TD at the end of the game if they'd had one final play from 15 yards closer.

yea and james harrison being held on every down too apparently you wasnt watching that huh, gimme a break you must be a ravens or browns crybaby

right on sad bear idiots like spleeeve only count the penalties on one side of the ball wonder if he counted all the holding penalties the cards had.Steeler Nation Rules spleeeve get on board or quit your whining cause they are going to be around forever

Why should athletes share thier money they earned it, teachers, police,and fire fighters chose thier professions knowing they would not be rich. I myself am military and don't want thier money or a handout

They earn their money because millions of people will watch them do what they're good at. If you want to look at how many people experience each player performing their job compared to how many people experience each teacher performing their job, the numbers would be significantly on the players side.

Not to mention the fact that while they make a lot of money themselves, hundreds, perhaps thousands of other people per player make money because the players are such a draw. Consider the owners, the coaches, the staff, the announcers, the commentators, the people who work in the stadiums, the people who work in the concession stands in the stadiums, the janitorial staffs, the field crews, the sports bar owners and staffs, the sportswriters, radio and television sportscasters, everybody who works at the NFL network, a large portion of the people who work for ESPN who wouldn't have jobs if football wasn't so popular, and the list can go on and on and on. These people can all have jobs because football is extremely popular; popularity equals demand and if you know anything about economics high supply and low demand means talented players are extremely valuable. And considering that getting into the NFL is extraordinarily difficult, NFL players are in a good position, and rightfully so, to make a lot of money.

So in short, while a relatively small number of people may make a ridiculous amount of money for just "playing a game", there are many, many more people per player who can make a living because of what these players do. Take away the game and you're looking at tens, maybe hundreds of thousands of people across the globe potentially being impacted financially. Ever think of that?

There's also a lot more wrong with your outlook but I think I'll stop there. It's people like you who try to make people feel guilty for being successful and it's really sickening.