The Green Bay Packers just lost a Monday Night football game to the Seattle Seahawks on perhaps the most ridiculous last-second ending in NFL history, and here's how Packers guard T.J. Lang feels about it:
Fuck it NFL.. Fine me and use the money to pay the regular refs.
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— TJ Lang (@TJLang70) September 25, 2012
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The post instantly scored a social media touchdown (cue rimshot) of viral proportions, scoring (cue second rimshot) more than 55,000 retweets in less than 45 minutes. Lang followed that tweet up with another:
Any player/coach in Seattle that really thinks they won that game has zero integrity as a man and should be embarrassed.
— TJ Lang (@TJLang70) September 25, 2012
If you need some context, here's the rundown:
The Packers lost on a last-second hail-mary pass by Seattle quarterback Russell Wilson — a pass that was actually intercepted and let stand as a touchdown after the NFL’s replacement officials had what can only be described as a refereeing fiasco. Initially, one ref signalled touchdown and another touchback, meaning he thought it was an interception. After a review, the call (the one that was a touchdown) stood, and eventually the game ended. Then, Twitter and Facebook blew up.
Why were the refs replacements? The league and regular officials’ union are currently embroiled in a labor dispute that has resulted in referees from lowest rungs of organized football overseeing the NFL preseason and first three weeks of the regular season.
Before the game, Lang was in a much more upbeat mood, as evident from this tweet from earlier Monday:
Just landed in Seattle.. Focus all on the Seahawks!
— TJ Lang (@TJLang70) September 23, 2012
Thumbnail image courtesy @TJLang70
This story originally published on Mashable here.
