Would Jesus be a Scab Ref?

I enjoy Jim Daly's blogs at Focus on the Family. I didn't expect one about the NFL. This one came in my box Tuesday morning.

I know what I’m about to say may not be very popular, especially today. [image error] Last night’s chaotic and controversial end to the Seahawks and Packers Monday Night Football game has thrown gasoline on the fire surrounding the performance of replacement officials in the NFL. And let me just say that I get it. I’m a fan. I watch the games. I enjoy the purity of the sport and don’t appreciate the delays and the mistakes that impact outcomes. But I think it’s time that we take a collective deep breath and step back from all the hype and hyperbole. One of the commentators last night called the incident “a tragedy.” That a Green Bay interception was called a Seattle touchdown is no tragedy. The scourge of abortion, the deterioration of the family, broken marriages and children growing up without a mother and a father, issues we deal with every day here at Focus, is true tragedy. That the Green Bay Packers left Seattle with a loss that should have been a win may be an injustice, but I wonder why we’re often more riled up about a loss on the field than the ongoing sorrows of everyday life? It’s become popular to mock the replacement referees, for coaches to ridicule and yell in frustration. I may wince when I see a bad call, but I cringe when I see a good man who is doing his best maligned and disrespected.

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