Hands Across America for Ed Hochuli
Posted September 16th, 2008 in All, Celebrities, Commentary, Entertainment, Sports and TV Moment of the Weak
Media hound and NFL referee Ed Hochuli poses for a local paper.
While we’re on the subject of football, let’s take a moment and bow our heads in remembrance of Ed Hochuli’s usual ball-busting bluster while he mutates into a whiny little figurehead demanding sympathy before our very eyes. Ed Hochuli, the man with guns of pure titanium who is constantly referred to - for reasons I’ll never understand - as the NFL’s best referee blew a gigantic and arguably game-deciding call during last weekend’s game between the San Diego Chargers and the Denver Broncos.
Now I’ve already gone on record as saying that no one needs a flashy referee, but let’s be honest. If any other ref had made the same mistake, would the entire NFL Referee Association have issued a press release about what a great guy he is? Why shouldn’t the NFL’s least deserving attention whore get a taste of his own whistle after such a colossal blunder? Ed will tell you why. Because what those refs do is hard. It’s really haaaard-duh! They have to take tests and everything! Ed even went on ESPN to bemoan the travails of having one’s performance taped and then reviewed by his boss, asking “how many” people are exposed to such scrutiny? Uh, that would be most of us Ed. But it shocks no one here at the Basement to hear that you think you’re the only guy in the world who has accountability on the job. After all, what are those massive arm muscles for, if not to hold the whole world on your own shoulders?
