Harry Connick Jr. Boycotting Super Bowl, Refs Screwed My Saints
Harry Connick Jr. Boycotting Super Bowl ... Refs Screwed the Saints
Harry Connick Jr. is so pissed off over that non-pass interference call at the end of the NFC championship game, he wrote a letter to Roger Goodell saying he's boycotting the Super Bowl.
The Grammy-winning crooner is a HUGE Saints fan (he was born and raised in New Orleans) -- and while he's usually a chill guy, his blood was BOILING when his team got screwed by the refs in the waning minutes of the game.
So, Connick decided to pen a letter to the NFL boss -- telling the Commish he's mad as hell at the officiating and he ain't gonna take it anymore.
"Until changes are made, specifically, booth review of outcome-altering no-calls, you can count me out," Connick Jr. wrote in his letter.
"I'm not watching the AFC championship game and I won't be watching the Super Bowl."
So far, no response from Goodell.
Here's Harry's letter in full ...
"Dear Commissioner Goodell,
Please know that I would've written this letter regardless of which teams were playing in the NFL championship.
I love the game of football so much -- the NFL gives me great joy and has for many years. To not call the pass interference/helmet-to-helmet penalties at the end of the game was one of the most disgraceful no-calls I have ever seen.
The officiating this year has been, for the most part, mediocre, in my opinion. But for a game as important as the NFC championship, it sickens me to know that the people who are assigned to fairly officiate the game seemingly had no regard for not only a dangerous penalty but one that would certainly have changed the outcome of the game.
Until changes are made, specifically, booth review of outcome-altering no-calls, you can count me out. I'm not watching the AFC championship game and I won't be watching the Super Bowl.
Thank you for taking the time to read my letter.
Sincerely, Harry Connick, Jr."