Sho 'nuff. The NFL has a vested interest in paying back Dan Rooney-Rule for his mandated racism in coach-hiring, so they make sure that Pittsburgh's "Coach Obama" gets every break possible.
The long-winded explanation of the botched replay (Rothlisberger's end zone fumble) in Sunday's game has to be the most gutless call I've ever seen, and I've been watching pro football for 35 years. But it goes to clearly illustrate the degree to which the referees will contort themselves in order to favor the Squealers.
Perhaps, as with the fraudulent Super Bowl "victory" over Seattle, the ref will come out 5 years from now and admit he blew the critical calls.
Actually that “long winded” explanation came straight out of the rule book in the section on replays. It actually says if you can’t see exactly who recovered the fumble on tape it goes back to the team that fumbled. He called it exactly as written. Sorry you don’t like it but facts are facts.