Good Officiating

You may not think the NHL has a good officiating crew, but enough people taking ESPN’s current SportsNation poll do.  After controversial calls from last night’s Super Bowl, a 10-question poll went up today asking for opinions on the calls and the NFL’s officiating.  I present question #10:

10) Which major sport has the best officials?

44.5% MLB
22.6% NHL
20.7% NBA
12.2% NFL

This is after 70,488 votes.

Some things to consider:
- The 1.9% lead the NHL has on the NBA translates to about 1339 votes.
- Many are still angry over yesterday’s calls.  The NFL would probably fair better over the summer, and I’d assume a recent controversial call in baseball would drop the MLB some.
- The NHL generally ranks low on the raw popularity charts.  I can’t decide if this is a good number of hockey fans voting - or if non-hockey fans simply think the NHL has good referees.

Posted by David M Singer on Feb 06, 2006 at 09:12 PM
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