Aside from
receiving a heavy shower of boos before -- and let's be honest, also during -- the Lions-Vikings game at Ford Field Sunday, one ref received an offer from a group of Lions fans behind the end zone:
One fan was holding out a wad of money, shouting "$70" for him to call a fair game:
This guy really offered the ref $70 pregame -- @br_betting(via shane_ballenger/IG, cooper_ballenger/IG)pic.twitter.com/bKGGWSOlkN
— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport)
October 20, 2019 Apparently, the offer wasn't big enough. The official kept walking right on by and it's safe to assume he declined the offer.
While Lions fans had many plays to gripe about in Monday's loss, the ones that stood front and center of the controversy were
a pair of illegal hands-to-the-face calls against defensive lineman
Trey Flowers, including one that extended the Packers' final drive and effectively ended the game.
