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- The Fail Mary, sometimes known as the Inaccurate Reception or the Intertouchdownception, was the final play of an American football game between the Green Bay Packers and Seattle Seahawks of the National Football League (NFL) that occurred on September 24, 2012, at CenturyLink Field in Seattle, Washington. In a nationally televised game on ESPN's Monday Night Football, the Seahawks defeated the Packers, 14–12, in controversial fashion. On the final play of the tightly contested game, Seattle rookie quarterback Russell Wilson threw a Hail Mary pass into the end zone intended for wide receiver Golden Tate. Both Tate and Packers defender M. D. Jennings got their hands on the ball while both players were still in the air and attempting to gain possession. The two officials near the play initially gave separate signals of touchdown and touchback, before ruling the players had simultaneous possession, resulting in a Seahawks game-winning touchdown. Prior to the catch, Tate shoved Packers cornerback Sam Shields with both hands, which the NFL later acknowledged should have drawn an offensive pass interference penalty that would have negated the touchdown and resulted in a Packers victory. The lack of a pass interference penalty and the ruling of a touchdown via simultaneous catch were widely questioned in the aftermath of the game, drawing comments from the game's announcers, NFL players, and the media. The NFL subsequently released a statement defending the touchdown ruling, while admitting that offensive pass interference did occur, which would have resulted in a Packers win. The controversial ending followed weeks of criticism regarding the quality of officiating by replacement officials employed by the NFL during the 2012 NFL referee lockout. Two days after the game, the NFL and the NFL Referees Association announced that they had reached an agreement to end the lockout. NFL commissioner Roger Goodell acknowledged that the negative attention the game drew to the referee situation was an impetus for ending the labor dispute. (en)
- La controversia arbitrale nella partita tra Packers e Seahawks del 2012 nacque nella giocata finale della partita di football americano tra Green Bay Packers e Seattle Seahawks della National Football League (NFL) del 24 settembre 2012 al CenturyLink Field di Seattle, Washington. Nella gara del Monday Night Football trasmessa in diretta nazionale su ESPN, i Seahawks batterono i Packers, 14–12, in maniera controversa. Nella giocata finale della partita, il quarterback di Seattle Russell Wilson lanciò il passaggio della disperazione (detto Hail Mary pass) nella end zone diretto al wide receiver Golden Tate. Sia Tate che il difensore dei Packers M.D. Jennings misero le loro mani sul pallone, tentando di guadagnare il possesso. I due arbitri più prossimi alla giocata optarono per due interpretazioni differenti: uno chiamò il touchdown e l'altro un time out, prima di decidere che i giocatori avessero il possesso simultaneo, dando ai Seahawks il touchdown della vittoria. Prima della ricezione, Tate spinse il cornerback dei Packers Sam Shields con entrambe le mani, il che avrebbe dovuto portare a una penalità in attacco di Seattle (detta pass interference) che avrebbe consegnato la vittoria ai Packers. Questa controversia avvenne dopo settimane di critiche verso la qualità dell'operato degli arbitri di riserva che stavano sostituendo i giudici di gara ufficiali, in sciopero dall'estate precedente. Due giorni dopo la partita, la NFL e l'Associazione degli Arbitri (la NFL Referees Association) annunciarono di aver trovato un accordo e la contemporanea fine dello sciopero. Il commissioner della NFL Roger Goodell riconobbe che l'attenzione negativa che questa partita attirò su di sé fece da catalizzatore per risolvere finalmente la disputa contrattuale tra le due parti. (it)
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- The Fail Mary, sometimes known as the Inaccurate Reception or the Intertouchdownception, was the final play of an American football game between the Green Bay Packers and Seattle Seahawks of the National Football League (NFL) that occurred on September 24, 2012, at CenturyLink Field in Seattle, Washington. In a nationally televised game on ESPN's Monday Night Football, the Seahawks defeated the Packers, 14–12, in controversial fashion. (en)
- La controversia arbitrale nella partita tra Packers e Seahawks del 2012 nacque nella giocata finale della partita di football americano tra Green Bay Packers e Seattle Seahawks della National Football League (NFL) del 24 settembre 2012 al CenturyLink Field di Seattle, Washington. Nella gara del Monday Night Football trasmessa in diretta nazionale su ESPN, i Seahawks batterono i Packers, 14–12, in maniera controversa. (it)
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