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Originally Posted by kane
That may be the case. The clock runs out, he runs onto the field along with a lot of other people. That is fine. However, the ref actually stopped him and told him there was one second left and they needed to run another play. He did this as Bellichick was running out onto the field. Bellichick ignored him, congratulated the Giants coach and jogged off the field. He knew there needed to be one more play, but didn't care.
It's not a big deal really, I think it is just further evidence of how he and the Pats have no respect for the league.
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Don't get me wrong. I think he still SHOULD have waited, but with the clusterfuck going on on the field, that play could have taken 10 more minutes to run. I certainly wouldn't expect ANYONE to wait that long. It reminds me of the college game where the guy was running down the field and had to dodge fans and the BAND to get into the endzone. Maybe better security is needed to keep people off until the game is definitely over.
HAD he run onto the field after the pass was incomplete and the game was over, except for the clock running out, then I'd be the first to say he was being classless.
That being said, under the circumstances I saw, I still don't blame the guy.