One night after his notorious reversal of an onfield interception threw NFL referee Pete Morelli into a national storm – and nearly sent Denver packing for Indianapolis – Morelli found himself between a hard place and a rock.
A vandal hurled a grapefruit-sized boulder through a plate-glass window in Morelli’s Stockton, Calif. home at about 10 p.m. Monday, according to Stockton Police Lt. Thomas Wells. Morelli, who also works as a high school principal, was home with his wife at the time.
Refereeing is a thankless job, because no matter how you make the call, approximately 50% of the people watching the game are going to call for your head on a plate.
I certainly hope this was motivated by something other than a bad call on Sunday. This does nothing for the sport of football, and everything to heap shame upon reckless fans.