Packers Criticize Referees After Costly Penalties in Loss to Lions
The Green Bay Packers lost a football game to the Detroit Lions.
The Packers are angry about the referees in the game. Referees are people who control a sports game. They check the rules.
The referees gave some penalties to the Packers. A penalty is a punishment for breaking a rule. These penalties were for roughing. Roughing means hitting a player too hard in football.
The Packers think the penalties were wrong. They say the penalties helped the Lions win the game.
Tom Brady is the owner of the Packers. An owner is the person who controls a sports team. Tom Brady criticized the referees too.
The NFL is the big football group in America. NFL means National Football League.
The NFL may give the Packers a fine. A fine is money you must pay for doing something wrong.
People are talking about what team owners can say about referees.
Vocabulary15 words
- referee
- a person who checks the rules in a sports game
- penalty
- a punishment for breaking a rule
- roughing
- hitting a player too hard in football
- NFL
- the big American football group
- fine
- money you pay for doing something wrong
- owner
- the person who controls a sports team
- officiating
- the work referees do in a game
- criticize
- to say something is bad or wrong
- costly
- causing a bad result; expensive
- loss
- when a team does not win
- team
- a group of players who play together
- call
- a decision a referee makes
- limit
- the most you are allowed to do
- questionable
- maybe not correct or fair
- game
- a sports match between two teams
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1. The Detroit Lions 2. Roughing 3. Tom Brady
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The Green Bay Packers lost a football game to the Detroit _____.
The Packers are angry about the _____ in the game.
The referees gave some _____ to the Packers.
These penalties were for _____.
The Packers think the penalties were _____.
Tom Brady is the _____ of the Packers.
The NFL may give the Packers a _____.
People are talking about what team owners can _____ about referees.
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