Video of Sean Taylor Spitting and the referee's discussion about it

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Here is video of the spitting incident between Sean Taylor and Michael Pittman. Mike Carey, the referee, is miked up and you get great insight after the play and his explanation on why he didn't flag Pittman for retaliation.

The best part is when a Redskin player asked Carey why no flag was thrown for Pittman. Carey said it was "after he spit in his face" and you can hear the player says "Oh oh oh oh" in agreement.

http://media.putfile.com/Taylor-edit29
 

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I think Carey handled it well and properly. I know at first there was uproar about him not flagging Pittman. But he was correct.
 

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Good video. How come none of this was shown live when watching the game? I never saw the ref eject Taylor on TV. I just saw sean walk off the field.
 

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I read some could not see him spit...thats SPIT for sure
 

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At the time, I didn't think there was any spitting because Pittman didn't recoil. Usually you see the person spit on lean away. It's hard to tell if the spit even made it past Taylor's face mask. What I find the most interesting, is the Skins' player's reaction to the ref's explanation as if there was no doubt because it was Taylor.
 

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I tried to say the ref had it right on the live thread at the time, got flamed about it.
Edit: btw, I laughed out hard at the "Almost got me, that would have been real bad.." part.
 

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I would have wondered what happened if the spit got on the ref on accident? Bigger fine? It was a sloppy spit so it was close.

Wish we would get more in game moments mic'd up! :pope:
 

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