<h1>Ark. eye doctors offer free Lasik procedure to SEC officials</h1><div class="post-info">Posted by John Taylor on October 19, 2010 4:09 PM ET</div><div class="post-body">Compared to last season around this time, this year had been relatively quiet on the normally volatile SEC officiating front.
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</div><div>Then the Arkansas-Auburn game had to go and happen.</div><div>
</div><div>A pair of questionable calls -- one that allowed a Tiger touchdown to stand despite seemingly indisputable evidence that the runner had fumbled before crossing the goal line, the other on an Arkansas fumble that was returned for another TD -- left Razorback fans in an uproar following the 65-43 loss. Fans weren't the only ones questioning the calls, however; the football program itself petitioned the SEC regarding the very questionable rulings.</div><div>
</div><div>And then there's the McDonald's Eye Associates.</div><div>
</div><div>Due to an overwhelming concern for the optical health of the officials involved in the controversy, and in a humanitarian gesture that cannot and should not be downplayed, the Fayetteville-based company has offered their services to the gentlemen in stripes who worked the game.</div><div>
</div><div>Here's the press release by way of the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette:</div><div>
</div><div><span style="FONT-STYLE: normal" class="Apple-style-span">SEC football: Don't lose an eye catching the fever!!!</span></div><div>
</div><div>Yes, the group is offering free Lasik procedures to the officials involved in the calls. And people wonder how football can be considered a borderline religion in that area of the country?</div></div>
<div>
</div><div>Then the Arkansas-Auburn game had to go and happen.</div><div>
</div><div>A pair of questionable calls -- one that allowed a Tiger touchdown to stand despite seemingly indisputable evidence that the runner had fumbled before crossing the goal line, the other on an Arkansas fumble that was returned for another TD -- left Razorback fans in an uproar following the 65-43 loss. Fans weren't the only ones questioning the calls, however; the football program itself petitioned the SEC regarding the very questionable rulings.</div><div>
</div><div>And then there's the McDonald's Eye Associates.</div><div>
</div><div>Due to an overwhelming concern for the optical health of the officials involved in the controversy, and in a humanitarian gesture that cannot and should not be downplayed, the Fayetteville-based company has offered their services to the gentlemen in stripes who worked the game.</div><div>
</div><div>Here's the press release by way of the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette:</div><div>
</div><div>
</div><div>
</div><div><span style="FONT-STYLE: normal" class="Apple-style-span">SEC football: Don't lose an eye catching the fever!!!</span></div><div>
</div><div>Yes, the group is offering free Lasik procedures to the officials involved in the calls. And people wonder how football can be considered a borderline religion in that area of the country?</div></div>
