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IGN Review is "wrong" due to being out-of-context
The comments pulled from IGN are from a Sarcastic paragraph and taken out-of-context in this wiki. Here is the full paragraph:

''And how about Butters' Creamy Goo? That recurring joke was sooooo hysterical. I literally couldn't stop laughing, that's how funny I thought it was. I could hardly catch my breath. Matt Stone and Trey Parker deserve a round of applause -- check that -- two rounds of applause for discovering the key to comedy. What an original and delightful commentary -- such a breath of fresh air! '' Notice the use of "check that" as a tell tale that the reviewer really wasn't being serious here by referencing the SP Jim Rome joke. And the second paragraph begins: Okay, in all seriousness... — Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.171.247.91 (talk) 23:06, 11 October 2012 (UTC)


 * I know I'm really late here, but LOL. The review clearly uses heavy sarcasm (which is the running joke in the entire episode), yet it's referenced here as genuine praise. I tried to change it accordingly, so I hope it's better! Spitsonpuppies (talk) 02:44, 24 April 2014 (UTC)


 * No points taken off for lateness, Spits, since there's no time limit on Wikipedia. Thanks for catching my error (I missed the "Sooooooooo" in Nicholson's review, denoting the sarcasm), and improving the article. :-) Nightscream (talk) 03:05, 24 April 2014 (UTC)

CTE
this episode really has nothing to do with replacement officials, it is far more related to the 'concussion crisis' stemming from the large number of nfl players being diagnosed with cte, yet the article completely fails to mention this.

this article (at least the "this episode references" part) needs to be rewritten.

overwhelming evidence from google

evidence from southpark fandom wiki Snarevox (talk) 17:52, 1 June 2022 (UTC)


 * Putting aside the fact that Google search merely list clips of the episode itself, or links to IMDB, and the fact that both IMDB and fan wikis are not considered reliable sources per WP:USERG (or for the matter, the fact that the only mentions of concussions on the wiki cites a page on South Park studios that appears to be dead), the article indeed mentions the concussion matter in the Lead section. Nightscream (talk) 18:02, 2 June 2022 (UTC)