Obama Calls Packers-Seahawks Outcome "Terrible" President Obama today called the outcome of Monday's Packers-Seahawks NFL football game "terrible," after a controversial call by the referees cost the Packers a win. "I've been saying for months, we've got to get our refs back," Obama said in response to a question from ABC News. He was referring to the use of replacement referees during an ongoing league lock-out of official crews. He made the remarks upon returning to the White House from a two-day trip to New York City for the U.N. General Assembly. Earlier in the day, the NFL acknowledged that the refs Monday botched a late-game call upholding Seattle's Hail Mary touchdown pass to lift them above Green Bay. But the league declined to overturn the victory. White House spokesman Jay Carney said that Obama believes there was "a real problem with the call." "He said that what happened in that game is a perfect example of why both sides need to come together and resolve their differences so that refs can get back on the field," Carney told reporters on board Air Force One. Both sides in the lock-out dispute met Tuesday to try to resolve the dispute, but resolution did not appear imminent. Earlier in the day Paul Ryan also complained about the call, but he then drew a political analogy, arguing that the Obama administration has acted like the replacement refs.