Arizona Cardinals receiver Larry Fitzgerald told Yahoo! Sports on Tuesday that if the NFL doesn't resolve the referee lockout, they might be in jeopardy of losing some of their fan base. "As a player my main concern is protecting the integrity of the game," Fitzgerald said in his suite at the W Hotel before making the rounds of media and endorsement appearances in the area. "The reason fans watch our game in such high numbers is that they can always count on fair, competitive physical play every single week. That is what makes it exciting and that's what makes them view. "It is what keeps the fans coming back so you have to protect that, it is important they believe in what they are seeing in the stadiums and on their televisions. The NFL has some work to do to get that fixed. I just hope it can be done soon." The officiating has been below par all season, but Fitzgerald shares the opinion that what happened Monday night was the tipping point. "Being a player you want to know you are being protected and that is truly important to me," Fitzgerald said. "On the play last night, I thought the same [thing] that everyone else thought. I thought it was an interception, I thought it was clear as day but unfortunately that call wasn't made. "This is definitely going to have playoff implications. You know Green Bay is going to be in the thick of the playoff hunt, you