The NFL is Rigged

[LinvilleGorge]

10 minutes ago, MHS831 said:

It proved to me that Ron Rivera can get out coached if you give the opposite side 2 weeks to prepare. 

Remmers at RT vs. Von Miller?  Did we adjust to give him help with a back or TE?  It has been a while since I watched it, but I remember Remmers being on an island vs. the top sack master in the league. 

I don't disagree, but what does that have to do with the repeated spearings to Cam's helmet in the very year that blows to the head of a QB was THE point of emphasis?

[NAS]

1 hour ago, Diehardpanth02 said:

Fight me. This is an entertainment program. This isn't competitive sports. To many stories line up to increase the talking points (the Kelce brothers), Mahomes on a Brady chase, the refs making questionable calls in favor of only one direction. You name it, no way so many coincidence. It all just seems odd to me.

I could be wrong. But in a sports betting world, how does the house know where to bet. It's only when they know the odds, or control the deck.

All just seems to scripted to me. I literally could've guessed the outcome of this game after the first quarter.

We knew it in SB50. Cotchery caught it but Manning had to win

[MHS831]

16 minutes ago, LinvilleGorge said:

I don't disagree, but what does that have to do with the repeated spearings to Cam's helmet in the very year that blows to the head of a QB was THE point of emphasis?

Was that the 2016 season?  I recall playing Denver in the opener, and I was thinking that was the game wherein the entire Broncos Defense should have been fined and the refs fired.  Too tired to google.

[Asaria]

Does the NFL direct the Ref's to help one team as much as possible? I guarantee it.

Can a team still win with the NFL doing everything it can to ensure they don't? Also 100%

Some teams have the refs on their side, but in a sport where one drop/shank/fumble/anything can decide the outcome, the NFL script writers can be ball busted at any moment.

Just be glad football can never be like the NBA, which is the most rigged sport in the history of rigged sports.

[MHS831]

Just now, NAS said:

We knew it in SB50. Cotchery caught it but Manning had to win

To me, the biggest crime wasn't that Peyton won 2 SBs, it was that Eli did.

[LinvilleGorge]

6 minutes ago, MHS831 said:

Was that the 2016 season?  I recall playing Denver in the opener, and I was thinking that was the game wherein the entire Broncos Defense should have been fined and the refs fired.  Too tired to google.

It was both. It happened in SB50 and then again in the 2016 opener.

[Mr. Scot]

I've always found it funny how the NFL goes from rigged to not rigged whenever the bad calls benefit us.

[LinvilleGorge]

11 minutes ago, Asaria said:

Does the NFL direct the Ref's to help one team as much as possible? I guarantee it.

Can a team still win with the NFL doing everything it can to ensure they don't? Also 100%

Some teams have the refs on their side, but in a sport where one drop/shank/fumble/anything can decide the outcome, the NFL script writers can be ball busted at any moment.

Just be glad football can never be like the NBA, which is the most rigged sport in the history of rigged sports.

How can basketball be rigged anymore easily than football? Biased officiating can easily sway outcomes in virtually every sport.

[LinvilleGorge]

7 minutes ago, Mr. Scot said:

whenever the bad calls benefit us.

That's been a rare occurrence indeed.

[PleaseCutStewart]

8 minutes ago, Asaria said:

Does the NFL direct the Ref's to help one team as much as possible? I guarantee it.

Can a team still win with the NFL doing everything it can to ensure they don't? Also 100%

Some teams have the refs on their side, but in a sport where one drop/shank/fumble/anything can decide the outcome, the NFL script writers can be ball busted at any moment.

Just be glad football can never be like the NBA, which is the most rigged sport in the history of rigged sports.

Agreed that the NBA is rigged, but 1 bad call does not have nearly the level of significance that 1 bad call in the NFL does. And I'm not just talking about the last minute of a game. A free 1st down can be the difference in a punt vs 7 points, which is much bigger than possibly 2 points in the NBA

[Cam Lawter]

The NFL is classified as an "Entertainment" Business just like the WWE. It's almost insane that gambling is allowed on sports period but I guess there's a lot of money to made off gullible people and selling a dream. 

[Shocker]

23 minutes ago, Mr. Scot said:

I've always found it funny how the NFL goes from rigged to not rigged whenever the bad calls benefit us.

The Panthers usually start to get calls when the game is already decided to make things look better statistically.  
 

This bias change began from Super Bowl 50 on and I think most of it came because of Cam.  The officials didn’t like his celebrations and antics and felt disrespected.  Why they still hate us who knows.

Edited January 30, 2023 by Shocker

[Zaximus]

I'm glad more and more people are realizing this.  The ones that don't are too indoctrinated and just won't let themselves admit that it possibly could be, I get that too.  Ratings are king and advertising is king.  The Cowboys are popular but they may not be the target demo advertisers want.  Those fans are already going to buy the pickup trucks, they want NEW pickup truck buyers.  

I don't think it's some crazy involved thing, but something passed down to the head ref can completely change the game.  Why keep bad refs every year?  Why muddy the rules each year?  I believe a team can still win despite the officiating but it's very hard, and just isn't fair.  I can't take anyone serious that watched our Super Bowl and think everything is OK.  There was reports done and it was like 20 or so missed calls in that game for Denver.  We watched a QB get hit in the head multiple times, fumbles batted, etc. with no calls.  Some of the other QBs get brushed and it's a flag normally.  Peyton had to win that game, it was the final game, come on.  If we played PERFECT yeah we still may have been able to win, but what team does that?  Hard to beat a good team AND the refs.

It's all about storylines and usually, there is one.  Not every time but since Goodell, almost every time.  We now have the "Reid Bowl" that the announcers already mentioned.  You have Kelce vs Kelce.  Mahomes chasing records.  If you watch objectively and not even Panther games obviously, you can see it.

[PleaseCutStewart]

1 hour ago, Zaximus said:

I'm glad more and more people are realizing this.  The ones that don't are too indoctrinated and just won't let themselves admit that it possibly could be, I get that too.  Ratings are king and advertising is king.  The Cowboys are popular but they may not be the target demo advertisers want.  Those fans are already going to buy the pickup trucks, they want NEW pickup truck buyers.  

I don't think it's some crazy involved thing, but something passed down to the head ref can completely change the game.  Why keep bad refs every year?  Why muddy the rules each year?  I believe a team can still win despite the officiating but it's very hard, and just isn't fair.  I can't take anyone serious that watched our Super Bowl and think everything is OK.  There was reports done and it was like 20 or so missed calls in that game for Denver.  We watched a QB get hit in the head multiple times, fumbles batted, etc. with no calls.  Some of the other QBs get brushed and it's a flag normally.  Peyton had to win that game, it was the final game, come on.  If we played PERFECT yeah we still may have been able to win, but what team does that?  Hard to beat a good team AND the refs.

It's all about storylines and usually, there is one.  Not every time but since Goodell, almost every time.  We now have the "Reid Bowl" that the announcers already mentioned.  You have Kelce vs Kelce.  Mahomes chasing records.  If you watch objectively and not even Panther games obviously, you can see it.

Somebody gets it. In all honesty, what it is going to take is everybody turning off their tvs, not buying NFL merchandise, not going to bars during NFL games, etc. and hurt them in the wallet.

TV ratings go down = less competition for ad time during NFL games. Less merchandise being bought = loss of revenue for NFL. Lower TV ratings = networks paying less for NFL rights.

Unfortunately it will take all of us from all of the fanbases that don't get the "questionable" calls in our favor to just boycott spending a second of attention or a nickel on NFL. And this is something that will never happen. I've just invested much less time and money into sports the past few years and I am honestly a happier person for it. Sure, I wish the Panthers and other teams I root for were better, but I'll live if they suck and probably get a good laugh at them behind completely inept franchises.

Edited January 30, 2023 by PleaseCutStewart