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SB50 Levels of Bad Officiating


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1 hour ago, CmC2k said:

The NFL Referees Association gained so much leverage in 2012 with how bad the replacement referees preformed. In a perfect world referees would be able to be held accountable for poor performances such as being forced to not officiate for a certain number of weeks and or being fined for multiple obvious missed or bad calls in a game. It's awful how the NFL will suspend and fine players for some of the most minimal actions that have no effect on the outcome of a game but will allow referees to blatantly miss and or make wrong and bad calls that change the outcomes of games and have no accountability system in place. Players and coaches can't even question the decision of a referee in the media without being fined or suspended. I fully expect Adam Thielen to be fined for his comments after game, but we will see no punishment for the blatant Packer biased referees. NFL referees operate with complete and udder impunity and if I was the president of the NFLPA I would push for a referee accountability system in the next CBA. 

I dont think the refs now are considerably better than the replacement refs.

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The refs did everything to help the Packers

https://www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootballtalk/rumor-mill/news/packers-almost-screwed-up-coin-toss-to-start-game-at-panthers

On Sunday, Packers cornerback Jaire Alexander almost made a mistake that would have given the Panthers the ball to begin both the first quarter and the third quarter.

Via Rob Demovsky of ESPN.com, Alexander told referee Alex Kemp after Green Bay won the toss that the Packers wanted to be on defense. Kemp, who could have (and arguably should have) interpreted that to mean the Packers were exercising the option to kick, clarified things with Alexander before accepting that the Packers were deferring.

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The only reason the incredibly profitable NFL isn’t leaning ALL THE WAY IN on technology to ref games is because it allows them to control the narrative and perpetuate storylines.  “Packers win!  Playoff hunt!”  Blah blah blah.  The information asymmetry that exists with human referees and the black box of “the control room making subjective decisions in NYC” necessarily allows for narrative control and money to flow via betting lines and more popular fan bases being appeased to.  If the NFL actually cared about this the way the IRS cares about taxes, there would be no referees at all, as they are less competent than tech that exists today.  

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2 hours ago, Lmao said:

The only reason the incredibly profitable NFL isn’t leaning ALL THE WAY IN on technology to ref games is because it allows them to control the narrative and perpetuate storylines.  “Packers win!  Playoff hunt!”  Blah blah blah.  The information asymmetry that exists with human referees and the black box of “the control room making subjective decisions in NYC” necessarily allows for narrative control and money to flow via betting lines and more popular fan bases being appeased to.  If the NFL actually cared about this the way the IRS cares about taxes, there would be no referees at all, as they are less competent than tech that exists today.  

Speaking of technology, why are old fashioned chains still being used to mark 10 yards. They could easily use lasers to exactly mark 10 yards and get rid of those stupid chains. I guess you are right they want to be able to control and manipulate and that is another way they can do it 

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21 minutes ago, Pazhoosier89 said:

Speaking of technology, why are old fashioned chains still being used to mark 10 yards. They could easily use lasers to exactly mark 10 yards and get rid of those stupid chains. I guess you are right they want to be able to control and manipulate and that is another way they can do it 

Literally the only reason.  It isn’t even expensive these days.  It is more costly to the integrity of the game than it is costly to integrate the technology.  That is, unless, it has more to do with betting lines, ticket revenue etc tied to narratives around popular and  big market teams 

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7 minutes ago, Lmao said:

Literally the only reason.  It isn’t even expensive these days.  It is more costly to the integrity of the game than it is costly to integrate the technology.  That is, unless, it has more to do with betting lines, ticket revenue etc tied to narratives around popular and  big market teams 

Integrate LLMs with sensors providing feedback to an objective rule-based system and the NFL would IMMEDIATELY become less storyline driven 🤣💀. Lmao it is trash how this hasn’t been thought of, unless it has but hasn’t been implemented. And if it has been thought of and not implemented, what is the motive?  I dislike black boxes of any kind, and love leveraging any and all tech that eliminates/disintermediates them.

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