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Can something be done about this referee bias against the Panthers?


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We need to take the University of Texas approach (at least at home) and just start chucking beer bottles at the refs until they get scared of getting hit by them and start calling plays fairly for us.

But yeah, unless you are a big market franchise or have a stud QB, expect to get shafted on calls from the refs (especially during crunch time)

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I think it comes down to one main issue 

The NFL doesn't want to market a small market teams sucess, which will sell more merchandise, Denver with Peyton Manning, or the Carolina Panthers 

We are not respected in any sport except college basketball , even the national media discredits the Canes cup win because the Oils starting goalie got injured in game 1, even though he was injured by his own player driving a Cane into him trying to draw an interference call 

Comes with the territory, if you are a Carolina fan, the whole world is really against you, you are not really part of the club 

 

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1 hour ago, Daddy_Uncle said:

You think it's been bad thus far.. well next game is the Cheifs and they surely won't let them lose to the Panthers

What if they are working to change the narrative. And the Panthers win and the firings of HC’s continues?! lol 🤪

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If you watch enough you see the less obvious ways the refs can call games to engineer outcomes. Throwing flags, or maybe more importantly, not throwing them. Picking up flags. Not blowing whistles. Blowing whistles. Play clocks even. When to start the clock. Stop it. Lag a little here, anticipate a little there, it adds up benefitting one side hurting the other. 

 

(I think the Panthers are the perfect team for the Chiefs to have a fluke loss against, as far as it goes. If we beat them maybe look closer.)

 

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12 hours ago, countryboi said:

Root for someone else? The refs have never favored a North Carolina team unless you are a Dukie.

As a non-member of the rivalry, I've noticed the exact opposite.  My friends and I have along called the Tarheels the Dallas Cowboys of college basketball.  It's maddening.

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Refs have been cheating Carolina ever since the Dallas game in 05 when Peppers blocked the field goal and was penalized for roughing the kicker. 
 

Only got worse when Cam, an unabashedly black and cocky QB dominated the league and the old crusty ass guard of the NFL couldn’t stand that so they had to throw Manning a retirement party for SB50. 
 

I suspect it will only really improve when we sign a big time vet with a nice story the NFL can go along with. Or Bryce Young gets better and his good guy narrative becomes plot armor for the NFL to make him the next Brees. 

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12 hours ago, Shocker said:

I will start by saying I think the NFL and the referees have been obviously bias against the Panthers since…Super Bowl 50.  Including that game this team has been disrespected by bad calls or horrible non calls consistently.  Is this because we are/were a bad team?  It feels extremely strange to me that against the Raiders the year we were big underdogs and suddenly we cover and get a lot of favorable calls.  If I’m just crazy tell me cuz it is so obvious but maybe I am just seeing ghosts.

 

I think Cam Newton received unique bias from the moment he declared for the NFL draft.  He just happened to play for us.   

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We are one of 32 fanbases in the NFL. We are one of 32 fanbases in the NFL that have this exact same discussion on a regular basis.

Let's move along and quit crying over it. Even if it were true, they don't go back a fix things. Ever.

 

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