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

[kungfoodude]

1 hour ago, Day1PanthersFan said:

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 

 

The merchandise sales are such an infinitesimally small portion of NFL revenue as to be completely laughable.

The NFL is as prone to wanting big market teams or traditional powers to succeed as any other major professional sport in the country.

I don't really think there is a lot of evidence of "team bias" as much as there is ample evidence of "star player bias." The NFL has suffered from that for decades. It's also not as prevalent as it is in the NBA, which is just transparently tilted towards the star players.

Overall, this season the refs have stood out more for their general incompetence rather than anything fishy. Still not as bad as some referees in professional sports(but MILES better than the glorified rec. refs that are in college sports). There does appear to be a general decline in the NFL refs this season. Haven't paid enough attention to see if it is certain crews or not.

[t96]

6 hours ago, L-TownCat said:

Cotchery caught that ball.

Will go to my grave still saying this. Turning point of the game was that call and the play right after it. We had momentum before that poo call and the strip sack

[frankw]

I totally get the sentiment. It's been blatantly obvious for years now.

But if we could actually do something about it in some parallel universe where that's possible then while we were at it the Tepper's would be forced to sell and we would not be stuck with Bryce Young.

Unfortunately there's no magic wand for life. It'd be nice though.

[fanpanther]

I dont think there is a bias against the panthers but with that said I do feel nfl referees influence games.  It doesnt take much at all to change the outcome of nfl games.  Just call a penalty when a drive is stalling to extend the drive.  To make it look even call a penalty against the other team but make sure to call it at a time that it doesnt help them or hurt them from scoring.  This way penalties look even but actually they are not even at all. Would love to see someone follow nfl penalties and look at them as how they effected the game vs if they were just called but had no effect.  I think gambling has effected it alot I am not conviced alot of nfl games are not influenced maybe not completely rigged but influenced by controversial calls.  The chiefs with swifts massive following seem to get the most beneficial calls of any team ever.  

[HaricotVert]

3 hours ago, Brooklyn 3.0 said:

This thread is one of the worst ever created in the history of the Huddle. Congrats.

Tommy Jone says hi

[SmokinwithWilly]

It's an entertainment league. The refs can have bias because having tech make obvious calls like ball placement would make steering the story too difficult.

[Oldschool Leroy]

Tepper will need to spend some of that coin

[Brooklyn 3.0]

2 hours ago, HaricotVert said:

Tommy Jone says hi

I'll take Tommy Jone any day over "refs have it out for Charlotte/Panthers/North Carolina".