Kill me now

[cookinbrak]

Just saw a story on NightLine that the NFL is trying to attract more young females by playing up the Taylor Swift line. The fix is in. Just like when we had to give it up to Peyton.

[kungfoodude]

4 hours ago, cookinbrak said:

Just saw a story on NightLine that the NFL is trying to attract more young females by playing up the Taylor Swift line. The fix is in. Just like when we had to give it up to Peyton.

So, two years into this you are just finding out about it? Coma?

[csx]

Good morning Mister Van Winkle. 

[Khyber53]

There's no fix. There's never been a fix.

No conspiracy of more than three people ever remains undiscovered.

It is much, much more likely that an entity like the NFL does market research and happily taps into new streams of revenue as they appear. 

And the NFL isn't going to risk $20 billion in revenue because they want to fix games just to have some disgruntled referee or third-string special teamer write the tell-all book on how they rigged the Super Bowl.

 

[Candler Cat]

I remember when Ken Norton beat the crap out of Ali but lost the fight on decision 

When you're the champ you get calls, happens in just about every sport

The NFL tolerates it because it helps their bottom line 

[kungfoodude]

31 minutes ago, Khyber53 said:

There's no fix. There's never been a fix.

No conspiracy of more than three people ever remains undiscovered.

It is much, much more likely that an entity like the NFL does market research and happily taps into new streams of revenue as they appear. 

And the NFL isn't going to risk $20 billion in revenue because they want to fix games just to have some disgruntled referee or third-string special teamer write the tell-all book on how they rigged the Super Bowl.

 

That is the problem with grand conspiracies. They require a level of secrecy that isn't realistic.

The truth is, I think it's more human than conspiracy. The refs/umpires/game officials can be impacted by the scenarios too. I remember one player some years back from an opposing team saying he wasn't at all intimidated by the Cameron Crazies("pimply faced nerds" or something similar). But if you have ever seen the games there, it's pretty obvious more than a few of the officials get intimidated by that crowd/environment and it impacts their judgements, consciously or subconsciously.

Or think about how players can develop reputations with the officials. So guys will get calls against them or for them based on that. Coaches, same thing. 

If you wanted truly impartial officiating in ANY sport, you would have to remove the human beings from those decisions entirely. That alone may not necessarily be better, per se.

How would you ever get a "let them play" atmosphere(typically in the playoffs) from an AI or algorithm? That happens because the officials decide to stay out of the way for the most part and not call every foul/penalty. 

[JawnyBlaze]

We need to take as much as possible out of the refs hands. Remove the human element as much as possible. Chips in footballs, lasers, replay, more defined rules, officiating by committee by people upstairs with a better view. Nothing is more annoying about football than “the human element” of officiating. 

[cookinbrak]

3 hours ago, kungfoodude said:

So, two years into this you are just finding out about it? Coma?

 

2 hours ago, csx said:

Good morning Mister Van Winkle. 

Yes, bit now they aren't trying to hide it.

[kungfoodude]

7 minutes ago, cookinbrak said:

 

Yes, bit now they aren't trying to hide it.

Lol. WTF are you talking about? They have never for a moment hid their intentions to capitalize on the Taylor Swift bump.

It wasn't painfully obvious the first few games of incessant cut aways and announcers talking about it?

They haven't even remotely disguised their motives about drawing in Swifty eyeballs to boost their ratings and revenue. 

It's infuriating for real football fans because as soon as Kelce is gone, all those eyeballs will be gone. There isn't suddenly going to be fully circular Venn Diagram of Swifities and NFL Fans.

[jayboogieman]

31 minutes ago, kungfoodude said:

the Taylor Swift bump

 

31 minutes ago, kungfoodude said:

Swifty eyeballs