#NFL Rigged???

[Science Friction]

(01-30-2023, 10:02 AM)Memphis_Bengal Wrote: I am not reading this whole thread because of the absurdity of the idea the NFL could somehow rig a game to be a specific score. Just wanted to say that anyone who believes that is ignorant. Did NFL instruct us to commit a penalty to push them into FG range? Burrow to throw two picks so he's in on it also? Adengi to be a turnstile? Yet with all that we got the ball twice late in the 4th quarter with a chance to drive for a winning FG and could not. So save the rigged talk...it's just dumb

Nobody on here that I know here , including myself, is saying anything of the such. But only those who are so naive about the influence of big money would contend that the league doesn't try to put it's finger on the scales to influence the outcomes of some games. Of course they do. I encourage you to search for this topic  on a Reds board if you want to see intelligent discussion on how and why officials influences games. More than half of the folks polled  there believe the league either DEFINITELY influences outcomes or MORE LIKELY THAN NOT influences outcomes. I would post a link to that discussion but I'm not sure if it is within Bengals Board rules to do so. 

And for those who say there's no way the league could be dishonest in affecting games because the Bengals won last year, I say hogwash. Isn't it possible that the league would favor an outcome in which the Bengals win? Bottomline, there is little doubt there is some influence from league officials on the outcomes of some games. Only those who so desperately want to be believe that Goodell is an honest and ethical man would think any differently. Be honest with yourself, Goodell deniers, were there any calls or non-calls last night that left you scratching your heads and thinking in the deep recesses of your mind that something seemed kinda out of sorts or fishy. You know, kinda like  the Logan Wilson phantom PI on 3rd down in the endzone in the Superbowl?