02-07-2017, 04:24 PM
I believe some NFL games are fixed for certain teams, but I'm not sure who to think the fixer is. You would assume it would be from the NFL brass trying to protect their favorite teams, but what if it's actually Vegas bookies that make it happen? They pay off a ref to make a few calls that go one way and there is a good chance that team is going to win. You would only need a few people involved to fix a game (A coach or ref or a key player). That would make more sense in the case of the Superbowl this year. Or any game for that matter. (ATL only running the ball 5 times the rest of the game after they were up 28-3, The strip sack on a deep bomb call when it was 3rd and 1 and you have an outstanding RB tandem, ATL knocking themselves out of FG range at the end with penalties when it would have put the game away, Freeney jumping offside on the final 2pt conversion just in case). Once the strip sack play happened I thought to myself here we go the fix is in. Now that its been a few days and I've thought about it I now think that is pretty unlikely but still a possibility. All of the calls when they got knocked out of FG range were correct but if one guy is in on the fix it could be real (see 1919 black sox). I think the ATL coach and players just blew it and NE made all the right adjustments and got lucky. I know how that works all too well being a die hard Cincy fan... With the amount of corrupt secrets coming out during this past election cycle, I think anything is possible. Especially a business as big as the NFL.
