#NFL Rigged???

[Nepa]

(01-30-2023, 11:37 AM)KillerGoose Wrote: I think that the majority of people who believe the NFL is rigged simply can't comprehend what they are watching. A lot of fans find joy in watching sports and throwing a temper tantrum. It's kind of like that. Most of the calls that were actually thrown last night I thought were reasonable, though I did disagree with the Hilton PI. I understand there are missed calls but those normally balance out for both teams. This is a situation where if someone sat down with a ref and broke down tape you would probably get insightful explanations as to why it was called, and for the non-calls, you'd probably learn intricacies of the rules. Or, you'd get a "we're human and missed that one. That's on us."

All of that is more reasonable than believing the game is rigged.

I don't believe the game is rigged. But I felt the officials last night became intimidated by the raucous crowd, who reacted to everything the officials did, and as the game progressed, they just stopped calling obvious penalties on the part of the Chiefs. In the end, the Chiefs had only 4 penalties all game, while the Bengals had 9. There were officials right there for the push on the back on the return and the hold on Mahomes run, but they swallowed their whistles. 

That it was a very poorly officiated game was rather obvious -- many neutral analysts and talk show hosts pointed it out that it was one-sided -- but I don't buy into the rigged. i think more part-time officials, who have other jobs (middle school and high school jobs, etc.), who were intimidated by the fans or who let their own biases emerge.