12-20-2021, 06:15 AM
(12-19-2021, 11:47 PM)Destro Wrote: It wasn’t as anti-Bengals and “NFL is rigged” as some were spouting, but they were some pretty awful calls and non-calls. Apparently they do get graded or something, so this crew has to be the worst this week. They did get some close calls correct, both for and against the Bengals, but at times it was just beyond bad.
The NFL has bias. 20 billion dollars just sitting there, think they want to only make 10-15 billion from smaller market teams?
It's not hard to believe, I made that same point, you wouldn't have guessed it happened in the NBA either.
Patriots cheat, they get away with it. Like Belichick said if you're not trying to cheat you're not trying to win. Refs play no part in this? Hah. Part of the game is manipulating the refs, too. "Rigged" in that case might be the wrong word but I don't give the NFL 0% chance that they don't want the refs manipulating some games. THere's way too much money on the table, a business that makes 20 billion a year could be a "little" greedy, don't you think?
https://yourteamcheats.com/CIN#Headsetgate-1980
Referee Bias in Professional Football (soccer): Favoritism Toward Successful Teams in Potential Penalty Situations
https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fspor.2020.00019/full
Take that study and apply it to why teams are usually better at home, than away. Especially in NBA, you have some teams that are unbeatable at home and are less than .500 away. The rims are the same, if someone figured out "everything else", they'd make millions. A professional athlete can't get over the travel, staying in a hotel, different sleep schedule, playing in a different arena? Hah. Then why even get on the plane! Refs probably also have home team bias they have to constantly fight.
Tim Brown said it best "People try to say what goes on between Al Davis and the league doesn't affect what happens on the field, but there's no way that you can tell me that that's so."
