01-10-2023, 05:34 PM
There are other reasons besides conspiracies for both bad officiating AND for biased officiating.
Bad reffing can be simple incompetence. The refs should be professionals not amateurs, with extensive training and testing and also accountability - too many blown calls and you're fired. And the unfortunate fact of the vague nature of some of the rules does not help as it makes many MAJOR flags essentially judgement calls (See DPI).
And yes there is biased officiating. To deny it is not to live in the real world. The NFL is notorious for referees favoring certain players and yes teams, and also has the "home cooking" phenomenon where some teams get calls in their home stadiums. The Cowboys are a notable example going back decades.
The refs Sunday WERE atrocious. They seemed to be sleep walking and missed a lot of garbage from the Rats (Two Facemasks, a late hit, a defenseless receiver, the attack on Carman). While the Carman attack one is a bit foggy the rest were big issues because they are black and white player safety rules and not ambiguous yet the refs missed them despite the fouls happening right in front of them.
The Rats were pretty clearly headhunting and the refs should have issued a warning early on. I think that is why ZT was so incensed.
Bad reffing can be simple incompetence. The refs should be professionals not amateurs, with extensive training and testing and also accountability - too many blown calls and you're fired. And the unfortunate fact of the vague nature of some of the rules does not help as it makes many MAJOR flags essentially judgement calls (See DPI).
And yes there is biased officiating. To deny it is not to live in the real world. The NFL is notorious for referees favoring certain players and yes teams, and also has the "home cooking" phenomenon where some teams get calls in their home stadiums. The Cowboys are a notable example going back decades.
The refs Sunday WERE atrocious. They seemed to be sleep walking and missed a lot of garbage from the Rats (Two Facemasks, a late hit, a defenseless receiver, the attack on Carman). While the Carman attack one is a bit foggy the rest were big issues because they are black and white player safety rules and not ambiguous yet the refs missed them despite the fouls happening right in front of them.
The Rats were pretty clearly headhunting and the refs should have issued a warning early on. I think that is why ZT was so incensed.
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