01-11-2016, 01:59 AM
I feel like the game was set up to be what it was last night from the moment it became clear we would be playing the Steelers. I am referring to the way it was sold by the media, assigned officiating crew, goofy sounding league memos, broadcasters, and even timeslot. Rather it was “fixed” or not, this game was billed as the NFLs version of the WWE for numerous marketing reasons. I do not believe there was any REAL attempt to make it anything other than the circus it was. Make of that what you will but I find it downright ridiculous to hear them all condemning the game which ended up being exactly how they marketed it to be. Do I personally think the NFL is fixed? I am still on the fence about this. For the most part, I don’t believe that it is actually predetermined but I also don’t think the people who believe otherwise are “crazy” either. I just believe that the NFL sets up certain circumstances (not necessarily the outcomes) in order to get the kind of games they can market a certain way.
