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The PI no-call in the Rams/Saints playoff game is what sealed it for me. There's no ****ing way the refs didn't see it.
 

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They aren't going to come out and admit anything. You can see it though or you can choose to ignore it.
What we are seeing is incompetence and inconsistency based on human judgement and interpretation.

You’re telling me that after all of these years not one whistleblower blower or disgruntled former associate in anyway has come forward. Their testimony and evidence would be worth a fortune.

Sounds more like sour grapes that calls didn’t go our way.
 

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Players and coaches are complaining every week. They get fined for it too.
We are all complaining about poor and inconsistency in officiating . But no one is saying there’s a conspiracy or corruption.
 

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Then why give coaches the challenge ability at all - to be able to second guess the official’s call? Is that smoke and mirrors? A false sense of security? I don’t have the stats, but my guess is very few games have their outcome determined in the last two minutes.
Are you kidding? Almost 1/3 if all games come down to a final kick...made or missed. Over 1/2 the games come down to a final drive. How many times does an officials call change an outcome? All the time...I would bet 3/4 of all games are decided by refs penalties...called one way or another. Doesn't take much to change an outcome.
 

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A Jaguars player tweeted after their playoff loss to the patriots that goooodell came into their locker room at halftime and told them that it was better for the league if the patriots won. Then the tweet was deleted.
 

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What probably needs to be addressed is reviewing penalties in the booth. We review everything else . Why not judgmental penalties .
 

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What we are seeing is incompetence and inconsistency based on human judgement and interpretation.

You’re telling me that after all of these years not one whistleblower blower or disgruntled former associate in anyway has come forward. Their testimony and evidence would be worth a fortune.

Sounds more like sour grapes that calls didn’t go our way.
BULL****
 

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A Jaguars player tweeted after their playoff loss to the patriots that goooodell came into their locker room at halftime and told them that it was better for the league if the patriots won. Then the tweet was deleted.
It is better for the league if Patriots won. That doesn’t mean there’s corruption.

And the networks have their preference too choosing which games they’d rather broadcast . But again no known corruption .
 

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We are all complaining about poor and inconsistency in officiating . But no one is saying there’s a conspiracy or corruption.
They rely on people like you making the excuses for them. You dismiss it as incompetence.
 

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It is better for the league if Patriots won. That doesn’t mean there’s corruption.

And the networks have their preference too choosing which games they’d rather broadcast . But again no known corruption .
Why did he need to tell them that? If you remember there were several questionable calls that went the patriots way in the second half of that game.
 

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They rely on people like you making the excuses for them. You dismiss it as incompetence.
I’d love to have some hard evidence . I’d go public like most whistleblowers would.

Until then it’s nothing more than unsubstantiated conspiracy theories.
 

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A Jaguars player tweeted after their playoff loss to the patriots that goooodell came into their locker room at halftime and told them that it was better for the league if the patriots won. Then the tweet was deleted.
I’m sorry just can’t buy that. It’s like an urban legend where someone knew someone who knew someone. A locker room with 50+ people in it and the news didn’t break because a tweet got deleted?
 

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Why did he need to tell them that? If you remember there were several questionable calls that went the patriots way in the second half of that game.
First of all we can’t verify he actually did. In today’s world I have complete faith if there was any substance to corruption it would eventually come out. It always has.
 

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I’m sorry just can’t buy that. It’s like an urban legend where someone knew someone who knew someone. A locker room with 50+ people in it and the news didn’t break because a tweet got deleted?
Buy or not. There's no amount of evidence that will convince you. There's just too many of these BS calls for it to be coincidence. There's no accountability which breeds corruption.
 

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Buy or not. There's no amount of evidence that will convince you. There's just too many of these BS calls for it to be coincidence. There's no accountability which breeds corruption.
I’m all about accountability . I think there’d be a reporter or investigator looking for the story of his life . Imagine the fortune and fame it would bring. Like unveiling Watergate.
 
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