CowboyMike
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Could have used a few in the colts game, I guess they did not need the extra revenue from that game?
People will still tune in to watch the Cowboys lose.
Could have used a few in the colts game, I guess they did not need the extra revenue from that game?
People will still tune in to watch the Cowboys lose.
In any conspiracy theory, first ask yourself two questions. 1) how many different people would have to be in on it and 2) how could they keep it quiet over any period of time?
You really think steroids are a much bigger scandal than the league itself fixing the games???MLB Steroids was a much bigger scandal and made a lot more money for that sport. Who blew the whistle on that from inside the sport?
I'll give you the answer - it came from outside the sport and mostly because they were violating US law.
You really think steroids are a much bigger scandal than the league itself fixing the games???
It would be nice if some of those calls (after reviewing) would get overturned and/or pick up the flags. Especially if it is at a particular turning point in a game.Lets look at officiating in key points of the first half of the last two Dallas games. I’ve said for years that bad calls “mysteriously” happen in the NFL at the exact points needed to keep the games close so fans keep watching. That is purely because of TV ad revenue, which depends on fans watching – and they don’t watch the second half of blowouts. Last year the NFL made 13 Billion in revenue with 5 Billion coming from the TV contracts.
I accidently deleted the tape of the Colts game but when they were up 7 and about to go up 14 to take control the game, the refs made several bad calls to stop the Colts (helping Dallas) and keep the game close. If Indy is up 14 at the half, the fans turn the channel, ad revenue goes down and the NFL loses money. No question they were terrible calls and they benefited Dallas.
In the Bucs game, look at the last drive of the half. Two minutes left, Dallas is up by 11. A three and out and Dallas is up by 11 or 14 at the half and fans change the channel. Lets look at consecutive plays on that drive:
2&10 at TB 25 – Winston hits Jackson at 24 yards but the refs add 15 yards for Gregory roughing the passer even though he hits Winston a half step after his release - well within the rules. Ball at the Dallas 36 followed by a 5 yard pass.
2nd & 5 at Dallas 31. 11 yard pass to Evans on a play where several TB OL are holding. Holding was called on both teams on similar plays throughout the game but not here.
1st & 10 at Dallas 20 – Winston throws to Evans in the End Zone, who flagrantly pushes off in the End Zone, directly in front of the refs. The announcers call it a blatant push off. No call.
2nd & 10 at the Dallas 20 – Winston throws 8 yards to Humphries. Xavier Woods makes a text book shoulder to shoulder tackle to knock the ball lose, making it a fumble or an incompletion.
Nope, the refs call Unnecessary Roughness, giving the Bucs a 1st and Goal at the 6. They score two plays later, the score is 4 points at halftime instead of 11 or 14.
Four out of five consecutive plays are bad calls. Fans keep watching, ad revenue comes into the networks and those Billions of dollars continue to roll into the NFL.
Where did I say "fixing the outcomes"? Controlling the score is still fixing the games.Where did anyone in this thread say they are fixing the outcome of games? They are preventing blowouts early to keep fans watching, they aren't fixing games.
Also, "keeping the score close" in the first half could very easily change the outcome of the game, so there's that.Where did I say "fixing the outcomes"? Controlling the score is still fixing the games.
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It would likely be a crimeI will just say if it was ever proven that these calls are on purpose to fix a game, then I would stop watching the NFL all together. I agree that there are bad calls and questionable calls in every game but I do not think the refs really care about the outcomes of any game.
There are just too many people who would blow the whistle on something like this, for the money and the fame.
I've been suspicious about Super Bowls for that same reason. The vast majority of the past 20 Super Bowls have been nail-biters determined by the last play or last drive. Only a few of them have been blowouts. The Patriots have won or lost all their recent Super Bowls by no more than one score.
I agree and they will change the emphasis on something else next season. If I had one big argument with the league it is the constantly changing of the rules. I don't need the league to put in rules that may lead to more scoring or over protection of any player. I watch football and will enjoy a defensive battle just as much as an offensive shootout
I don’t really believe in conspiracies