After further review a week later, Refs stole game from Cowboys vs Packers once again

[sandbridge77]

Now that we had determined that football is fake, anybody have any insight on this Santa Claus guy?

 

[Diehardblues]

Still invested, deputy dog.

Provide something more than a gif of a missed call or be relegated to tin foil hat world.

It’s probably time to close this thread because it’s obvious it’s become nothing more than trolling now even admitting to incite me for entertainment.

The argument has been exhausted and all that’s left is more personal attacks and innuendos. If 30 pages can’t come to some civil conclusion it’s not happening.

We have some fans who believe the NFL has fake results to bolster revenue which is already record breaking which is costing us games. And yet they still continue to follow the game and chastise us for believing it’s legit.

What a silly childish thread this has become. You have the authority to end it. If not then please excuse me from responding in it again before I’m incited to a reaction that will. Thanks

 

[Legendz82]

I never thought I would see a thread like this going 31 pages. I never seen anything like it.

 

[Vtwin]

They aren't even understanding the arguments being presented to them. They think it's about the Cowboys, and/or the league being WWE style scripted. I bet they are still holding out for proof Santa doesn't exist.

Wow do you think you guys might be able to go back about 20 pages and read what I've written probably 10 or 15 times by now so I don't have to keep going over it.

 

[Runwildboys]

That is certainly a possibility in one way of doing it but I don't believe the players have anything to do with it.

My opinion is the players play hard and play to win.

I believe the league has people who monitor the viewing audience very carefully and when games start to lose the viewing audience because of a lopsided score they use the officials to get things back under control and stop from losing the viewing audience.
I believe it's just part of the officials job to keep things entertaining and competitive when directed to do so by the league.

I don't understand why there would be so many blowouts, or why there would ever be a team that goes winless or nearly winless in a season, if that were the goal. Even the smaller markets make a lot of money, and to keep those fans more interested would certainly make sense, fiscally speaking.

The league created parity through the salary cap and free agency. I think that's all the manipulation necessary.

 

[Runwildboys]

Profit is the utmost priority

Vegas would be on board with anything that would make them more profit.

Correct it makes no difference who wins as long as the games are competitive.

The obsessed and overly invested are unable to process what greed makes people do.

I doubt Vegas would be on board with a scandal to this degree. If it were ever found out (which it would be) they'd lose big. Not only would there be lawsuits, but the lack of good faith would hurt their industry for decades.

 

[Runwildboys]

Still invested, deputy dog.

Provide something more than a gif of a missed call or be relegated to tin foil hat world.

@Blackrain is making plausible arguments, even if we don't all agree with them. He's also do it in a respectful manner.

 

[Runwildboys]

You say the refs are told by the owners to keep the games close so viewers will not turn the game off, but the Packer game was in OT, the score was tied at the end of regulation. There was no need for the refs to do anything to keep viewership but the refs screwed us anyways in OT just for the hell of it?

So which is it? Do the refs manipulate calls to keep the game close to keep viewers interested or are the refs out to screw the Cowboys? Because these are two completely different things because a lot of these so called "phantom penalties" against Dallas happen when the score is relatively close, meaning there is no need for the refs to intervein to keep viewership.

A valid point, whether you believe they're "out to get us" or not.

 

[Runwildboys]

Sometimes both because we happen to be in a lot of primetime games.
The refs aren't told directly by the owners in my opinion they are directed by the league but the owners have given the league permission to do what's necessary to maximize viewing audience and profit

See, I don't think the owners with the better teams would be willing to have the games artificially kept close. That doesn't make sense to me. I'm absolutely certain that these owners make so much money already, that their prime motivation is winning, even if they could somehow make more money by risking losses to the referees' discretion.

 

[Runwildboys]

Look at what happened right before halftime in the Vikings game That's exactly what I'm talking about.

Hang on a second I'm strapping my tin foil hat on real tight okay I'm good

I believe there was some bean counter monitoring the viewing audience and as we were beating the Vikings it came down that they did not want us to make a field goal right before halftime that if we made a 60-yard field goal they were going to lose a lot of viewing audience.

What other possible reason could there be for not being able to review CDs catch after it happened during the time out we took before the field goal or before we took the field to kick the field goal.

No they waited till our kicker kicked a 60-yard field goal then told us they were going to review the catch figuring there was no way he could kick another 60 yd field goal but he did it and that game ran off the rails on them and there was nothing they could do to get it under control that wouldn't have appeared crazily obvious.

That was bad what were they going to do next come out and hit our kicker with a chair That was an absolute terrible display of officiating

What other possible reason could there be for not being able to review CDs catch after it happened during the time out we took before the field goal or before we took the field to kick the field goal.

Ineptitude, pure and simple. Maybe it was a decision they made earlier, but they just forgot to inform the teams. or maybe the Vikings talked them into reviewing it. There are plenty of plausible explanations that have nothing to do with the refs manipulating the score.

 

[Runwildboys]

@MarcusRock , fess up now, boy. You're a plant by the league to try to counter all the conspiracy arguments, so they can continue to rig games, aren't you? Don't lie, boy! We know a liar when we see one!

 

[shabazz]

I never thought I would see a thread like this going 31 pages. I never seen anything like it.

……well then you haven’t seen the “Bacon” thread

 

[Runwildboys]

……well then you haven’t seen the “Bacon” thread

The one on the old site was ridiculously long, and mostly on topic!

 

[Blackrain]

I don't understand why there would be so many blowouts, or why there would ever be a team that goes winless or nearly winless in a season, if that were the goal. Even the smaller markets make a lot of money, and to keep those fans more interested would certainly make sense, fiscally speaking.

The league created parity through the salary cap and free agency. I think that's all the manipulation necessary.

Yep you would think they would stop at that but greed knows no bounds and I think these primetime just provide them an opportunity to make some more money

With a little manipulation as I've said I don't think it goes on on all the games several big primetime games a week of which we are usually involved because Jerry has somehow managed to get us on all the primetime games even though we haven't sniffed in NFC championship in 27 years have to hand it to him.

Whole thing could come from pressure from the sponsors if games are a runaway and their products aren't being watched by the right amount of viewers that they think should be watching them They may bring pressure to bear on the league hard to say

Just too many coincidences for me to believe that everything is on the up and up but that's just my opinion not trying to force it on anybody

 

[Blackrain]

What other possible reason could there be for not being able to review CDs catch after it happened during the time out we took before the field goal or before we took the field to kick the field goal.

Ineptitude, pure and simple. Maybe it was a decision they made earlier, but they just forgot to inform the teams. or maybe the Vikings talked them into reviewing it. There are plenty of plausible explanations that have nothing to do with the refs manipulating the score.

I got to disagree with you there buddy They should have reviewed that thing right away or at least during the time out They never should have let him kick a 60-yard and then have to do it over That was a serious injustice in my mind.

 

[MWH1967]

I just need to beat Brady in the playoffs.

 

[Runwildboys]

I got to disagree with you there buddy They should have reviewed that thing right away or at least during the time out They never should have let him kick a 60-yard and then have to do it over That was a serious injustice in my mind.

I agree that it was an injustice. I just don't think they did it with malice. I haven't heard anything about it from the team. Did McCarthy say anything about them telling him just before the kick was made or any other details?

 

[Runwildboys]

Yep you would think they would stop at that but greed knows no bounds and I think these primetime just provide them an opportunity to make some more money

With a little manipulation as I've said I don't think it goes on on all the games several big primetime games a week of which we are usually involved because Jerry has somehow managed to get us on all the primetime games even though we haven't sniffed in NFC championship in 27 years have to hand it to him.

Whole thing could come from pressure from the sponsors if games are a runaway and their products aren't being watched by the right amount of viewers that they think should be watching them They may bring pressure to bear on the league hard to say

Just too many coincidences for me to believe that everything is on the up and up but that's just my opinion not trying to force it on anybody

You'd think if it was mostly directed at Prime Time games, Jerry would be trying to opt out of the Thanksgiving Day games. I think a lot of the Prime Time game are close because the league scheduled teams that were expected to be good matchups before the season even started. That, in my opinion, is the extent of their manipulation.

 

[CowboysFaninHouston]

Now that we had determined that football is fake, anybody have any insight on this Santa Claus guy?

he is not fake. he is real. I met him at the mall the other day and shook his hand....and his hands were cold....what further proof do you need

 

[Blackrain]

You'd think if it was mostly directed at Prime Time games, Jerry would be trying to opt out of the Thanksgiving Day games. I think a lot of the Prime Time game are close because the league scheduled teams that were expected to be good matchups before the season even started. That, in my opinion, is the extent of their manipulation.

You might think that but the Thanksgiving Day game I believe had more viewers than any other game ever so somehow I believe that pads Jerry's pocket and he just can't give that up.

See Jerry knows down deep that no matter how many Super bowls he wins he will never be viewed as the football guy he wants to be viewed as.

But the title of having the most valuable sports franchise in all the world is all his he gets all the credit and no one can take any of it from him and I think that is what drives him and what he gravitates towards now

Just my opinion