Study on referee bias

[CATCH17]

I figure if we have the biggest fan base and most of the players in the nfl grew up cowboy fans, probably goes with the refs too. Just like the nfl is out to get us conspiracy theories, the refs being against us is just as silly. Nfl wanting to hurt us makes no sense and statically speaking there are probably more refs who are cowboy fans than any other team.

Lol.. The refs are a bunch of New Yorkers with Italian last names. I'm sure they just love the Cowboys.

 

[Nightman]

ATL got some calls they never would've got in SEA yesterday

Brady cried and the next hit was a flag

Gotta lay the ground work

 

[TwoDeep3]

We live in a day when it is always someone's fault.

 

[followthestar]

I am tired of people bringing up the Hitchens' interference flag being picked up in the Detroit game as bias or the reason we won. It wasn't PI at all - the ball hit him in the back and he had as much right to be in that spot as the receiver, who had no chance of catching it anyway. Please...

 

[Little Jr]

Lol.. The refs are a bunch of New Yorkers with Italian last names. I'm sure they just love the Cowboys.

So the cowboys have the most fans. The most nfl players in the nfl who grew up cowboy fans but when it comes to the refs they're different? Lol gotcha. And no, they aren't all new Yorkers but keep the conspiracy going. It get a chuckle reading all the conspiracy theoris.

 

[Doomsay]

I am tired of people bringing up the Hitchens' interference flag being picked up in the Detroit game as bias or the reason we won. It wasn't PI at all - the ball hit him in the back and he had as much right to be in that spot as the receiver, who had no chance of catching it anyway. Please...

Not to mention that 59 was being illegally pulled by the grill.

 

[Zordon]

Just for the record,

The hands to the face call on Claiborne and the PI call on Brown both occurred on the Packers side of the field.

Also, Garrett was quiet as a church mouse when it came to working the refs. So annoying...

You can't tell me Parcells barking at the refs like a madman doesn't change a call or two today.

 

[Sydla]

I think it's one of Garrett's weaknesses. He's too passive on the sidelines and doesn't work the officials for the benefit of his team like other coaches do. This study seems to support the notion that calls can be "earned" for a lack of a better term.

 

[khiladi]

This article gives some pretty damning evidence of one type of referee bias. While I guess the evidence presented here should be expected to some extent, the degree to which the bias is obvious as presented is alarming.

So just remember this next time you think someone is being a crazy conspiracy theorist when complaining about the refs after a game.

https://fivethirtyeight.com/feature...ecause-it-freakin-works/?ex_cid=story-twitter

I like how they start it out with the Pats not getting the favor of calls when they get it all the time..

 

[Satchel89]

The refs were absolutely atrocious for both teams but I'm sorry, The Cowboys got hosed. I still want someone to explain the Butler penalty. I still can't believe that was called. The Green Bay Packers are the best pass protection line in the NFL. I heard that twice in the game. I see why. Not 1 holding Penalty on them and I seen 4 blatant ones. The officiating has been terrible all year.