Refs are going to make bad calls (and bad no calls). If you have never reffed you will never understand just how much is going even in a NFL game with many officials. (I have refed some football, basketball and baseball at low levels.)
The pro leagues and colleges should fire the worst performing 10% every year. Give them a chance to make their way back, but that will do a lot.
Ya they need to capitalize on that Taylor Swift revenue for the super bowl. Trav only has 3 years left max. Chiefs bias from the refs has gone too far. They don't care how obvious it is, no one else gets calls like that or even close.
I love how Josh Allen pretended to be upset over the loss.
Curious about how they decide on who gets hurt, hmmmm?
The thing is, rigging football games just isn't necessary. The NFL and sports betting industries are already incredibly lucrative without needing to risk it with illegal game rigging. However, I do think refs are human beings who are susceptible to bias and influence.
A game outcome closer to the betting line is more profitable (or at the very least less risky) for casinos than one that is far away. The betting line is fundamentally (though not exactly) the score at which both sides have equal money bet on them. Casinos pay out ~90% of money that's brought in and keep the remainder. If the game hits the line exactly they pay the winners directly from the losers and keep their rake.
You don't have to bet just on the 50/50 line tho, you can bet on pretty much any +/- differential at different payoffs. Like if you said KC would win by 1 point last night it wouldn't pay back ~90%, it would pay back more like 60-70%. Ditto for the Bills, ditto for every possible score differential. Casinos do their best to value these different bets in such a way that they offset, but there are still situations where a final score causes a net loss on the game for the casino, and those scores are more likely the further you get from the main betting line.
I'm not saying outright the casinos are rigging or are trying to rig, but the have the motivation, the money, and the power to do so.
NFL Brass,....We are going to give 2025 to the Chiefs once again, it's what is best for business. What we need now is who will they beat in the Superbowl, so any suggestions?
Jerry Jones.....how about the Cowboys? NFL Brass.....sorry Jerry but the public isn't going to accept that, you are no longer America's team. Jerry Jones,,,,so you have us losing all those games then tell me how the public.....WTF?
NFL Brass.....any other recommendations? Packers rep.....(GB owns the team)...how about the Packers? NFL Brass.....we have talked about this before, we gave you guys how many Lombardi's already? Anyone else?
Sheila Ford Hamp....Detroit Lions, come on will we ever get our shot? Why are we never ever considered for this?
NFL Brass......tell you what maybe it is time for your Lions, let us think that over, will get back to ya,
NFL Brass.....ok, so keep up the good work, anyone have one more response?
Jerry Jones......you know this isn't fair, right?
NFL Brass....shut up Jerry.
Imagine if this meeting took place at Motel 6 and Jerry Jones got bent over by a black cat named Jheri Bones?
People are just mad the chiefs are going to the super bowl again. The occasional random call that goes the chief's way is suddenly a conspiracy.
I don't really care who wins the super bowl. But it would be satisfying to see intolerable Eagles fans that got Andy Reid fired lose another super bowl to the obese old man with a mustache.
"Occasional random call" LOL. They had three yesterday, at least two the week before and on and on. Anyone with an ounce of football knowledge can see that aren't getting the "occasional random call."
It is and it isn't - it is fixed because the best players on the best teams will take / have taken discounts to allow other great players to join, along with a number of salary manipulations. The teams will convert their salaries into a bonus again to reduce their salaries. Additionally, they will add "dead years" to big price tag players to kick the can. At some point, the chickens come the roost, and team blows up.
The 2021 LA Rams are great example of this, they basically tanked the next year after winning the super bowl on purpose and just did a bunch of money things the prior year. Similarly, you are seeing this happen with SF who did the same thing but didn't win the super bowl.
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People are just mad the chiefs are going to the super bowl again. The occasional random call that goes the chief's way is suddenly a conspiracy.
I don't really care who wins the super bowl. But it would be satisfying to see intolerable Eagles fans that got Andy Reid fired lose another super bowl to the obese old man with a mustache.
"Occasional random call" LOL. They had three yesterday, at least two the week before and on and on. Anyone with an ounce of football knowledge can see that aren't getting the "occasional random call."
Yeah when you are now what, 17-0 in one score games over the last 2 seasons and in many of those games where there are crucial calls late (as you would expect) they seem to almost always fall your way, it can't just be "occasional" and "random". I couldn't see how even the most ardent Chiefs fan could counter that.
Anyway, is what it is. Now we get a kind of insufferable and honestly uninteresting Superbowl. Bills would have been a great story, so obviously would the Commanders - we don't even get one of them.
Was thinking about what the Bills do with McDermott. They are in a real tight spot because he's actually the rich mans Mike Tomlin right now - great regular season record and a great record in the playoffs except for one thing - he can't get this team over the final hurdle and to the Superbowl. And even in all these game dating back to the 13 second meltdown, it just never feels like he will put his team in a spot to actually win does it? In 2021 he calls up "defense" that lets the Chiefs go 44 yards in 13 seconds and costs them the game. They get smoked by the Bengals in 22. In 23 they have a 1st and 10 on the Chiefs 27 with 2.40 left and have to settle for a 44 yard FG which is missed because the offensive playcalling (eerily like yesterday) is just bizarre - getting into 2nd and long, then Allen tossing up balls to below average receivers. He just simply doesn't have to feel to do it.
Yet at the same time how do you really move on from a guy who is 86-45 in 8 years as you head coach, even though you are basically what, waiting for Reid and/or Mahomes to retire just so you can make a damn Superbowl. Tough.
4.Abner Haynes North Texas State....first black to play college football in Texas/first 1000 yard rusher and first "star" of the AFL.
5.Larry Johnson Penn State
second 5....Joe Delaney, Mike Garrett, Mack "Truck" Lee Hill, Curtis McClinton, Barry Word
That's offensive.
Obviously you know nothing about this at all.
Christian Emeka Okoye (/oʊˈkɔɪeɪ/; born August 16, 1961) is a Nigerian–American former professional football fullback who played for the Kansas City Chiefs of the National Football League (NFL) from 1987 to 1992.[1][2][3] ************Nicknamed "the Nigerian Nightmare", he was known for his powerful running style and ability to break tackles. His six-season NFL career produced an NFL rushing champion title in 1989, first-team All-Pro honors in 1989, second-team All-Pro honors in 1991, two Pro Bowl appearances in 1989 and 1991, and three playoff appearances.[4] He ended his NFL career due to multiple injuries.[5] He was inducted into the Kansas City Chiefs Hall of Fame in 2000.[3] He is also notable for not having ever played football until the age of 23, but later leading the NFL in rushing at age 28.[6] College career
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Christian Emeka Okoye (/oʊˈkɔɪeɪ/; born August 16, 1961) is a Nigerian–American former professional football fullback who played for the Kansas City Chiefs of the National Football League (NFL) from 1987 to 1992.[1][2][3] ************Nicknamed "the Nigerian Nightmare", he was known for his powerful running style and ability to break tackles. His six-season NFL career produced an NFL rushing champion title in 1989, first-team All-Pro honors in 1989, second-team All-Pro honors in 1991, two Pro Bowl appearances in 1989 and 1991, and three playoff appearances.[4] He ended his NFL career due to multiple injuries.[5] He was inducted into the Kansas City Chiefs Hall of Fame in 2000.[3] He is also notable for not having ever played football until the age of 23, but later leading the NFL in rushing at age 28.[6] College career
I know exactly who he is. Your spelling is offensive, dufus.
I watched the Chiefs/Bills game. And while there were a few questionable calls that favored the Chiefs, I also saw a couple that favored the Bills. In particular, a no-call on a Bills false start near the goal line.
I think refs make bad calls all the time, for all teams. But when a team wins a lot, like the Chiefs, people are more prone to notice those bad calls. And that feeds the conspiracy theories.
The thing is, rigging football games just isn't necessary. The NFL and sports betting industries are already incredibly lucrative without needing to risk it with illegal game rigging. However, I do think refs are human beings who are susceptible to bias and influence.
50 50 calls going one way is the main the avenue for cheating
a receiver blowing a route for one interception or a fumble one in a while, that's tough
coaches putting ok, but marginally injured players on the injury list is another covert operation
etc.
with the gambling dollars involved, and given human corruption possibilities, for sure there will be cheating, past present and future.
the only question is , how much?
i tend to believe the NFL isn't too corrupt on the playing field, then again, insiders know, I' don't. but don't need to be a weatherman to know which way the wind blows.
I'm not sure where exactly to rank Mahomes right now, but in no world is he higher on the GOAT list than Brady. He hasn't even won this game yet and that would just get him to halfway in surpassing Brady.
Anyway, the fact you have guys like Rodgers, Roethlisberger and Rivers on this list and John Elway, Johnny Unitas are nowhere to be found doesn't make me take too much offense to the fact you have Mahomes as the GOAT already.
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