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re: Professional sports being 'fixed' or at least influenced...
Posted on 12/10/17 at 2:54 am to supadave3
Posted on 12/10/17 at 2:54 am to supadave3
There is certainly 'influence' in some games that favor one team.
Regardless, the Saints game is a horrible example. The Falcons were gifted many calls throughout the game that were considered ticky-tack, but it's not like ATL won the game through those things. Did it make it easier? Yeah, of course, but Matty Ice threw what? Three picks? Kamara also got hurt.
It was never going to be an easy game to win and I think it's really dumb to think the refs and league orchestrated an ATL win before the opening kickoff.
If you believe in such a thing then you would have to believe in the NFL orchestrating the Red Sox after the boston bombing or Houston's World Series win following Hurricane Harvey. Which would be bullshite.
Regardless, the Saints game is a horrible example. The Falcons were gifted many calls throughout the game that were considered ticky-tack, but it's not like ATL won the game through those things. Did it make it easier? Yeah, of course, but Matty Ice threw what? Three picks? Kamara also got hurt.
It was never going to be an easy game to win and I think it's really dumb to think the refs and league orchestrated an ATL win before the opening kickoff.
If you believe in such a thing then you would have to believe in the NFL orchestrating the Red Sox after the boston bombing or Houston's World Series win following Hurricane Harvey. Which would be bullshite.
This post was edited on 12/10/17 at 2:57 am
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Posted on 12/10/17 at 4:47 am to McCaigBro69
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Kamara also got hurt.
Kamara didn’t even have a concussion. He was cleared by team doctors in the first quarter. The league held him out the rest of the game.
Posted on 12/10/17 at 7:18 am to McCaigBro69
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The Falcons were gifted many calls throughout the game that were considered ticky-tack
If you were going to fix a game this is exactly how you would do it. Call a lot of ticky tack penalties against one team and few penalties against the other team. That way it will stand up against scrutiny because most of the flags were legitimate. Nobody is going to look at a bunch of ticky tack no-calls. The huge red flag though is the 9 first downs by penalty for the falcons(most in 20 years) and 0 for the Saints.
Posted on 12/10/17 at 7:27 am to McCaigBro69
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the NFL orchestrating the Red Sox after the boston bombing or Houston's World Series win following Hurricane Harvey.
I know Goodell and the NFL have a ton of influence, but that’s next level type shite there.
Posted on 12/10/17 at 10:23 am to McCaigBro69
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Regardless, the Saints game is a horrible example.
The Falcons got NINE first downs from penalties and the league kept the Saints best player out the game after halfway through the opening drive.
Why is this a horrible example? Why weren't they so diligent when Russell Wilson was injured a few weeks ago?
This post was edited on 12/10/17 at 10:57 am
Posted on 12/11/17 at 2:17 pm to McCaigBro69
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The Falcons were gifted many calls throughout the game that were considered ticky-tack, but it's not like ATL won the game through those things.
ATL absolutely won the game because of some of those calls.
1)the phantom roughing the passer lead directly to their first TD. That was on 3rd down after the saints made a stop to get off the field.
2) the refs literally took 3 points off the board for a borderline call right before half. That's a penalty that ALWAYS gets a warning first.
3) the falcons were gifted multiple first downs on their second TD drive as well.
It wasn't that the ticky tacky calls were definitively wrong calls other than the roughing the passer, it's that the same ticky tacky calls were not going against the falcons.
ATL couldn't drive on the saints so the refs decided to drive on us instead. They were legit looking for flags to throw on the saints. It was an absolute joke.
Posted on 12/11/17 at 2:27 pm to McCaigBro69
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but it's not like ATL won the game through those things.
The got 9 first downs due to penalty, and that has happened in 20 years.
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