re: For those that believe the NFL is rigged, what would it take to convince you otherwise?

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Outright rigged, no. Preferred outcome and calls made to steer that outcome yes.

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I'm leaning towards this camp, and years... decades, of watching things has pushed me towards it.

Everyone wants the money, and the higher you go in hierarchy, the more that money is the primary purpose of the league. I don't think half the owners care at all if their teams win, as long as they have a share of the pot.

I think there's a lot of marketing and research done, and when a preferred outcome is found, I think it's greenlit to influence the games so that outcome is more probable.

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what would it take to convince you otherwise?

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Once you start thinking that, I don't know that you get convinced otherwise.

Because it was so unthinkable to begin with, basically. So when you finally hit the point where you think so: like in my case, I've been watching the Saints since Archie. That's 4 decades now. Enough little things over the years. I started out with a "No it isn't" POV.