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Posted on 2/20/19 at 5:34 am to STEVED00
In basketball each team has between 75 to 100 possessions. In football each team is lucky to get 10. A drive killing penalty or drive sustaining penalty creates a much bigger impact than a penalty in basketball.
If the NFL wanted to influence game outcomes, it could. Since it would take less calls to make an impact, the influence would be less apparent. However, do you really think a hundred or so people could keep a secret as big as this for any length of time? I don’t, which is why if find it almost impossible to believe the NFL is controlling game outcomes. A single referee or officiating crew? Maybe.
If the NFL wanted to influence game outcomes, it could. Since it would take less calls to make an impact, the influence would be less apparent. However, do you really think a hundred or so people could keep a secret as big as this for any length of time? I don’t, which is why if find it almost impossible to believe the NFL is controlling game outcomes. A single referee or officiating crew? Maybe.
Posted on 2/20/19 at 8:32 am to STEVED00
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easily eliminate a player
Kamara in "concussion protocol" vs. Falcons? No "roughing the passer" calls? Starting to wonder if the league told the Saints to go after Favre in '09, then cooked up Bountygate to cover their tracks.
Mrwhodat is right. The whole thing is rigged!
Personally, I think the NFL "manages" games through the refs to keep them close and "exciting." I watched the Chiefs all year and every time Mahomes would get rolling, out came the flags, leading the Chiefs to become one of the most penalized teams all year and the victim of many second half "comebacks," making Andy Reid's "inability" to put teams away yet another storyline. The problem with this is it absolutely changes outcomes. A flag on the Rams would have ended the game but the no call let the league and its broadcasters market more "drama!" The NFL is no different than Bravo or E! They create drama and broadcast it!
This post was edited on 2/20/19 at 8:44 am
Posted on 2/22/19 at 9:28 am to STEVED00
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Basketball just leads itself more easily bc a ref can easily eliminate a player from playing by calling fouls.
A holding call or no call / pass interference call or no call can absolutely kill a team in the NFL. Both of those calls can be called or not called so easily on so many plays.
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