[nevergore]

BS.....Critical pivot points exist in every close game.....
This was blatant and inexcusable and I’m not a Saints fan....far from it...
Poor officiating, or worse, false officiating, is inexcusable.....
I’ll go further, someones private bank account was just enriched....Follow the money....

[dfwgator]

The NFL knew that support of the Rams in LA was lukewarm at best, they needed something to energize the fans there, since obviously nobody cares about the Chargers, neither.

[dfwgator]

Yep, I’m not a Saints fan by any stretch, and going into the game I was neutral, but this was ridiculous.

[gas_dr]

This is quite a ridiculous statement -- you are literally suggesting a consipiarcy that would have required the game to...1. get to this point. 2. A foreknowledge that this play would be called 3. An intent to throw the ball to that side of the field so that those being paid off were in the position to make the call. 4. The defense would be in on it. 5. That everything was choreographed to get to this exact point. It is just not possible.

What is possible and I wrote it on a different thread is that it is common knowledge that the NFL is hiring officials without as much experience in order to meet a certain look. This is the reason that you see some officials like the female down judge promoted and other officials hired based on a quota system. Those who are not hired based on color are in fact hired based on relationships with officials in the league -- there are several father son generational progressions in the league.

I have officiated numerous sports at the highest level and I am going to tell you it is almost impossible to call a biased game. Yes there was the NBA referee, but he is on bad apple in a large bushel. At the end of the day, the officiating issue is a microcosm of the rest of America at the moment -- hiring a look over merit, hiring based on political correctness over competence.