Cool. That makes sense. Thanks for the clarification.
Are you a ref? Are you paid to control outcomes ?
Do you think any other refs are?
I do officiate multiple sports including football. The funny thing is that we see things without emotion which no one can believe as everyone else is rooting for someone. I have screwed up (kicked) many calls but never intentionally. Remember we see it once at game speed.
It is an art to officiate. And sometimes it goes sideways on you despite best efforts. No I don’t think refs are paid off. It would be pretty obvious. They just had a rough game