Posted on 01/26/2024 9:18:55 PM PST by lasereye
We have our theory as to how we got here: The relative incompetence of the NFL refs combined with the league's sudden embracing of gambling has created skepticism about the legitimacy of game results.
In other words, some NFL fans are now habitually accusing the league of "rigging" games - especially, of course, when that fan either loses by way of his team's failure, or loses a bet.
And now comes the AFC Championship Game, with the selection of the officiating crew for the Kansas City Chiefs at Baltimore Ravens showdown ... and a respected NFL analyst floating the idea that the officiating crew being led by Shawn Smith means the league wants the Chiefs to win. ...
Because the league wants more Taylor Swift on TV?!
According to NFL analyst Warren Sharp, ref Smith has heavily favored the road team in recent years. NFL home teams have about a 50-percent win percentage. But in games called by Smith over the past couple of years, it's 40.8 percent, says Sharp.
He calls that advantage "outrageous'' as he writes ...
"The NFL pushed the panic button. They have a ref in their rotation who is a MASSIVE edge to road teams Road teams win at the #1 highest rate with him... He penalizes home teams in ways no other ref does... and... He's calling the Chiefs road game.''
Sharp's copy doesn't mention the pop star Swift, girlfriend of Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce and an attention- and ratings-getter due to her presence at Kansas City's game. But the hint is there as Sharp uses her photo in his graphic: The NFL, he is suggesting, wants the Chiefs in the Super Bowl because the NFL wants Taylor Swift at the Super Bowl.
(Excerpt) Read more at si.com ...
I would like that better. The Lions? In the Super Bowl? How wild! William Clay Ford is rolling over in his grave!
if it came out
It won’t come out...it will just be there subtly.
A hold call here...pass interference there...nothing overt...just wrong.
A Great Reset for the NFL!
Every team, every game. Been seeing that for 67 years.
Referee Dick Woerhle will be looking the other way.
More likely Pfizer.
Just taking a page from the NHL
It’s rigged for Baltimogadishu and San Fagsicko.
Of course, all pro sports are rigged. WWE has more legitimacy than any other sport, they are upfront about the riggins.
Interesting discussion. Commercials? Programming? Bread and circuses? The “wardrobe malfunction” did it for me. I won’t watch even if the Lions are in it. Sportsball is good entertainment. The individuals work very hard to be the best. Competition usually does that. Has DEI hit he sportsworld yet?
What? You can't walk away from the Circusphere! Get back here and be entertained!
No team has ever won a superbowl before winning a supernowl. Past performance in the sb is meaningless.
😂👍
...some NFL fans are now accusing the league of habitually “rigging” games .................................fixed it......
We’ve been saying this for years....well before Swift..............
Superbowl ‘week’ will have a ‘Pride’ theme night.............
It doesn’t sound believable. It sounds moronic. There’s a ref that favors road teams?! ALL road teams?! That’s stupid. Not real. Stop believing obviously stupid things.
No, it speaks to how FR and people have fallen. This is stupid. Only a moron would believe for a seconds that there’s a “road team ref”.
Not really. Legal sports don’t want games rigged. They’re structured to make money no matter what happens in the game if it’s random. If you put a finger on the weight it also drives betting in one direction and that’s the only time the house loses.
It’s extremely important for the caste system to have a black QB superstar to promote in the media. The Taylor swift BS gives them a platform to push braindead childless white women to hate trump and vote biden.
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