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I never said they were good calls. Some were, some weren't. Rothlisberger crossed the plane. That clipping call was idiotic. But every game has some controversial calls. Good teams overcome them.

What I did say was that Seattle fans are crybabies. Like I've never seen from any other sports franchise.

And anybody who thinks the NFL would risk their multi-billion dollar monopoly by throwing games, is certifiable. For what bizarro reason do you believe they conspired in this manner?

Do you also believe the moon landings were faked?

[bannie]

Again,

"You'd better put some ice on that."

[sangrila]

"And anybody who thinks the NFL would risk their multi-billion dollar monopoly by throwing games, is certifiable. For what bizarro reason do you believe they conspired in this manner?

Do you also believe the moon landings were faked?"


No, I am just not some naive pansy who doesn't understand how the world really works. First of all, the NFL may not neccessarily have been involved for a game to be fixed. The refs are highly corruptible because of the amount of money involved in these games. And you said it yourself, "monopoly." What is anyone going to do about it? People will be back. They are not going to all become WNBA fans. Who believes illegal gambling doesn't influence pro and college sports? Who believes that the Conferences don't manipulate games so that their marquis teams can go undefeated and play in multi-million dollar BCS games. Who believes the NFL does not have an agenda to have its marquis players, marquis teams, and marquis story lines in its championship games? The NFL is WWF. It is theatrics. It is manipulated so that it can be a so-called "better product."