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Not rigged, massaged, yes.
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Does anybody think the NFL is rigged?
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Quote Originally Posted by LTsCrazedDog:
Ever since I was a kid, I noticed that the refs try their damnedest to prevent blowouts. When I became an adult and learned how television advertising contracts worked, I understood why.
Ever since I was a kid, I noticed that the refs try their damnedest to prevent blowouts. When I became an adult and learned how television advertising contracts worked, I understood why.
During the 2025 season there were 53 blowouts (victory margin of 20 points or more) during the regular season. That's 19.2% of the games.
While it wasn't an actual blowout, the 2026 Super Bowl was a 16-point victory for SEA. I'm sure plenty of people turned off the dull 12-0 game after 3 quarters.
Do you think the advertisers were ecstatic about SF 55 - DEN 10? Boy, those refs certainly controlled that game. How about CHI 46 - NE 10? Boy, those refs certainly earned their bribes.
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Quote Originally Posted by DogbiteWilliams:
Quote Originally Posted by LTsCrazedDog: Ever since I was a kid, I noticed that the refs try their damnedest to prevent blowouts. When I became an adult and learned how television advertising contracts worked, I understood why. During the 2025 season there were 53 blowouts (victory margin of 20 points or more) during the regular season. That's 19.2% of the games. While it wasn't an actual blowout, the 2026 Super Bowl was a 16-point victory for SEA. I'm sure plenty of people turned off the dull 12-0 game after 3 quarters. Do you think the advertisers were ecstatic about SF 55 - DEN 10? Boy, those refs certainly controlled that game. How about CHI 46 - NE 10? Boy, those refs certainly earned their bribes. /s
Quote Originally Posted by LTsCrazedDog: Ever since I was a kid, I noticed that the refs try their damnedest to prevent blowouts. When I became an adult and learned how television advertising contracts worked, I understood why. During the 2025 season there were 53 blowouts (victory margin of 20 points or more) during the regular season. That's 19.2% of the games. While it wasn't an actual blowout, the 2026 Super Bowl was a 16-point victory for SEA. I'm sure plenty of people turned off the dull 12-0 game after 3 quarters. Do you think the advertisers were ecstatic about SF 55 - DEN 10? Boy, those refs certainly controlled that game. How about CHI 46 - NE 10? Boy, those refs certainly earned their bribes. /s
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@LTsCrazedDog's distinction is basically the whole thing. Trying their damnedest to keep games close is not the same as controlling who wins, and those two get blended together in every one of these threads.
The parity part is real and it isn't a secret. Salary cap, the schedule formula, rule changes that protect offense and keep comebacks alive, the league builds for competitive balance on purpose because close games hold ratings and that's where the TV money sits. Massaged, like M-M said. Fine.
Scripted outcomes are a different animal though, and that's where the market ends the argument. If results were fixed you couldn't hide it. Sharp money would pile in the right way and the closing line would drift toward the "known" result every single time. Instead lines mostly grind toward a fair number and books just try to balance the action. A rigged league would light up the betting market like a Christmas tree, and it doesn't.
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Quote Originally Posted by Biscuiteater1:
@friendly_foes How exactly does the league office go about instructing the refs to bend,change or alter games so as to affect the score by keeping it close?
@friendly_foes How exactly does the league office go about instructing the refs to bend,change or alter games so as to affect the score by keeping it close?
Simple.
A first down holding call essentially ends that possession.
Simple.
A questionable deep P.I. foul can be a first and goal situation when needed
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Quote Originally Posted by jowchoo:
Quote Originally Posted by Biscuiteater1: @friendly_foes How exactly does the league office go about instructing the refs to bend,change or alter games so as to affect the score by keeping it close? Simple. A first down holding call essentially ends that possession. Simple. A questionable deep P.I. foul can be a first and goal situation when needed
And the refs are instructed to make these calls? How , memo's, texts, secret signals before & during games.Quote Originally Posted by Biscuiteater1: @friendly_foes How exactly does the league office go about instructing the refs to bend,change or alter games so as to affect the score by keeping it close? Simple. A first down holding call essentially ends that possession. Simple. A questionable deep P.I. foul can be a first and goal situation when needed
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Quote Originally Posted by Biscuiteater1:
Quote Originally Posted by jowchoo: Quote Originally Posted by Biscuiteater1: @friendly_foes How exactly does the league office go about instructing the refs to bend,change or alter games so as to affect the score by keeping it close? Simple. A first down holding call essentially ends that possession. Simple. A questionable deep P.I. foul can be a first and goal situation when needed And the refs are instructed to make these calls? How , memo's, texts, secret signals before & during games.
Quote Originally Posted by jowchoo: Quote Originally Posted by Biscuiteater1: @friendly_foes How exactly does the league office go about instructing the refs to bend,change or alter games so as to affect the score by keeping it close? Simple. A first down holding call essentially ends that possession. Simple. A questionable deep P.I. foul can be a first and goal situation when needed And the refs are instructed to make these calls? How , memo's, texts, secret signals before & during games.
It would be my guess that MOST back door covers in national televised games are scripted.
After all the crews work for the NFL and it's targeted projections.These owners of the teams did
not get their billions by playing by the rules.Come on.
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