NFL admits the TMac catch should not have been overturned

[PanthersATL]

They said there wasn't clear evidence to warrant the overturn. 

How would it have made a difference at that point in the game?

 

https://www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootballtalk/rumor-mill/news/nfl-privately-admitted-to-erroneous-reversal-of-catch-by-panthers

[RumHam]

nfl is setting up the sunday night game for the final week so it can be flexed. 

[Diehardpanth02]

Yeah man, that was a catch. I like to imagine the game isn’t rigged but it’s well known sports betting is ruining the sport. Unfortunately, most coaches plan for 3 phases of the game. But there is really 4, offense, defense, special teams, and special occasions.

on special occasions the refs can influence the game, leaving you in positions your actively planning to stay out of and how you respond in those special occasions make or break the game. Other times it’s other reasons. But I like to hope that the right team, or right player can extend past those types of setbacks and still find a way.

anywho, probably a pipe dream. But it’s how I see it.

[CPantherKing]

Everyone knew the catch was secured and didn't move. That was clear to the entire audience. The only ones who thought it wasn't a catch were in the NYC home office. They knew they'd just offer an apology the next day.

[The Lobo]

Refs are a joke. I can’t remember what quarter or ever what the score was when this happened, would it have mattered? This wasn’t the only bad call, are they only admitting to a bad call that didn’t change the game? 

[jb2288]

1 minute ago, The Lobo said:

Refs are a joke. I can’t remember what quarter or ever what the score was when this happened, would it have mattered? This wasn’t the only bad call, are they only admitting to a bad call that didn’t change the game? 

I cant remember exactly, but I think Bryce scrambled for a first down the next play anyway

[CBird]

At this point the NFL trolling us with the admissions on bad officiating.

[The Lobo]

1 minute ago, jb2288 said:

I cant remember exactly, but I think Bryce scrambled for a first down the next play anyway

That’s right so they are choosing a play that wouldn’t change the outcome of the game. 

[Castavar]

There have been quite a few instances this year where there was NO clear evidence to overturn a call, and they did it anyway not in our favor. Whatever happened to indisputable evidence? 

Anyway, we've been getting hosed by refs for as long as I can remember, notably Peppers bullsh*t running into the kicker penalty. Then the 49ers playoff game, then the superbowl (Cotchery caught that fuggin ball), then the opening night against DEN, etc. 

[hepcat]

40 minutes ago, Diehardpanth02 said:

Yeah man, that was a catch. I like to imagine the game isn’t rigged but it’s well known sports betting is ruining the sport. Unfortunately, most coaches plan for 3 phases of the game. But there is really 4, offense, defense, special teams, and special occasions.

on special occasions the refs can influence the game, leaving you in positions your actively planning to stay out of and how you respond in those special occasions make or break the game. Other times it’s other reasons. But I like to hope that the right team, or right player can extend past those types of setbacks and still find a way.

anywho, probably a pipe dream. But it’s how I see it.

While I don't think NFL games are fully rigged, it's certainly closer to a scripted outcome than we all think. The NFL by their own admission in court is not a fair and balanced sporting event. It is a managed entertainment product, a "spectacle" as they've put it, that now has sports betting as a huge financial pillar of their business model. It's ridicuously naive to still think the NFL isn't using referees to manage the games towards certain outcomes, using "replays in the booth" and overturning calls, choosing to overlook penalties at critical moments and calling questionable and sometimes phantom game changing penalties at other critical junctures of games.

The NFL has always done this going as far back as the '60s, and they were investigated by the FBI in the '70s which found a large number of ownership groups had ties to the mob. So when the overwhelming majority of the moneyline bets were on the Panthers vs the Saints last week, and suddenly we see some strange and ticky tack penalties we've rarely seen called on the Panthers all year, I just know there's more going on behind the scenes. And suddenly next week, the Panthers will probably be nudged to a win, to keep the NFC South race interesting, as I see the Bucs are the favorite as of now and most moneyline bets will trend towards the Bucs until during the game when the Bucs are leading heading into the 4th quarter, and the Panthers are nudged to a win. At least, that's what the NFL and Vegas probably want to happen. 

[GoobyPls]

I’m pretty sure we did end up getting the first in that drive, but I don’t remember. It was obviously a catch the ball didn’t move 

[T-Wazzle]

[Moonraker]

This didn't impact the game since we got a 1st on the next play but it's still ridiculous. I love football but it really is a joke, nobody with half a brain and any real world experience believes that the amount of money in sports betting is having 0 effect on the outcomes of these games. It is not healthy for anybody. We have people telling players to kill themselves or talking about doing things to their family because they dropped a pass or didn't get enough yards for their over. We do too much to promote and enable people to be the worst version of themselves. It's only a matter of time before some massive scandal is broken.

[hepcat]

39 minutes ago, The Lobo said:

Refs are a joke. I can’t remember what quarter or ever what the score was when this happened, would it have mattered? This wasn’t the only bad call, are they only admitting to a bad call that didn’t change the game? 

I can tell you with absolute certainty that if the Panthers were playing a team as the betting underdog that would have 100% have stood as a catch. I said in the game thread I'd bet my life savings that catch would be overturned because the game was being managed towards a Saints victory. It's not really super fun to watch the NFL anymore because of the managed outcomes.