The NFL seems to be intent on killing the Panthers season this weekend, per the ref assignment

[PleaseCutStewart]

11 hours ago, ProcessBlue2 said:

I wonder what else they admitted to us. Maybe Smith is here to right the wrongs, about 78% of the cash is flowing on TB. People would be expecting what you’re saying.

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

The good news is that usually when a lot of money is on 1 team, pro sports will usually try and fix it for the other team. Watch the Bucs end up winning by 1 or 2

[PleaseCutStewart]

1 hour ago, hepcat said:

Exactly. Tampa will bring higher viewership numbers. The only time the Panthers were considered a worthly primetime team was because of Cam Newton, who had his own individual following.

Will they though? I don't think Tampa fans even care about their team after the Brady gravy train retired

[Khyber53]

2 hours ago, hepcat said:

The NFL assigns the referee whose natural tendencies make the desired outcome statistically probable.

I appreciate ya man, but that's bullshit. But if it makes the world make sense to you, go for it.

[Waldo]

1 hour ago, PleaseCutStewart said:

Will they though? I don't think Tampa fans even care about their team after the Brady gravy train retired

Yeah I can personally verify the ones I know do care...they just don't think they are close to another SB this year. They just want to win the NFCS because not winning it is embarrassing looking at the other teams.

[frankw]

If we had a real NFL offense built around a QB whose success wasn't contingent on everything going completely perfect at all times the refs would be less impactful.

[hepcat]

26 minutes ago, Khyber53 said:

I appreciate ya man, but that's bullshit. But if it makes the world make sense to you, go for it.

Would you like specific examples?

[CRA]

We didn’t lose because of the refs last week.  

and if the NFL thought they had crew that would auto give a home team a win and were going to hand pick to use it for a team…..they probably wouldn’t pick to waste it on a game between 2 meh small market teams that aren’t going to be relevant in the big picture. 

[hepcat]

1 hour ago, PleaseCutStewart said:

Will they though? I don't think Tampa fans even care about their team after the Brady gravy train retired

They have had a lot more prime time exposure in the last 5 years. The Panthers have had almost none. 

[hepcat]

3 hours ago, mrcompletely11 said:

but why?

Quickly compiles researched sources and generates text saving me a lot of time and effort. I still read and verify it so there's a human in the loop

[Khyber53]

29 minutes ago, hepcat said:

Would you like specific examples?

No, there's not enough room down that rabbit hole for both of us.