I'm sold on the NFL being fixed.

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The NFL absolutely rigs games for ratings.  SB 50 and the Taylor Swift SB season are prime examples.

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37 minutes ago, countryboi said:

As long as humans have been playing sports for money, people have been complaining that the games are rigged. if you really want to rig a game you would target QBs, they have biggest effect on any game. the refs are limited because the play still has to happen so they can rig it.

That's not even talking about how many people would have to know and be activity involved. 

Rigging a game is hard. Influencing an outcome not so much. There have been calls made this year that have directly affected outcomes with no explanation where they came from. Look at earlier this year with the Lions/ Chiefs with an illegal motion call being made extremely late only after the TD had been scored. Also hard to ignore the study showing Chiefs receiving an unusually high amount of favorable penalty calls. 

Again, entertainment industry same as WWE. Good storylines are good for business. Technology has gotten so much better it's easier for fans to see. Goodell is also such a terrible liar and such an unlikeable asshat believing he's 100% above board is impossible after he preached the virtues of player safety while issuing a 25k fine to Aqib Talib after he said he tried to break Philly Brown's neck in SB 50. 

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2 hours ago, Jon Snow said:

Only after the missed facemask call. The crowd was so loud screaming “REFS YOU SUCK!” during the tv time out. I honestly believe that is why they took the tv timeout. 

Yeah I participated from 131