Is the NFL rigged?

Discussion in 'National Football League' started by JetsVilma28, Feb 3, 2025 at 11:09 AM.

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Is the NFL rigged?

This poll will close on Feb 10, 2025 at 11:09 AM.
  1. Yes, it’s a bunch of cheating, gambling scumbag liars

    71.4%
  2. No, it’s impossible to rig NFL/football; it’s pure.

    28.6%
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  1. JetsVilma28

    JetsVilma28 Well-Known Member

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    Is the NFL rigged?

    how does the NFL “fix” this?
     
  2. jetophile

    jetophile Bruce Coslet's Daughter

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    I voted yes. There a lot of calls that are just so egregiously bad (that's not new), and I know a lot people say it evens out in end, but I'm not so sure I believe that anymore.
     
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  3. Jonathan_Vilma

    Jonathan_Vilma Well-Known Member

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    I don’t think it’s rigged in a vacuum. But they do tend to favor certain teams and players in calls. It’s also cyclical though. We were bitching about the same things with the Pats, Colts and to a lesser extent Seahawks as we are with the Chiefs now.

    Roughing the passer and personal fouls on sliding/“late hits” out of bounds needs to be reviewable plain and simple. It fixes a lot of our complaints.
     
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  4. Savatage

    Savatage Well-Known Member

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    Favoritism, for sure. There are too many components for it to be rigged.
     
  5. BrowningNagle

    BrowningNagle Well-Known Member

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    It is not rigged. It is just a flawed game with too many rules.

    In the 1970s or whatever when the sport was growing in popularity these issues didn't matter. But in today's world with 100s of camera angles and billions of dollars on the line, these weird rules that require subjective decisions are disastrous.

    ** I didn't vote because the option in the poll for not rigged says "its pure", its not pure, nothing is
     
  6. BrowningNagle

    BrowningNagle Well-Known Member

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    The league is at its best when the Bears, Cowboys, Jets/Giants are good. If it was rigged they wouldn’t let those teams be so bad for so long.

    The WWE didn’t let Hulk Hogan get his ass kicked for years at a time
     
  7. Jonathan_Vilma

    Jonathan_Vilma Well-Known Member

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    True but they don’t mind leaning into narratives. The sport is so huge nationally that even when the big market teams struggle, the ratings are astronomical.

    I don’t think it’s some weird coincidence that Taylor Swift ended up dating a guy on the Chiefs…
     
  8. Jets OG fan

    Jets OG fan Well-Known Member

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    Bet based on what's a good storyline and what's not and you'll have more success.
     
  9. abyzmul

    abyzmul R.J. MacReady, 21018 Funniest Member Award Winner

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    With the conflict of interest they created with their immediate investment in legal sports betting and the complete lack of independent oversight, I don't see how it isn't rigged.

    That's not even taking into account the deteriorating state of officiating and the lack of any meaningful conversation about it. The NFL keeps getting exponentially richer and somehow their officiating is worse every single season.
     
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  10. SOXXX2

    SOXXX2 Well-Known Member

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    I don't think it's rigged but I do think the NFL has leaned into the Chiefs to much which doesn't make any sense considering the NFL doesn't need a star player or a super team like the NBA does. If Mahomes retired next week the NFL wouldn't skip a beat. Can't say the same for the other sports. The NFL also doesn't need specific teams to be successful the way the NBA and MLB do. All 32 teams in the NFL can draw any audience if they are winning.
     
  11. abyzmul

    abyzmul R.J. MacReady, 21018 Funniest Member Award Winner

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    IMO the NFL is directly following the NBA model.
     
  12. HomeoftheJets

    HomeoftheJets Well-Known Member

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    I think it's soft rigged. Goodell isn't telling the refs to do anything, but it's obvious which teams winning would generate more revenue for the league. So the refs favor those teams to get on the league's good side so they get promoted, get to ref in prime time, etc.
     
  13. jixxjr

    jixxjr Well-Known Member

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    While I’m not saying that the games are rigged, there are times (and games) when it sure looks that way.
     
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  14. stinkyB

    stinkyB 2009 Best Avatar Award Winner

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    Yes, but when your market is saturated to the point where its hard to expand, they cater towards finding a new demographic..... millions of chicks who really don't give a shit about football, but are Taylor Swift groupies.... TV ratings up... ad revenue up...
     
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  15. NYJetsO12

    NYJetsO12 Well-Known Member

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    Optics vs reality ..who knows?

    Didn't vote

    And who cares?

    Does anyone here remotely believe fans will protest "rigged calls or games" with no shows?? ROFL
     
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