The Ravens and Seahawks were both literally marched down the field at will late in their respective home games by replacement officials. The Pats and Packers should've won. Period. Neither did. Of course, since this is a gambling forum, the words "fixed" and "rigged" are surfacing, especially because the Pats ML and the Packers ML/spread were big public plays.
I don't personally, for a second, think that these officials are purposely determining the outcome of games. It's incompetence to me. These guys are simply in over their heads re: rules, speed of the game, etc. The NFL doesn't care. No publicity is bad publicity. So if you think they're in a big hurry to get things resolved, think again. They're still in a position of power, regardless of how many talking heads say the "shield" of the game has been "forever compromised" or whatever.
Players aren't going to stop playing, fans aren't going to stop watching or pull the plug on their fantasy teams, and gamblers aren't going to stop gambling. Just the nature of the beast, no matter how stupid and irrational this thing gets.
I don't personally, for a second, think that these officials are purposely determining the outcome of games. It's incompetence to me. These guys are simply in over their heads re: rules, speed of the game, etc. The NFL doesn't care. No publicity is bad publicity. So if you think they're in a big hurry to get things resolved, think again. They're still in a position of power, regardless of how many talking heads say the "shield" of the game has been "forever compromised" or whatever.
Players aren't going to stop playing, fans aren't going to stop watching or pull the plug on their fantasy teams, and gamblers aren't going to stop gambling. Just the nature of the beast, no matter how stupid and irrational this thing gets.
