NFL Has Now Jumped The Shark

**Landscaper** · 11-08-10, 10:46 AM

That colts eagles game was some fckd up shit..as bad as it gets.

**big0mar** · 11-08-10, 10:49 AM

Missing out on a good revenue stream. NFL is by far the least 'fixed' league around. Good luck with whatever you do.

**k13** · 11-08-10, 10:49 AM

The scripts are like WWE, makes it all the easier to bet on.

But the league is a joke and barely watchable.

**D3 Mighty Ducks** · 11-08-10, 10:58 AM

Love the NFL not just because I make money week after week or better yet year after year. In my opinions it the best league in professional sports PERIOD. Just my opinion though

**Jimmy0607** · 11-08-10, 11:00 AM

Originally posted by D3 Mighty Ducks

Love the NFL not just because I make money week after week or better yet year after year. In my opinions it the best league in professional sports PERIOD. Just my opinion though

We almost had you yesterday

**sharpcat** · 11-08-10, 11:03 AM

I never heard of this not being allowed incidentally to smack the QB in the back of the helmet with your open palm while he did not have possession of the football and everybody is fighting to recover the loose ball.

Not sure if they made this rule up during halftime or if it was a blatant bad call intended to help get Manning back in the game, but it is disgraceful none the less.

Both of the extremely bad calls in this game were not only bad calls but were both very critical calls which allowed the Colts to not only retain possession of the football but also put them in scoring position.

I have never agreed with crying fix on a game but I am not sure what else to make of this

**McBa1n** · 11-08-10, 01:16 PM

Yeah, some bad calls in the game for sure. Find me a game that is officiated well, though. The NFL scrutinizes every play and every call and at least goes out of it's way to get it 'right'. Sure, they don't always get it right - but at least you can challenge plays now in an attempt to get it right. Unfortunatly, phantom flags are a problem. Also, superstars have a slightly different set of rules - but I definitly think the NFL is better in this regard than say 'a Greg Maddux outside strike respect call' or 'no traveling Jordan rules'... Guys like Manning get the benefit of the doubt in fouls vs him... But so do guys like Revis, who commits a penalty almost every play, but he still gets flagged from time to time.

The helmet hits really are a growing concern. The way the league is cracking down on them recently has even changed how I view a pass play. It pisses me off. It's football. It's a massive collision sport. The league can have MUCH safer helmets because the technology has been around for a LONG time. It's just the helmets won't be as shiney and it will look different.

**Fishhead** · 11-08-10, 01:19 PM

The great MR. JONES just proved why he is one of the most talented writers here at SBR..........

EXCELLENT POST.........THROW the guy some SBR POINTS.

**philswin** · 11-08-10, 01:24 PM

Those calls were awful. The false start on the Eagles when they were driving to run out the clock was made up. On the last interception a flag was thrown, did not watch to see what that call was but it looks like it was out there in case the Int was run back. Someone got to the officials in that game.

**dodger33** · 11-08-10, 01:44 PM

There was terrible calls in every game this weekend. There was almost 30 penalty flags thrown in the oak/kc game with many many blown calls. I honestly don't think you would have been complaining if you didn't lose money on the game. AM I RIGHT?

**Mr. Jones** · 11-08-10, 02:01 PM

Originally posted by Fishhead

The great MR. JONES just proved why he is one of the most talented writers here at SBR..........

EXCELLENT POST.........THROW the guy some SBR POINTS.

Thank you my old friend. I very much appreciate such kind words from argueably the greatest forum presence and all around forum capper of all-time. Good Luck to you sir.

**Dad** · 11-08-10, 02:02 PM

Best sport ever.

**AMBlai01** · 11-08-10, 05:12 PM

So he is upset that the production value of the nfl has gotten better? interesting....

**The Seer** · 11-08-10, 05:20 PM

worst shit I've seen in a long time

**iifold** · 11-08-10, 05:29 PM

Obvious there is a "higher power" controlling coaching hires, black quarterback agenda, taking out the violence...

Game is for sure being controlled..

Owners are in cahoots to make money..

Bottom Line...

**nosniboR11** · 11-08-10, 05:33 PM

gettin to the point where its all bullshit

**D3 Mighty Ducks** · 11-08-10, 05:35 PM

Originally posted by Jimmy0607

We almost had you yesterday

"Almost" only counts in...absolutely nothing. Falcons on top of the NFC South at 6-2. Who Dat nation? DIRTY BIRDS!!

**eonizuka** · 11-08-10, 05:49 PM

Colts are just an average team lifted to greatness by Manning. He hasn't had a lot of superstars around compared to other teams but year in and year out the Colts are a threat because of Peyton.

**TheSportsBaron** · 11-08-10, 05:56 PM

So, let me guess...

You bet against Manning and took the Eagles -3?

**jagermeister1** · 11-08-10, 06:05 PM

Funny you call it a "storyline" that manning faced Vick yesterday.

So when they scheduled the eagles to play the colts that is part of a big conspiracy? I guess they knew Kolb would get hurt so it would set up this incredible scam.

This thread is stupid.

Watch college ball then. There are just as many penalties. But you can rest assured that there is no NFL agenda.

**Fishhead** · 11-08-10, 06:07 PM

The NBA is worse...........

**Durden** · 11-08-10, 06:19 PM

In 2008 I was loving football again because I felt I was seeing some of the hardest hits ever in the game, where I'd be watching the game, see a hit and do that turn my head and say "wooo" thing like 5+ times a game....and lemmy tell ya, I love doing that woo thang.

But now hits that dont even make me do the woo thang get fines of like 75,000? The same Cris Collinsworth that used to "wooo" along with me on the big hits, 2 years later gives a dialog of how the guy is going to be deservedly fined.

Like Mr Jones I am disappointed in NFL 2010, but my interpretation of what is going on is that unlike the NFL of yesteryear, almost every one of these players is a Multi-Millionaire. This leads them to be coddled and protected by those that rely on them: family, agents, friends, whatever. When you wake up one day and you realize u have a multi-million dollar NFL contract, which means any bank will loan you most of that money up front, you want to live like a millionaire, a long long life with no aching joints, head problems etc.

I think where Mr Jones is on the right track, is the TV stations have been pumping these storylines to get chicks or whatever interested, and they have the financial pressure to get the NFL to soften up. Why? So the douche bag players they have invested air-time on with their boring storylines can play 15 years instead of 5.

**Patrick McIrish** · 11-08-10, 06:20 PM

Aye Fish, as usual you're on the money. Of course I bet the NBA but rarely watch it.

**HilltopTony** · 11-08-10, 06:43 PM

Mr. Jones, I have been telling people for 5 years how rigged the NFL is. Referees have too much power!! Instant replay is used for a delay on some plays to determine what spin will be placed on the call (reference 2008 steelers/chargers game and the lateral that was returned for a TD and later changed only to be changed back after the game was over and the score COULDN'T be altered!!!) I am convinced the league and/or Vegas call the refs and tells them what needs to be done with certain calls!! I may be a conspiracy theorist, but can you honestly tell me that week after week and year after year these are the best refs the NFL can employ??? If these guys made as many mistakes, phantom calls, non-calls, and replay blunders at my company, they wouldn't last a day!!! Totally subjective is what the NFL has become and Vegas/Goodell laugh all the way to the bank!

Imagine how bitter I would be if I actually lost money on these games!

**philswin** · 11-08-10, 07:25 PM

There are crooked refs and players in every sport. In college sports many players shave points. In pro sports refs are easily approachable by gamblers. Do not think it is a high percentage of games but it does go on. Refs are not millionaires, IF they are offered 50K to impact a game many of them take it.

**kcDdegenerate** · 11-08-10, 07:34 PM

I stay in denial because I cant imagine life with gambling on the NFL and NBA

**jgray** · 11-08-10, 08:22 PM

Originally posted by Fishhead

The NBA is worse...........

It's funny that you say this. When I watch the NBA, I often feel less than satisfied with the result. One team seems to get all the calls, a ticky-tack foul on one end is countered with a no-call mauling on the other, special rules for superstars....etc. Yesterday was the first time I felt that way after watching an NFL game.

**SmackdownV** · 11-08-10, 08:29 PM

Indy is always involved.

Remember last year when Indy played the Titans and Manning threw a beam into the end zone to cover the over and homeboy dropped that shit like it was going to kill him.

I agree.......but be smart about the fix and your all good.

**Beachdude83** · 11-08-10, 10:22 PM

Learn the rules

The call on the slap to manning's head was not a bad call, it's a bad rule but not a bad call. The refs call that every time because it is a rule now. Granted it is a stupid rule because a qb has never gotten hurt from a slap to the head from a hand, but nevertheless it's a rule.

If you really think the NFL is fixed, then you really need to get a grip on reality. There are way too many people involved I the NFL for not one person or player to come out and spill the goods. It's not like they are in the closet thinking goodell will send out a hit....hahaha

**Fleeben** · 11-08-10, 10:25 PM

You're just old.

**BlindWeasel** · 11-08-10, 11:19 PM

Originally posted by Fleeben

You're just old.

Ha. There's your answer. Old fukks pining for the years of Lombardi and shhit.

**BlindWeasel** · 11-08-10, 11:27 PM

This guy is so stupid.

He wants to see that old football from the 1950's. He says today's game is scripted. But we all know that the gameplan from the 1950's won't win a fukking game. But he would rather see them play the kind of game that isn't the most competitive because it's better entertainment to him. Now how stupid does that sound???

What a fukking hypocrite. But he's too old and senile to even recognize that.

Go back to your bingo game, old man.

**whoatommy** · 11-08-10, 11:57 PM

Originally posted by Beachdude83

The call on the slap to manning's head was not a bad call, it's a bad rule but not a bad call. The refs call that every time because it is a rule now. Granted it is a stupid rule because a qb has never gotten hurt from a slap to the head from a hand, but nevertheless it's a rule. If you really think the NFL is fixed, then you really need to get a grip on reality. There are way too many people involved I the NFL for not one person or player to come out and spill the goods. It's not like they are in the closet thinking goodell will send out a hit....hahaha

you probably also believe the world is a perfect place

**whoatommy** · 11-09-10, 12:00 AM

Bottom line, you watch these games all your life and see blatant bad calls from the refs and only think they made an honest mistake, then there's something wrong with you. Keep drinking that kool aid.