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[Iwannabeacowboybaby!]

when av missed that fg last nite the guy next to me said the NFL is rigged.what do you think?

No, it's a game played by human beings and that's why even though you may think the Patriots will go undefeated, you have to play the games.It's why you appreciate Nick Folk kicking 2 53 yard field goals with the game on the line because you know that even one of the greatest kickers can miss from 29 yards out in the same situation.Don't let conspiracy creep into your mind, it sucks the enjoyment out of things. If Venatari was autoamatic, they wouldn't have made him walk onto the field to kick the field goal.

 

[taco breath]

No. It's not becuase they're morally superior or anything like that. It's for the oldest reason in the book: It would be bad for business. And it's a VERY profitable business. The powers that be realize they have a golden goose. They will do pretty much anything to protect that goose. And that means keeping un rigged.J

Like we can trust you. You're on the inside track with these guys, profitting off of their successes. Your future as much tied to the "legitimacy" of the league as anyone else in the NFL. Without a legit league to play fantasy games with, you'd be stuck making boats all day.Nice try there, guy, but we're not buying your corporate spin job this time.

 

[Cajun Heat]

Well we have proof about the NBA refs, the Blacksox saga is well known, I know for a fact my high school football coach once ran up the score a little so that we'd cover... I think it'd be a little naive to believe every NFL game has been above board.

However, I think it's rare & that's good enough for me.

I have a friend (bit of a conspiracy nut anyway) that loves to hit the slots. He refuses to put anything on an NFL game because he thinks it's all rigged... my answer is "what difference does it make?" Even if the game's fixed on way or another, WE DON"T KNOW which way it's rigged, so it's still a 50/50 bet!

Am I the only person who did a double take on this? There are established gambling markets and point spreads for high school football games? How widespread is this? Seriously, I had no idea.

 

[bostonfred]

Even if the game's fixed on way or another, WE DON"T KNOW which way it's rigged, so it's still a 50/50 bet!

Well, if the game were rigged, then you would expect that when the betting public went overboard on one side of a game, it would be rigged in the other direction. So no, it wouldn't be a 50/50 bet, if you watched the directions the lines moved.

 

[phthalatemagic]

I used to think it wasn't, until the Commissioner started throwing away evidence of cheating. It couldn't be more clear than that.

 

[TwinTurbo]

I think online poker is probably rigged. But the NFL, not so much.

 

[Ghost Rider]

I have a co-worker who presented this theory. Vinatieri = ex Patriot. Patriots = been caught cheating Vinatieri = now a Colt Colts = biggest threat to keep Patriots out of SuperBowl. What if? Vinatieri was a spy put in place to blow a few kicks especially if the Colts/Patriots face off in the AFC championship game? Vinatieri = still on the Patriots payroll? LOL, hey it could happen.................... All in fun, I had to share this one. My co-worker thinks everything is rigged!

Then how does your co-worker explain what happened in the playoffs last year?

 

[thayman]

I have a co-worker who presented this theory. Vinatieri = ex Patriot. Patriots = been caught cheating Vinatieri = now a Colt Colts = biggest threat to keep Patriots out of SuperBowl. What if? Vinatieri was a spy put in place to blow a few kicks especially if the Colts/Patriots face off in the AFC championship game? Vinatieri = still on the Patriots payroll? LOL, hey it could happen.................... All in fun, I had to share this one. My co-worker thinks everything is rigged!

Then how does your co-worker explain what happened in the playoffs last year?

It's obvious he is a double agent.....get with the program man!!!

 

[Tornacl]

The example that I'd use to support the theory that the NFL is rigged is the '06 draft. Going into the draft, 32 teams had Reggie Bush as the top player in the draft, yet the Texans draft Mario Williams. Reggie Bush wasn't the player that the Texans needed, but as such a hot commodity, it made no sense for the Texans to announce to the world the night before the draft that they agreed to terms with Mario Williams. Some team had to have been willing to trade, yet they don't even wait to see if any crazy Ditka-like offers come in. If no good offers came in, they could still draft Williams.

I don't think the NFL dictates the outcomes of specific games, for the reasons that Joe mentioned before, but I do think that the NFL is powerful enough to give a present to a friend in need, i.e. the city of New Orleans. Before they drafted Bush, that franchise was on its way out of New Orleans, after they drafted him, more season tickets were sold than ever before. I think that the NFL gave a gift to the city of New Orleans. Why would the NFL do that? Maybe it was trying to make up for the fact that they screwed the Saints out of a home game following Katrina. (Personally, I've always thought the compensation picks were awarded in an arbitrary manner, but maybe there's a strict formula that I don't know about.)

With all of the money in the NFL, have you ever wondered why there are no owners like Mark Cuban, who are loud and out of control? I think its because the NFL has far more power than any other league.

Do I think that the NFL is rigged? I sure hope not.

As far as the NBA officials, that didn't surprise me at all. NBA officiating has always been questionable, and an official in the NBA has more power to dictate the outcome of game than the officials of any of the four major sports leagues. I remember reading an article after the story broke, and an anonymous GM or coach said that he was only surprised that it was that particular referee, because he thought that Donaghy was one of the better refs.

 

[gump]

With all of the money in the NFL, have you ever wondered why there are no owners like Mark Cuban, who are loud and out of control? I think its because the NFL has far more power than any other league.

Jerry Jones is the biggest maverick owner in pro sports. Did you know he has broken away from NFL Properties and manages the Cowboys license in house? They are the only team in American team sports to do so.Also, new ownership has to be approved by the existing owners. Guys like Wellington Mara have been the leaders for decades, and surely controlled what type of people they approved for ownership.I agree though that the NFL has more power than any other league...and it's not close.

 

[Power Monster]

Anyone that thinks the NFL is not "rigged" well PM me as I have some prime real estate to sell to you in the marshlands of Louisiana