Recent content by Mike80

They will if/when it affects their profit margin....similar to most corporations.

and he stopped calling things that were working - crossing routes and stops - everything had to be 25 yards or more in the air it seems....especially since Detroit really had no interest in tackling Jacobs in the 4th quarter sometimes.

No I was making an unprovable claim with no real evidence similar to your grand conspiracy has to be happening stuff....

I don't understand why they didn't kick the FG in the first half on 4th and 4 from the 6. The odds of making that work are not good.

This is pretty much where I am. I think college teams get the same treatment too, especially when there are guys like Saban or Carroll or Pedterno on the sidelines.

Got it. I can make unfounded claims too - the NFL literally doesn't care that their refs are incompetent - anger drives viewership. The stole that from Vince McMahon in 1999 and haven't blinked.

I saw a graphic today that showed the number of flags thrown this year is at an all-time high historically. I think the refs are over-officiating everything against everyone. Edit to add: I think that is, in part, because of the amount of noise surrounding missed or made calls too. You see it...

Who said it's impossible? I gave you my opinion that it's too common to be some sort of conspiracy, that's hardly saying it's impossible :lol: It's incredibly hard to hold together a conspiracy of the size you're dreaming of here, and I'm right. Could 1 guy be doing something? Maybe...

Because you're more aware of it than ever. It's at all time highs in college too. Not to mention high school. It's always been bad. The ref demographics (age primarily, but scarcity too) make it worse. Add in instant availability of social media replays and people start imagining shit that...

There were 3 fired before the season. Usually they just got non-renewed from their contracts or they get "retired", because, as I said, they are older than they ever have been at all levels. Again - keeping some sort of grand conspiracy a secret is a hell of a lot harder than you want to...

You think at any rate. It's way too common at basically all levels anymore to be some grand conspiracy. Add to that - people talk. Especially people who are involved in whatever grand conspiracy you want to believe is there. This has been an issue for years. Someone would have spilled the...

Who is going to investigate them? The NFL? :lol: Let's just face the real reality here - non-professional referees who aren't full-time employees and who are also in their 50s or later can't keep up with the speed and intensity of the game anymore. These fuckers are incompetent. A lot of...

Welcome back sir. Stay a while.

High school kids aren't remotely ready for the NFL. Most of them - some exceptions - aren't ready for college football either.

Which hopefully means no soft shell cover 3 to let Maiava get into rhythm. Wisconsin continually brought edge pressure and USC didn't handle it at all.