So it's actually YOUR fault!I have personally never been on the side of the refs. Whether it was as a fan of the Rams or a player in highschool, after a game I was never on the mindset of "oh the refs helped me out in this one. Close call". Perhaps it isn't about the rams, some hidden agenda, ratings, etc. Perhaps every ref in the world just lives to make me suffer.
I have been attempting to bring a sense of reality to the conversation, usually failingly so.A billion dollar organization is going to have refs fix games and jeopardize more billions of dollars so the niners can beat the Rams. The NFL has made there money on parody.
The Cook call was brutal and changed the game IMO. The refs have been brutal and we seem to come on the short end too often. But fixed? That's getting a little carried away. The Rams losing is just not that important.
I remember a ref in high school not giving me an obvious foul call, I was hacked and the ball (basketball) went out of bounds. I sort of stared at him and he said to me, "down by 18, 2 minutes left....I got stuff to do man, you aint gettin that call."I have personally never been on the side of the refs. Whether it was as a fan of the Rams or a player in highschool, after a game I was never on the mindset of "oh the refs helped me out in this one. Close call". Perhaps it isn't about the rams, some hidden agenda, ratings, etc. Perhaps every ref in the world just lives to make me suffer.
A billion dollar organization is going to have refs fix games and jeopardize more billions of dollars so the niners can beat the Rams. The NFL has made there money on parody.
The Cook call was brutal and changed the game IMO. The refs have been brutal and we seem to come on the short end too often. But fixed? That's getting a little carried away. The Rams losing is just not that important.
A billion dollar organization is going to have refs fix games and jeopardize more billions of dollars so the niners can beat the Rams. The NFL has made there money on parody.
The Cook call was brutal and changed the game IMO. The refs have been brutal and we seem to come on the short end too often. But fixed? That's getting a little carried away. The Rams losing is just not that important.
Someone who was very wise?Who voted for the last option?:eek:
Not to mention the advertising for TV (where the real money is.....and NFL Ticket) is already sold and set. The last thing the league would consider at this point in terms of revenue is ticket sales....other than half empty stadiums look bad on tv. Its not like the NFL marketing department is out selling commercial spots for the second half of games during the first half.They make more billions if the games are close, and if the darling teams win. Story lines sell more tickets, and make all the owners rich. No one cares about the Rams, we have the smallest fan base in the league, and as of next year, don't even have a stadium lease. Why wouldn't they screw us over?
Agree to a point but I have seen a lot of non call against the Rams for 4 weeks so I beg to differMy suspicion isn't so much that they were trying to make the 49ers win at the point of the Cook OPI, but they didn't want the game to get out of hand lest the TV ratings go into the toilet for the 2nd half. That's how the NFL makes its money, and when an unpopular team like the Rams starts beating up on a more popular team, it hurts ratings. Hence the "timeliness" of the phantom OPI.