The election wasn't rigged. NFL games are what are rigged.

[IronEagle]

Good grief. Now we will get to hear some lame apology from the league office. This time they have numerous things to apologize for.

http://www.sportingnews.com/nfl/news...l1sw8ad081hpe1

P.S. I'm glad that the Vikings lost (not that the Cockroaches won) simply because a Vikings loss helps the Eagles draft wise and also in the futile playoff race.

[JuTMSY4]

my thoughts as well

P.S. I'm glad that the Vikings lost (not that the Cockroaches won) simply because a Vikings loss helps the Eagles draft wise and also in the futile playoff race.

Still though, the NFL smells like shit and its really ruining it.

[nerd]

fletcher's hit on Rodgers looks like nothing compared to the face-smack that Bradford got.

I love that the official told him, "no, you got hit in the shoulder pad"...say what?

[McCarthy12]

I guess Wentz got hit in the shoulder pad at the end of the Giants game, too.

It's just so inconsistent. I'm sure like with many things social media and 24 hour news are, to some extent, magnifying a problem that has always existed. There's no reason for a billion dollar enterprise to have part time officials. They should be studying tape during the week and working on their craft just like the players do. They should be subject to some sort of discipline for making bad mistakes just like the players. It's the only way it can be fixed. They aren't going to get better at their craft officiating NCAA basketball games and arguing summary judgment motions during the week.

[JuTMSY4]

sick Hochuli dig

[McCarthy12]

Thanks!

[HEREisAKERS]

Dude -- they keep it this way because that makes Joe Everyfan go "it's just part of the game! They aren't professionals!" This enables the fix.

Hey have you heard about this place Area 51? They faked the moon landing out there...

[BirdBrawn]

If they really wanted to fix it, replay would be the ticket

I don't mean the long, drawn out replay we're used to. Head strikes to the QBs or defenseless receivers can be seen on TV almost immediately after the play.

It won't happen, but it could and would make the game less reliant on the shortcomings of the on field asswipes

[The Duck]

Good grief. Now we will get to hear some lame apology from the league office. This time they have numerous things to apologize for.

http://www.sportingnews.com/nfl/news...l1sw8ad081hpe1

P.S. I'm glad that the Vikings lost (not that the Cockroaches won) simply because a Vikings loss helps the Eagles draft wise and also in the futile playoff race.

They think Dallas is the ratings & merchandising cure-all. The script is already written.

[Pete]

Read this horseshit

They think Dallas is the ratings & merchandising cure-all. The script is already written.

http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap300...ve-officiating

A slightly different version of the same story without all of the NFL-friendly referee apologists appeared on CNN.com today.

From the NFL.com version...

[snip]
However, lost in this conversation is the opinion of the referees currently under contract on a part-time basis, who, as NFL Network's Judy Battista pointed out on Friday's edition of Up to the Minute, might not want to seek year-round employment with the league.

"I don't think that solves the problem," Battista said of adding full-time officials. "First of all, one problem is the refs don't want to be full-time because that would mean giving up their real jobs and that's where they make their money. I'm not quite sure the NFL wants to pay them enough to be full-time refs."
[snip]

The NFL really makes me ill.

[CbEagle]

After seeing the Cowboys/Viking game was the highest rated TNF game and most people were not watching for the Vikings, all is well in Rogers world!