Could We Crowdfund Private Investigators Against Corrupt NFL Referees?

AsylumGuido · 09-21-2022, 03:56 PM

Originally Posted by BakoSaint

The statistics are right: the Saints have finished 30th, 31st, 32nd, and tied for 31st in penalties called (both accepted and declined) against their opponents in 2018, 2019, 2020, and 20201. Four straight seasons.

We, as humans, tend to be divided into individuals who are submissive and accept abuse and individuals who are assertive and fight abuse. Enjoy your comfy chair. When the bad things happen to you, tell yourself you deserve them, and its all perspective. I will continue to feel we don't deserve these bad calls. You can side with the Falcons Fans that we do.

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I'm well aware of those statistics and posted that same article myself soon after it was published. I would like to know who the other teams were that were ranked 30th thru 32nd those years. Is there a bias against them, as well? Or can all of these teams be classified as undisciplined?

To give you some credit, I must admit that you at least are simply suspecting a bias and not an organized plot to orchestrate outcomes of Saints games as some infer. When referring to the "non-call" versus the Rams I spoke of the possibility of an unintentional bias based upon the home state of several of the key officials involved. I do not believe they intentionally ignored the call just to ensure that the Saints lost, but I could understand a hesitancy in throwing a flag at a critical point in the game. Could they have felt some fear of reprisal from their own neighbors? I don't know. Maybe. I actually saw it more as a case of incompetency. Instead of making a call at a critical moment they froze. They screwed up. But, they have their comfy REAL jobs to return to the following Monday.

09-21-2022, 03:56 PM	#11
AsylumGuido 10000 POST CLUB Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Bossier City, LA Posts: 26,622	Re: Could We Crowdfund Private Investigators Against Corrupt NFL Referees? Originally Posted by BakoSaint The statistics are right: the Saints have finished 30th, 31st, 32nd, and tied for 31st in penalties called (both accepted and declined) against their opponents in 2018, 2019, 2020, and 20201. Four straight seasons. We, as humans, tend to be divided into individuals who are submissive and accept abuse and individuals who are assertive and fight abuse. Enjoy your comfy chair. When the bad things happen to you, tell yourself you deserve them, and its all perspective. I will continue to feel we don't deserve these bad calls. You can side with the Falcons Fans that we do. https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.co...eir-opponents/ I'm well aware of those statistics and posted that same article myself soon after it was published. I would like to know who the other teams were that were ranked 30th thru 32nd those years. Is there a bias against them, as well? Or can all of these teams be classified as undisciplined? To give you some credit, I must admit that you at least are simply suspecting a bias and not an organized plot to orchestrate outcomes of Saints games as some infer. When referring to the "non-call" versus the Rams I spoke of the possibility of an unintentional bias based upon the home state of several of the key officials involved. I do not believe they intentionally ignored the call just to ensure that the Saints lost, but I could understand a hesitancy in throwing a flag at a critical point in the game. Could they have felt some fear of reprisal from their own neighbors? I don't know. Maybe. I actually saw it more as a case of incompetency. Instead of making a call at a critical moment they froze. They screwed up. But, they have their comfy REAL jobs to return to the following Monday.
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