TheOak

The league has no bias. The league can be selective on which team gets favor and when but there is no bias. The league follows the money trail.

I know that zero bias sounds counter intuitive but after you consider what/whom the league is, you’ll understand. The league is not Roger Goodell, Rodger is the commissioner figure head. The league is 32 owners that make up a carefully crafted trade association. To say that the league has bias is to say that some owners prefer teams other than their own which is counter productive.

The league is also not boxing and a fix is nearly impossible with the number of people that would have to be in on it. What the league does is meet each year and determine which outcome would bring the most financial benefit then nudge things throughout the season.

Purely hypothetical business case.
Organically the league would bring in 900BN in 2024.
With successful nudging the league would bring in 1.2T in 2024.
Either way it’s a win as they will meet their revenue goals but a successful nudging program would mean incentive bonuses to the owners.

This is the only way you’d get owners to agree to their team being nudged out.

This program is successful because most fans (fandom = pure bias) can’t fathom a pure revenue and compensation centric approach.


I’ll wager 2 years salary that every Ref has an NDA in place.