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The NFL officiating is ABSOLUTELY HORRIBLE. It truly makes games unwatchable. That is all.

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Yup.

Is it the Ref's or is it the god-awful rules?

When will football be football again?

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That's easy to answer: Never! :doh:

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The officiating of games or some of the rules that they enforce?

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The secret rule book.
I really think it is more like below:

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Todays society does not accept or can not tolerate "gray areas", "judgement calls", it's all about absolutes and 100% certainty……all of which people have put faith in technology to make sure a catch is a catch, a fumble is a fumble, runner was in or out……all bs in my book. Unless common sense is put back into the rule book, we are screwed, and my friends it will only get worse!

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I think for the most part the refs do the best they can with what they have to work with (the rule book). The rules have gotten so convoluted it's hard to make judgement calls anymore. The rule constituting what is and isn't a catch is case in point. As well as PI calls. No doubt they make some bad calls. That has always been a part of the game. I don't like replay because it takes the human element out of the game. It's dumbed down the officiating. I think most of them feel that they don't have to be accurate with the call because they know replay will sort it out. But I digress back to the rule book. The Beckham non-TD last week. He didn't make a move to become a runner in the end zone so it's not a TD? There are two things in the NFL I wouldn't want to be, an official and a DB.

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It is bad and the football is bad.... Yet it still gets the best ratings of anything else on tv....

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It's the rules. They're out there just trying to protect the NFL from future lawsuits, for the most part, and discriminating against the Redskins, :lol:.

Washington's Jason Hatcher suggests team's nickname may be impacting officiating

I do like those Aaron Rodgers commercials, :) .

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I agree. I am sick of endless flags for garbage calls. Even in a bye week where I have no horse in the race it was tough to watch. That call on Culliver for unnecessary roughness calling back his pick 6 was a monumental joke.

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Give coachs 2 penalty challenges. Make it a purple flag. Same rules apply as the red flag. At least then when the refs try to ruin a game, teams have a chance.

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Refereeing football is a thankless job.

On the other hand rugby referees are the sole judge of fact and law and are treated with respect and only addressed as sir.

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Just wondering how many refs been influenced to lean toward throwing the flags on teams or making horrendous calls because of gambling? I mean, look at the tuck rule, it took decades before they decide to get rid. Everyone including the patriots knew that was a fumble. Instead the rule was more emphasis on making the call for future. Now it's the Dez Bryant catch, they trying to emphasis that now but they looking more like idiots. If they start losing credibility, soon people going to turn away from the NFL and start watching other sports. I personally, trying to influence my son toward baseball. 1. The NFL pay is worst than all other sports. 2. The players avg 5 yrs longevity. 3. Chances of permanent injury or higher. ALL OF THIS AND REFS MAKE BAD CALLS that can get players and coaches fired.

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Probably all the time, gambling is a very rich business and the ones who collect don't play around. Especially if you are in New Jersey/New York.

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IF the games are ever "fixed" it will be by the ref's. With all the millions the players get the big "Fantasy Gambling" syndicates would chose the next thing. The officials! In the Atlanta game there were two challenges on the new "Catch Rule" both were called with opposite outcomes. One was a catch the other wasn't. After all ONE NBA ref admitted he was "dirty."

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If anyone had a thought that the games are "fixed" didn't watch the game last night. Patriots got royally hosed and we all know they are THE most favored team in the NFL.

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They won't all be "fixed" as to outcome. They'll be "fixed " for statistics. Take a catch away here, A TD pass there. Easy and "invisible" all those "judgement calls" Remember the ref staring directly at the Sea Hawk batting the ball out of the back of the end zone? Granted that one would have effected the outcome in favor of the winless Lions.

New England was a -7.5 point favorite.

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LOL..using the Lions was probably a bad example but I get what you are saying.

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:lol: ... yeah, I remember thinking Vegas probably needed that call so as not to go broke on the payout, :lol:.

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