Anyone Else Believe NFL Could Be Rigged?

[BigSki]

My 2 pesos- every time there's a "close" call that could potentially change the course of a game, there's a long "review" by the officials. I personally think that that they're waiting to hear from Vegas on how they want the call to be made.

 

[JatoTheRipper]

https://youtu.be/ldkkVWgyvG4

He probably missed that tackle on purpose in order to avoid a helmet-first fine rather than to throw the game.

Does it REALLY matter if it is rigged?

Yes, because then "gambling" becomes "fraud". It wouldn't matter if people didn't bet money on it - think WWE wrestling.

 

[Duuuuuuuude]

Yes, it can be rigged.

Anything can be rigged. Maybe not on a large scale, but most certainly on the small.

"Here's $100k to drop the ball in the 3rd."

"Ok." *drops ball in the 3rd*

As for the NFL it is a joke in its current form.

The NFL that was is now a multi-level marketing scheme more than a sports league. The fact that it somehow remains a non-profit organization boggles the mind.

The contact rules have changed because the players are so well protected that they can hit harder without the short term injuries they would otherwise incur. That being said, they've exposed themselves to a whole new world of long term injuries that will take years to have any kind of detrimental effect. What it boils down to is that they're kicking the health can down the road to protect their investments and keep them in the game longer. Broken bones put more players out sooner than repetitive brain damage ever will. The value is in players playing, not their overall health.

Compare American football to rugby. Compare safety equipment to injury types and player down times.

 

[Greatscott]

Rigged or not, it doesn't seem like the NFL knows the difference between veterans and active duty.

 

[JatoTheRipper]

The NFL that was is now a multi-level marketing scheme more than a sports league. The fact that it somehow remains a non-profit organization boggles the mind.

The contact rules have changed because the players are so well protected that they can hit harder without the short term injuries they would otherwise incur. That being said, they've exposed themselves to a whole new world of long term injuries that will take years to have any kind of detrimental effect. What it boils down to is that they're kicking the health can down the road to protect their investments and keep them in the game longer. Broken bones put more players out sooner than repetitive brain damage ever will. The value is in players playing, not their overall health.

Compare American football to rugby. Compare safety equipment to injury types and player down times.

I don't remember the NFL ever being considered non-profit so I looked it up. Apparently they dropped their tax-exempt status in 2015.

NFL Gives Up Tax-Exempt Status | Time

 

[Greatscott]

The contact rules have changed because the players are so well protected that they can hit harder without the short term injuries they would otherwise incur. That being said, they've exposed themselves to a whole new world of long term injuries that will take years to have any kind of detrimental effect. What it boils down to is that they're kicking the health can down the road to protect their investments and keep them in the game longer. Broken bones put more players out sooner than repetitive brain damage ever will. The value is in players playing, not their overall health.

Compare American football to rugby. Compare safety equipment to injury types and player down times.

I have absolutely no sympathies for players that get injured, it sounds cold, but they have made a choice knowing full well what the risks are.

Waaaaayyyyyyy back in high school I was considered a sure shot for playing college ball. I played varsity as a sophomore, started on offence and defense, and was starting to talk to scouts as a junior. Game three of my senior year I hyperextended my knee on a screen play, not a big deal really, I was back practicing the middle of the next week and played the next game (again, starting on both sides of the line). But, when the team doctor was checking out my knees after the injury he found the tendons in both knees to be very loose, and there were grinding noises that worried him, he thought I had lost cartilage in both knees. He told me something I did not want to hear, he said that if I went on to play college football, I would permanently be on crutches by my junior year. He said I should finish playing my senior high school year, have fun, play hard, but never play the game again if I wanted to be able to walk after my mid-20s. He might as well have hit my in the face with a hammer, that is some heavy sh*t for a teenager to process. Not wanting to risk that future, I decided not to play after my senior year. Of course, it might have been a scare tactic, if so, it worked. Knowing that risk was there I made the choice not to play.

 

[Jim85IROC]

I have absolutely no sympathies for players that get injured, it sounds cold, but they have made a choice knowing full well what the risks are.

Waaaaayyyyyyy back in high school I was considered a sure shot for playing college ball. I played varsity as a sophomore, started on offence and defense, and was starting to talk to scouts as a junior. Game three of my senior year I hyperextended my knee on a screen play, not a big deal really, I was back practicing the middle of the next week and played the next game (again, starting on both sides of the line). But, when the team doctor was checking out my knees after the injury he found the tendons in both knees to be very loose, and there were grinding noises that worried him, he thought I had lost cartilage in both knees. He told me something I did not want to hear, he said that if I went on to play college football, I would permanently be on crutches by my junior year. He said I should finish playing my senior high school year, have fun, play hard, but never play the game again if I wanted to be able to walk after my mid-20s. He might as well have hit my in the face with a hammer, that is some heavy sh*t for a teenager to process. Not wanting to risk that future, I decided not to play after my senior year. Of course, it might have been a scare tactic, if so, it worked. Knowing that risk was there I made the choice not to play.

I'd have an awful hard time making that decision based on the word of one person. At the very minimum, I would have gone to a specialist and had an evaluation done.

 

[Duuuuuuuude]

I don't remember the NFL ever being considered non-profit so I looked it up. Apparently they dropped their tax-exempt status in 2015.

NFL Gives Up Tax-Exempt Status | Time

Thanks for the correction. I hadn't heard that.