One thing to do is link people on reddit to lemmy. That’s how I found out about this place. Most people have no idea it exists
I personally cant watch NFL after being a lifelong fan. Seems like the games are being manipulated. Seems a little glitchy with some weird calls being made these days. Became unwatchable for me but …Go Ravens !!!
baggachipz@sh.itjust.works 5 weeks ago
Whenever I say this, people think I’m insane. “You think this is all rigged!?” they say. Not rigged per se, but the nfl as a whole has a huge financial incentive to have their large market teams and star personalities on the biggest stage. They craft a narrative and would prefer it to play out that way. I’m not suggesting it’s professional wrestling, but I have a strong hunch that officials are “indirectly” incentivized to put their thumb on the scale. The players are real, the sport is real, but the league will absolutely nudge things in their direction. The Kelce/Swift show being the biggest recent example; viewership went way up and a lot of people took that to the bank. It all just fit together too well.
AoxoMoxoA@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Always found it amazing how Vegas hits those spreads dead nuts across all the games every week.it is truly an amazing feat.
The last 10 years they toss a flag then “go to new york” for the call and sometimes they just pick the flag up and say “oh it was nothing, back to our regularly scheduled programming”