Originally Posted by smellypitts (Post 12094151)

Houston has made the playoffs 3 of the last 4 or 5 years.
teams are usually successful like that before or after hosting a super bowl.

Originally Posted by Nzoner (Post 12094153)

In all fairness the book is about certain games not all games.

Originally Posted by rabblerouser (Post 12094196)

they've never really been GOOD.

Matt Schaub, TJ Yates, and Brian Hoyer?? ROFL

I mean, I get what you're saying - Houston gets associated with the playoff berths, the fans are placated, everyone gets paid (except the fans) and Houston is still a speed bump for real teams.

Originally Posted by smellypitts (Post 12094201)

considering they havent existed that long,they are already ahead of the game.
funny how them,the Astros and Rockets all make the playoffs the last 2 years

Originally Posted by BlackOp (Post 12093765)

In 1989 WWF used the phrase in a case it made to the New Jersey Senate for classifying professional wrestling as "sports entertainment" and thus not subject to regulation like a directly competitive sport.

This how the NFL gets away with having unregulated officials...and the very core of controlling outcomes/point spreads. MLB, NHL, NBA...all have regulated, professional full-time officials. The NFL has recently gone a step further...routing all contested calls to a centralized "NFL Command Center" in NY.

Originally Posted by rabblerouser (Post 12093989)

I don't know about NHL, MLB, or NBA, but Bubba Smith, Ray Lewis, and Terrell Suggs have all admitted knowledge that the NFL fixes games, as have the NFL's own attorneys, in federal court.

See post #427 - are you reading this thread, or just making random posts??

Originally Posted by rabblerouser (Post 12094206)

But the Panthers and Jaguars both made the playoffs in their 2nd year of existence; Carolina was in the NFC Championship game that year, which begs to question :

When is the next Super Bowl at Reliant

&

Goddamn, how much does the league hate Cleveland? ROFL

Originally Posted by Cochise (Post 12094284)

For the tinfoilers who think the NFL is rigged - Why watch? Why are you on an NFL message board? Why care at all, if this is no different than the WWE?

Originally Posted by cosmo20002 (Post 12094275)

All made-up nonsense.
Rabbledipshit is someone who will bitch and bitch after Chiefs games about Andy's playcallng and such. Seems odd to bitch about a coaches choices while simultaneously thinking the game was fixed in the first place.

Originally Posted by cosmo20002 (Post 12094266)

Your first part is irrelevant to the NFL.
The second part is just made-up nonsense.

Originally Posted by rabblerouser (Post 12094037)

"Coach, how'd you get their defensive signals and audibles?? It's like you literally have their game plan..."

Originally Posted by cosmo20002 (Post 12094324)

Why would a team even bother with signals and audibles and game plans if the outcome is already fixed?

Originally Posted by Amnorix (Post 12094120)

I'm pressed for time, but watched the first three minutes. That plus typing this is about what I have for now.

I would certainly admit that it is entirely possible -- indeed perhaps likely -- that SOME games have been thrown, or fixed, or what have you. The Black Sox scandal certainly happened, and the BC college hoops point shaving scandal. I'm not ignorant of these events. Far from it, having read books on both.

Originally Posted by smellypitts (Post 12094312)

damn dude! why didnt that 'Walking Dead' character actor go out the side door instead of the front ! what was he thinking, man!

I'm glad those two characters finally had sex together,its about time.

its just a show...and now plenty of white racists aint gonna watch no more :)