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Originally Posted by Just Passin' By
I don't know. You can't remember the difference in player complaints with officials when people and players have noticed it just within the past decade. The league saw it, which is why they changed the rules about it (allegedly along with market research).
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It still sounds a lot like nostalgia for a supposed better era gone by to me (similar to how people believe that we're living in the worst, most violent, crime filled era in history without realizing that the past was far worse). This perceived effect could be a product of every game being broadcast and more being able to see such complaining directly and more often. It doesn't necessarily mean there is any more of it.