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Originally Posted by stevieray
..and this is me.  ...been waiting 47 years while same teams get there..Well run organizations, but if anything shows that certain teams get breaks/help from the refs...it's the above stat. |
I don't really feel that it is certain teams. It's that it is much easier to make it to the SB with an elite QB. Both because of what the QB intrinsically brings and because high profile QBs get the benefit of the call.
If KC had gotten Peyton and then gotten Luck, I think KC would be on that list. Sure, Dallas and the Giants get more attention than their record deserves, but small market teams can make it with a high profile QB.
I don't have the sense that Dak Prescott is getting more roughing the passer penalties just because he plays for Dallas.
The NBA is way, way worse. Sure, a team like OKC Thunder might have a short window of being relevant, but to get the calls from the refs, you have to be a high profile player and that is a lot easier playing for a big market team.