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Originally Posted by bobbything
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I am not wanting to argue semantics. I don’t think the outcome is predetermined or that the NFL instructs refs to do what they can to make sure certain teams win. I think they get involved when blowouts between high profile teams appear eminent.
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We've already established that often, the results of the contest aren't predetermined :
Titans/Chiefs in the FORWARD PROGRESS game is a great example - the Chiefs were SCREAMING toward a beatdown of TEN. Triplett drops the FP bomb, TEN comes back (in a manner just like the Bungholes today), the game gets tied...and the NFL has a close game on national TV in the playoffs. Doesn't matter which asshole team kicks the FG at the end, because the winner of that game was scheduled to get jobbed by NE. Which TEN promptly did. And JAX got jobbed in the AFCCG- Myles Jacks had either an INT or fumble recovery...but the NFL loves them some Tom Brady.
Sometimes, it's for TV/entertainment purposes. Sometimes its for the storyline. And sometimes, the oddest shit will happen at the end of a game and the team covers the spread. AMAZING.