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Originally Posted by Superturtle

In a memo obtained by ESPN’s @SethWickersham, Bengals executive VP Katie Blackburn urged the competition committee to rule against the change that affects a potential coin flip for the Wild Card. https://t.co/ikhUZDn6E2

— Ben Baby (@Ben_Baby) January 6, 2023

Bengals executive vice president Katie Blackburn is on the competition committee, which approved the scenarios Thursday. In a memo obtained by ESPN's Seth Wickersham, Blackburn urged the committee members to vote against the scenarios. Her reasoning stemmed from the timing of a rule change away from the standard of winning percentages used in this scenario.

"The proper process for making rule change (sic) is in the off-season," Blackburn wrote. "It is not appropriate to put teams in a position to vote for something that may introduce bias, favor one team over another or impact their own situation when the vote takes place immediately before the playoffs."

Katie is making sense here. The NFL is very much not. This will set a horrible precedent.