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Originally Posted by tredadda
Personally I hate when people say that refs "rigged" a game. That is flat out illegal and I can't imagine any ref being able to do that much less collude with every other ref on their team without anyone noticing. The NFL would be able to catch that relatively quickly and would swiftly remove those refs. The NFL is far too big and popular to risk all of that with corrupt refs.
Now could refs inject bias into their job? I think so to a point. They are human and have favorite teams and players. One would have to wonder if that ref who named her kid after Brady was completely unbiased in that KC vs TB SB. Perhaps she was. I would not be surprised though if her bias leaned pro Brady. Not enough to outright rig the game in his favor though.
KC is now the bad guy and as such people want to bring them down and any way possible is fine. When KC succeeds, the haters can't accept that it was because they were better, only that they had help and it was because the refs "rigged" it or it was scripted.
What gets me the most is that they aren't as much upset that the refs called phantom penalties, but because the refs called legit ones. They didn't want them called. With the refs calling them, it's only because they wanted KC to win. Instead of being upset with the player who committed the penalty, they are upset with the ref for calling it. I think back to Mahomes first AFCCG. KC had the game won on a game ending INT..........except for the offsides by Dee Ford. I wasn't upset that the refs called it, because it was a penalty. I was upset with Ford for committing it.
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History remembers winners. KC imo and I said this on Patsfans too that they will be remembered as a dynasty. You guys will be the team of the 20s and win a couple more this decade. I don't know if Mahomes is winning 7. I personally don't see it just because how hard it is to win that many but it wouldn't shock me if he did. He's that good.