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I don’t think the whole thing is rigged/scripted, there’s too many moving parts for that, but I do think certain teams are favoured in certain games and the refs are ‘leaned on’ a little
I happen to know an international rugby referee who refereed a rugby World Cup final. The night before the game he met with the president of the country that was hosting the tournament and had their team in the final. The president asked the ref who he thought would win the game. “I don’t know, both teams are good and well matched” he replied. “You don’t understand, My team will win tomorrow” was the response. My pal started laughing but the guy was 100% serious. Fortunately for him there were no tight calls to make and the ‘right’ team won anyways.
This is obviously not evidence that the NFL is rigged or any other BS but if you believe there isn’t pressure on refs and they aren’t given some instruction before certain games then you’re naïve to say the least.
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