Rob Viking -> RE: General Vikes Talk (10/17/2019 12:21:45 PM)
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ORIGINAL: JT2 Implicit bias. Fans. We see what we want to see. I can't remember the last time a Viking fan in here said, "we got all the calls. The league and officials cheated in our favor". No, we are the only team the League and officials hate. SMF put it well on the hows and why it happens, but that's sports. Learn it, play it. I used to play basketball. The very first timeout of every game I played in consisted of nothing other than coach telling us about how the game was being officiated, and how to use that to our advantage. Sell the foul/penalty. Harden does it. Hell, NFL punters do it. Stop complaining, or just get better at it. Players talk about bad officiating. Sometimes coaches talk about it too. Ever wonder why the owners never complain? The (NFL) owners choose to pay Goodell 30+ million dollars per year to enhance their bottom line. They are not concerned about some trivial officiating mishaps. If they were, they would be lobbying for full-time officials, and a system where they would be held accountable for egregious mistakes. I think they really like it as it is. Next time you see a bad call, a no call, or no goal line camera, take that up with your owner. Exactly! Remember when the Pats DBs mugged the Colts receivers all over the field, if they're not calling it why stop, sure they'll change the rule in the off season but in the meantime. The Seahawks Legion of Boom did the same thing, knowing you can't call holding every play. Trae Wayans looks like he interferes with the receiver half time and he doesn't get called as much as he should. With that being said the refereeing has been terrible this year and to your point the league doesn't mind and actually it adds to the drama and sells the sport from Tuesday to Saturday. To this day all we hear about is the non PI for the Saints but no one ever mentions how the Saints blew that game at home and how Zuerlein hit a freaking 59 yd FG in OT to go to the SB!
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