If you honestly believe this, then why in the world would you continue to watch?
Thanks for reply and legit curiosity question. I'm watching less and less last yr or so, especially after realizing it's getting worse not better. Been very fortunate to be a Bama & Lightning fan over the years. This has given us more than any fans could ask for. Some here probably think I'm some angry fan who team(s) never won and I'm calling this all comes from spite. Well... that's way off if that's the case. Wish all fans could experience this success for their favorite team but...... life doesn't work that way. Not everyone gets a trophy in life, a lesson all should learn early as possible. Over the years, been on the good & bad side of fingers-on-scales moments concerning teams we follow (Jacksonville Jaguar fans, it's been rough ride.....lol). Still follow sports but not with same fever as before. Still love Lightning and witnessing them become a 5 -vs- 5 juggernaut to win 2 "Cups" was an awesome experience. After some many close frustrating late playoff exits, Lightning learned to take others ability to put fingers on scale away somewhat. They became a 4-line machine and that's sorta what one has to become, if they want more control over outcomes these days.
To many occurrences to list. Here's the one occurrence that started this doubting. Bama football get favorable calls at beginning of Saban/Bama era when they won 3 of 4 titles in 4 yrs time (2009-2012). But then watch the calls go way against Bama afterwards. Get that folks get tired of same teams winning, but it's not fair to kids that didn't win title previously though. Seen this knife cut both ways, wish fair would dictated day but human gonna human.
Bama has an insane Defensive front 7 from 2014-2016,
- Think Bama had 7-10 NFL 1st rounders (Can't remember exact number) on D front during those years.
- Bama's insane front 7 on Defense didn't any, or very few holding calls, for like 2 years straight against their opponents offensive lines.
- That was like 26 games worth -vs- best Bama D front 7 I've ever seen at Bama over the years. That's a high mark!
- That was impossible, and this data was found by by a Michigan fan trying to show how much BIg10 was not calling offensive holding -vs- their OL opponents for two seasons.
- That Michigan fan was right about their team lack of opponent OL holding calls, but this data crunch also found Bama was even worse off.
- Bama was such an outlier on that graph created, Bama's opponents non calls were far, far, far away from everyone else's grouping on graph grid.
- The graph grid had to be double sized+ to fit Bama's non opponent calls data dot. Bama data dot looked lile some distance planet within large galaxy, it was as bad as it gets for graph outliners.
- Was hard to argue against that data, and it obvious what was happening, if one look with honest eyes.
- Bama's anomalies were impossible to explain fairly and it helped we also watched holding after holding ball not get called during that time,
- This was what started opening my eyes to possibly of sports be tainted.
- Anyone can go find that Michigan fan opponent holding data...... Never seen such oblivious putting fingers-on-scales in my lifetime.
- Since, it;s been one event after another happening, throughout sports world that supports data shown in that graph.
Money, ratings, agenda's, right story lines has those in control putting fingers-on-scales for certain outcomes. Stinks, but I'll let this thread run it's course now after I've probably derailed it enough already. Sorry if doing so...... Planet Zoo, here I come......