I hear ya. BUT it is obvious in sports to the point that you don't have to even label it as a theorist. Aikman even said yesterday 'the Rams pass interfere on every pass'. You can't touch Tom Brady - and that aint even a joke - you can't ****ing touch him.
In hockey announcers say all the time, 'the refs put the whistles away'. --- I mean wtf does that even mean. Do the refs tell each team, ok it's a ****ing free-for-all now or do they just figure it out? Either way it is so stupid. Either there should be no power plays in hockey or CALL A ****ING PENALTY A PENALTY.
Pro sports is a business. Gotta keep it close if possible and that is no bull ****. If people aren't watching they aren't seeing the advertisements and / or talking about it as much.
Oh, I hear you 100%. Certain players get preferential treatment. One player will get a call every time while another can’t get anything called.
They said last night that coming into the game yesterday, the Pats had only been called for 5 defensive pass interference calls. FIVE! That’s 5 in 17 games. I find that hard to believe...
And I agree with you about the BS of different officiating crews calling things differently or calling everything at one point of the game and then calling nothing at other points.
The “conspiracy” this year has been that the NFL really wants to grow the market in LA. Unbelievable missed calls like the one last night against the Rams provides ammo to the conspiracy theorists that the call was intentionally missed to give the Rams a chance to come back and win. And I’ll admit, it certainly looks at times that those very things are happening. Either way, it’s a very bad look for the league.
These theories have been around for some time. People claimed that the league wanted the feel good story of Bettis going “home” to Detroit for Super Bowl 40, winning it and then riding into the sunset. People suggested that the league wanted “golden boy” Manning winning the golden anniversary 50th Super Bowl and then riding off into the sunset. And of course, the league LOVES Brady. They can’t get enough of him. Brady and the Pats in the SB every year is big business for them.