Aros":2t88efcz said:
Sometimes I have no clue what in the Hell is going on with this league. Parity is good?
I really do think the league is "goofy" right now as you say.
People are so uptight about any kind of ideas that refs are biased against the Seahawks, they ask what do they gain from the Seahawks being bad?
Well first of all they gain a ton of media stories whenever a past champion is "struggling".
And I don't really think it's an issue of beating us down specifically just to spite our team... but they CLEARLY want the NFC West to be a race to the end... look at how nearly all of our division games are at the end of the season when the 49ers should theoretically have guys back... Coincidence??? I doubt it...
It's not so much that they are just out to get us, although arguably they are since we won the Super Bowl and it makes good headlines...
But it's more the fact they want every single team's fan base to believe that they have a chance to make the playoffs. That's why the Rams only had 2 penalties against us when they are one of the dirtiest teams in the league. Now Ram's fans will continue watching/buying tickets because they saw them beat Seahawks, etc.
It's all very simple business 101 kind of tactics. The NFL is trending towards more of an entertainment business instead of a pure sport which is shameful. I wouldn't put anything past the NFL leadership if it involves money, and parity equals money end of story.
If you've seen the documentary "League of Denial" which involves the NFL despicably denying and falsifying the danger of concussions and ignoring all the evidence for so many years... is it really such a stretch they would have the refs influence games to have a better "entertainment product"... Any time you have a multi-billion dollar corporation they are going to try to squeeze every last penny and the refereeing this year is complete garbage in my opinion.