Sports Hernia":1rf6j0nx said:
Their officiating/steering problem is only getting worse. Way too many Ticky tack calls that usually favor one team over the next and it's usually the legacy teams catching a big majority of the breaks.
Have less rules, and only call the obvious stuff. That would help pace of play and speed up play.
The game is becoming unwatchable with the over officiating flag fest every week.
Pretty much this. The referees are bullshit. I don't care much about missed, calls, IF, they wouldn't call so many bullshit calls. They call holding all over the place against one team, but ignore obvious holds by the other team.
But the bad calls are the worst. The Green Bay calls favored the Packers (Legacy Team), were complete bullshit, and cost us the game. Superbullshit XL* calls were horrific, and called out by everyone that wasn't a Steelers (Legacy Team) fan.
The referees steer games.
Then there's the whiny fans who complain about missed calls. Like I said before, I don't mind missed calls, unless they are blatant, and called unevenly.
But the whining by Atlanta about a hold by Richard Sherman was pathetic. And ESPN went along, demonstrating their lack of integrity, by cutting in a different play, off of the line of scrimmage, in order to leave out the Offensive PI by Julio.
Lack of Integrity, by the Referees, by the NFL, and by the Broadcasters. That's why the NFL is starting to lose viewers.
Their pretense of "Parity" is a sham, because of the steerage going on. And why is steerage happening? Because they falsely believe it will make them more money if they please the larger (East Coast) fan base. What they don't realize (but NFL Sunday Ticket does), is that fan bases are spread out now, and many West Coast Teams have become extremely popular.
Myself, I've turned to watching College Football over the NFL. It's a lot more fun, and there is parity there.
Also, until they redo the CBA and put back the practices that they took out, there will be increased number of injuries, and shitty Offensive Line play.