Okay, you’ve officially given me license to channel my crazy, so I’m taking it.
My Theory: The NFL is Rigged
Now, I’m not saying the NFL is rigged. I’m only saying that it could be and we’d never know. Think about it. If the commissioner, coaches, and owners all conspired, they could rig everything without the players knowing. Think about every time a coach makes a bone-hoarded call. Maybe they throw an easy interception on the 1-yard line. Maybe they sit a great player like Malcolm Butler for stupid or even seeming non-existent reasons. The players don’t need to know because the action on the field needs to feel authentic. That’s the only way the public will buy into it. But when the game is going great and something goes against the script, the winning coach goes out on a limb and costs his team everything. He pretends to be upset, sure, but when he leaves the locker room, he’s laughing all the way to the bank. What if something goes wrong? Sure, maybe things don’t go right 100% of the time, but if you manipulate things right, enough of it will go according to plan. And, of course, this isn’t even talking about the refs! Every fan has thought to himself at some point “How much is Goodell paying these refs to screw my team?” Maybe it’s to keep the score close, so ratings stay high. Maybe it’s because he legitimately hates your team and you’re the reason why. But we’ve all thought it. What it was true?
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My Theory: The NFL is Rigged
Now, I’m not saying the NFL is rigged. I’m only saying that it could be and we’d never know. Think about it. If the commissioner, coaches, and owners all conspired, they could rig everything without the players knowing. Think about every time a coach makes a bone-hoarded call. Maybe they throw an easy interception on the 1-yard line. Maybe they sit a great player like Malcolm Butler for stupid or even seeming non-existent reasons. The players don’t need to know because the action on the field needs to feel authentic. That’s the only way the public will buy into it. But when the game is going great and something goes against the script, the winning coach goes out on a limb and costs his team everything. He pretends to be upset, sure, but when he leaves the locker room, he’s laughing all the way to the bank. What if something goes wrong? Sure, maybe things don’t go right 100% of the time, but if you manipulate things right, enough of it will go according to plan. And, of course, this isn’t even talking about the refs! Every fan has thought to himself at some point “How much is Goodell paying these refs to screw my team?” Maybe it’s to keep the score close, so ratings stay high. Maybe it’s because he legitimately hates your team and you’re the reason why. But we’ve all thought it. What it was true?
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