The NFL Is A Fixed Business

[BillsImpossible]

The NFL was formed in 1920 as a form of, "entertainment," for illegal gambling.

"Just give it to them."

The NFL is legally classified as, "entertainment," not a sport.









"The only way the NFL can lose on Super Bowl Sunday is if the game is a blowout and people stop watching. The agreement the NFL has with Super Bowl advertisers is that a certain rating must be maintained throughout the Super Bowl to enable a 3-4 million dollar add space. Any less and the NFL is legally obligated to compensate advertisers."

[Johnny Bugmenot]

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As much as I believe this is certainly possible, there is one catch:

A federal law they passed back in 1960 prohibits the scripting or rigging of televised contests and presenting them as legitimate ones. (It was designed because of quite a few game shows that were doing just that.) So if this were to be proven, all of those television networks who are paying the league billions for TV rights are going to find themselves in deep, DEEP doo-doo. (ESPN might be able to get off, since they're cable.)

[superbills]

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In a certain sense, one could say that...but look at some of the recent super bowl victories...The throw by Rothlisberger to Santonio Holmes...the catch by David Tyree on the Eli Manning pass...hell even the Norwood miss in XV...these players aren't actors and this isn't the WWF. Players will make plays and even if there is some "cooking" going on (the owners are money-grubbers after all) the element of sports will always outweigh the refs. Good to great teams can overcome the blown (or fixed) calls. They can overcome injuries and tough schedules. Let's be honest...there were a couple of calls AGAINST Cincy today that were suspect (the personal foul on Burfict comes to mind)...the Bills have to overcome these things. In time, hopefully the players and coaches will mature to the level that games like this will go our way...for now, call it a learning curve.

[Ingtar33]

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and here i left my tinfoil hat at home.

[BillsImpossible]

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As much as I believe this is certainly possible, there is one catch:

A federal law they passed back in 1960 prohibits the scripting or rigging of televised contests and presenting them as legitimate ones. (It was designed because of quite a few game shows that were doing just that.) So if this were to be proven, all of those television networks who are paying the league billions for TV rights are going to find themselves in deep, DEEP doo-doo. (ESPN might be able to get off, since they're cable.)

Everyone is getting paid, so they don't care.

Here is something TOTALLY FREAKING CRAZY.

Fast forward to about 6 minutes 20 seconds in to the video. The puck changes direction on its own, like a ghost hit it. I've had a few beers today, but $..hit tihis is messed up. If a puck can change direction on its own like that, can a football do the same thing?

Holy crap this is nuts. Look at what the puck does at 6:20ish. That defies the laws of physics.

[YardRat]

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[Homegrown]

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nah, NFL games aren't fixed ... it's just that the officiating is so piss poor that it seems "the fix is in"...

[DraftBoy]

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Ah the annual fix thread.

[YardRat]

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Well, to be fair, there has been some pretty suspect stuff that came out of New England...

[imbondz]

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the worst called Superbowl was the Steelers / Seahawks a few years ago. Calls against the Seahawks were horrible the entire game.

[BillsImpossible]

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[Crisis]

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Congrats you're able to use youtube's search successfully.

[GingerP]

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If the fix is in, I want to know what Ralph did to piss off the league so much. I mean, they let Art Modell win a Superbowl before he died.

[DynaPaul]

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If the fix is in, I want to know what Ralph did to piss off the league so much. I mean, they let Art Modell win a Superbowl before he died.

Yeah, you'd think they'd let one of the league founders have just one before he dies.

[Famous Amos]

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I don't think the NFL is fixed but I do think that the league strongly emphasizes offensive success at the expense of defensive game. This comes about through awful called penalties and restrictive contact rules. Offense sells, it promotes fantasy football leagues, the Vegas odds are predicated on points scored by the offense, its what brings in the casual fan.

Make no mistake, the league isn't interest in the die hard fan, the fan that's been following the league for twenty years, the fan that buys season tickets. They already got you. The NFL wants the casual fan with money to spend.