Another SB Rigged and Fixed by the league

[TwistedHusky]

That 5 yd holding call that grants an automatic 1st down is an abomination regardless. But that contact happened within 5 yds as previously pointed out.

And yes people make mistakes, those can be overcome.
When it is in the final minutes of the game winning drive? Not as easy, or even possible.

And that is why it seems less like a mistake than a 'mistake'.

 

[Donn2390]

Super Bowl ref Carl Cheffers on defensive holding call: It was a clear jersey grab

- Yahoo Sports

www.yahoo.com

 

[AROS]

Who cares if he admitted to “holding”? That’s just a player taking the classy route. We all saw the same damn play. It was the very definition of a ticky tack call. And it absolutely changed the trajectory of the game as we would have all loved to see which is Hurts having 90 seconds to either win the game or not. HIS potential story was robbed because of a shit call, period.

 

[AROS]

Even former NFL players on the post game shows were like…

 

[Chuckwow]

Catchable or not catchable is 100% irrelevant. It wasn't called as PI, it was a hold.

Interesting that Bradberry admitted to pulling on the jersey. But I'm of the school of thought that they should call the game consistently (either tacky or letting them play) the whole way through.

I'd say Bradbury is being a good Goodell Minion. Knows who butters his bread. Whether technically a legit hold or not, it had no impact on the play and shouldn't have been called in this example. These refs need to practice some common sense with an emphasis on situational awareness. The biggest event in all of sports and the final game of the year.

I feel as bad for KC as I do Philly. We all know what the storyline for this game will be tomorrow (and the next day and the next). Philly did get outplayed when it most mattered but it sure would have been nice to see the players decide the game instead of the officials.

 

[Cyrus12]

Have a suspicion that Bradbury was told to say the right thing...the steering is becoming more evident year after year the tracks have to be covered. This was about Mahomes legacy. The nfl made it happen today...so many storylines with KC..Eagles just happy to be there. With a minute or more left I think the Eagles at min tie the game. The one call ruined this game as has happened with so many others...Its just sports entertainment and its best not to get emotionally invested.

 

[Seak]

The refs shouldn't get the benefit of the doubt on that one,
that call was too perfectly timed and influential to not beg some questions of WHY?
Already some controversial calls for chiefs to get into the superbowl and then one final one to win it.
Can't prove anything, but Ill trust my own eyes and gut.
No ones going to believe I am sick tommorow when I call in as well lol

 

[pmedic920]

It was a joke plain and simple. Imagine if it was our Seahawks. That call was disgusting. Completely ticky tack and robbed everyone of what could have been a thriller to the last second. Egregious I get. That was total ticky tack and everyone knows it.

So tired of refs changing the outcome of games. Maddening.

Same old crap.

I wouldn’t mind the call if…..

..if they had called the same type of contact the whole game.

They didn’t though.

I can handle “ticky tach” if it’s fair across the board.

 

[Rainger]

Lol Fox news programs after SB saying how great NFL is because the last 3 super bowls you couldn't script it any better.

They said each year the game couldn't be "scripted" any better. They are great because it is almost like it is scripted. Making the NFL great.

Lol was he actually saying something other than how he said it.

He did it at the start of the show and at the end. Said the NFL couldn't SCRIPT a game any better at least 4 times.

 

[knownone]

Is the NFL rigged, scripted, or steered, or did a referee make a bad call? Hanlon's razor.

This wasn't a Rams vs. Saints situation where the referees missed a blatant penalty. Instead, it was a 40/60 call magnified by the stakes of the moment. It sucks for the Eagles. But it's not the most compelling evidence for a conspiracy.

 

[TwilightError]

So that apparently was a holding and the refs got it right. Then my question is, as that was the only such call made in the entire game, was that the only time this foul occurred? If not, how is it possible that the refs are so blatantly incompetent that they missed all the other occasions?

Even if it was correct, it's still nothing short from directly impacting the result of the game with purpose.

I don't mean conspiracies, scripts or betting. But something is screwed in the officiating of this league. Impossible to say what exactly.

 

[rcaido]

i was actually enjoying this superbowl. i was amazed the refs were letting them play. Then that penalty and everyone was like "WHAT" i was hoping to have a 90 second thriller. Didn't care who won.

 

[Lagartixa]

Bradberry himself said it was a hold.
But who cares? Let's imagine a really bad call in that situation.
I'd like to understand why there's a line around the block of billionaires who want to spend billions of dollars to buy NFL teams, if some of those teams are "scripted" to lose to other teams that are favored by the scripting, even though it's been shown again and again that the #1 driver of sports-team revenues is on-the-field (or on-the-court or on-the-ice) success. So these billionaires want to spend billions to buy teams whose profitability is limited to favor that of other teams?
Also, I frequently hear that Dallas is one of the NFL's favorite teams, but one of the starting QBs in yesterday's Super Bowl was months old and the other hadn't been born yet the last time the Cowboys played in a Super Bowl.

 

[CPHawk]

So ignore all the false starts Philly got away with?

 

[Jac]

You have to have rules/penalties/etc., but the refs have too much influence in game-deciding moments. I'm sure there was contact like that constantly throughout the game. It ruined an otherwise classic for me. The Chiefs earned a SB but at the same time, I was annoyed seeing them celebrate.

 

[James in PA]

As Sherm said on his podcast, I don't understand why in a situation like that -- with game on the line and it being ticky tack penalty -- New York can't get on the phone and tell the on field refs to pick that flag up.

 

[GemCity]

Catchable or not catchable is 100% irrelevant. It wasn't called as PI, it was a hold.

Interesting that Bradberry admitted to pulling on the jersey. But I'm of the school of thought that they should call the game consistently (either tacky or letting them play) the whole way through.

I get that it wasn’t a PI. You’re right. Just saying…without the imaginary hold, it still wasn’t catchable so the outcome of that play would’ve been a loss of downs.

Bradberry admitted it.

I’m not all that surprised. Makes me wonder who talked to him prior to giving his postgame interview.

 

[SoulfishHawk]

Don't give up 24 points the final 4 drives (yes, one of those drives was 5 yards)
Get more than ZERO SACKS
Score more than 11 points in the 2nd half.

I wanted Philly, but that game is on their defense, and not on one call. Pretty lame when the refs let stuff go until the end of the game. Conspiracy? Maybe. But REALLY ticky tack at that moment. Kind of ridiculous really. If it was blatant, sure. That was really iffy considering how much they were letting both teams get away with. But hey, the Rams were handed a SB last year the same way.
KC earned it, Philly handed it to them in a lot of ways. It would have been great to see Philly get the ball back with a minute and half, plus a timeout. I didn't let one ticky tack call ruin the game for me at all. That was an incredible Super Bowl. Don't really care about either team, so meh. Great game the entire time, exactly what I was hoping for. OT would have been sweet.

 

[Mix]

Its rigged!

The hold proved they wanted the chiefs to win!

flip it as a no call

The hold not being called proved they wanted the Eagles to win!

Losers will always find a thing to complain about.

What a great SB that was. I wanted the Eagles to win, but I was happy with a solid game by both teams.

 

[Mix]

As Sherm said on his podcast, I don't understand why in a situation like that -- with game on the line and it being ticky tack penalty -- New York can't get on the phone and tell the on field refs to pick that flag up.

That fixes nothing, you would then have Chiefs fans claiming its rigged because the NFL called in to change the penalty. If anything that would make a potential loss look even more forced, and thus worse for the NFL.