Football and sports betting problems?

[JPatera76]

while at the same time .. the officials called this a TD

 

[GeekHawk]

There's nothing to see here. Just move along, folks.

 

[MORGULON]

After the recent public scandals in basketball and baseball, I have to say that I have had doubts about outside interference to try to fix games in football too! We have all seen some really bad officiating...But I have also noticed times, sorry to be unable to give specific examples... of when our entire team just seemed "off". Maybe more last year than this.

I have worked in both the medical field and construction, and I believe it would be very easy to introduce an anesthetic gas into the ventilation system at the field locker room. Just a mild dose that would not be detected, but would slow everyone down just a little bit...

I have noticed some other teams that have failed unexpectedly too...What do you think??? I believe this could be a real thing. Maybe I am just paranoid, but would appreciate your comments.

I think so eone did that to me today. I'm slowed down just a little bit.

 

[MORGULON]

This Colts game is the second game in a row where the entire team seemed off right from the start...not just one player, but everybody. As the game went on they seemed to "wake up"...
Otherwise this was a pathetic performance by our supposed SB contending team. Why???

Fentanyl

 

[Seak]

while at the same time .. the officials called this a TD

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Oh god, Lord have mercy on Thursdayy

 

[Dolomight12]

Oh god, Lord have mercy on Thursdayy

EFFING FACTS! Wonder what ref crew we get. I guess I can check.

Referees/crews should get PFF style grades. Actually, I'm trippin'. They actually DO get graded, if my memory serves me correctly. Do any of you semi-serious/serious bettors keep tabs on refs/crews and, specifically, the ones that make the absurd, game altering calls?

I've got some homework to do tomorrow.

 

[ivotuk]

They need to keep investigators on every NFL referee. Unless they don't care.

 

[IndyHawk]

If it's ever rigged for real like XL, technology today works against
it.
Congress will have every reason to regulate the NFL, there is too
much money involved in many facets including gambling for it to
be staged.
Believe me the NFL does not congress getting involved period.

 

[RolandDeschain]

The people who think there's no steering of any kind that goes on are naive, and look at it as if the only possible way it might transpire is if Roger Goodell literally emails the refs or says in writing somehow "make sure X team wins this game". Which is very naive. Logical-thinking people who can objectively consider possible scenarios, however, realize that bosses steering things at work from time to time without explicitly and directly stating what they want done is a common thing in businesses.

 

[seafence82]

There has never been an industry with as much money involved similar to the nfl without corruption.

Vegas had a lot of money for the colts to cover, and big surprise they did.

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Old Man Rivers and More

Philip Rivers’ return drew plenty of interest Sunday, too. Could the 44-year-old QB ride in and help save the Colts’ once-promising season?

The answer? Almost. But he at least helped the Colts cover as 13.5-point road underdogs vs. the Seahawks. In fact, the Colts led most of the game but lost 18-16 on a 56-yard field goal in the waning seconds.

Some bettors jumped on the Rivers bandwagon simply for the story alone. Heck, I took Colts moneyline +650, just on the FOMO, in case Indy pulled off the upset.

But the masses were mostly on the Seahawks. So Caesars needed the Colts to hang around in this game, and it turned out to be one of the book’s best results Sunday