The NFL Is Rigged Folks, Get Over It

The Los Angeles Rams won the NFC Championship over the New Orleans Saints, and people on the internet and in New Orleans are crying over an official's call.  Back in the days when I wasn't paying attention, I wouldn't care.  I was a Rams fan.  My day was better or worse depending on how my team did.  It's amusing to look back at that now, because it really had no effect on my life at all.  I noticed a Rams fan in tears after the win.  That says it all.

I credit the New England Patriots "success" with waking me up to reality.  There is a long list of evidence with them that people outside of New England will admit raises red flags.  This is Sports Entertainment, the same as WWE.  There was a game in the 1990's where the Steelers Quarterback threw two interceptions right to the same Cowboys defender.  That's when I began to wonder.  In those days, the league was being adjusted and the idea of a "Dynasty" team, such as the 1960s Packers, 1970s Steelers or 1980s 49ers was becoming harder to achieve.  The idea was to manipulate things to keep games closer and make all teams more competitive.

In the 2000s, it became obvious to anybody paying attention that the game was rigged.  The easiest way to do it is with officials.  They simply make a "bad call" here or there, and that call can change the direction of the game.  Some people are going so far as to say that certain players are in on it.  Are they?  I need more evidence, but I don't completely dismiss the idea.  Certainly those two bad passes by the Steelers QB in the Super Bowl against the Cowboys made me wonder if he was on the take.

When you think about it, if you have the QB in your back pocket, he can simply throw a "bad pass" here or there and take a sack when he could have gotten rid of the ball.  It's subtle to those not connecting the dots, but that can change the direction of the game.  The whole team does not have to be in on  it.  The QB dictates the tempo of the game.  A star player can suddenly drop a key pass or miss the hole through the line and get tackled early.  It's not that hard to change the outcome of a game.

Football these days has to be close for the sake of ratings and money.  The game has storylines, because it's more about entertainment than ever.  They push the narrative they choose.  They have sports channels out there selling the drama, and eager fans buying it all.  It's entertainment first, competitive sports second.  If you push the NFL hard enough, they even admit it.  So, why get worked up over any game when there are more important things happening in the world that do effect you?  Maybe this game was rigged, and maybe the next one will be?  However, it's up to you to make any of this nonsense matter.