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Rigged? Browns getting screwed by refs

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  • https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/27950707/buccaneers-coach-bruce-arians-referees-held-accountable

    Arians saying exactly what I've been trying to say all year. I actually turned this game off and watched regular tv until the Browns after this miss. I can't believe how bad it is.

  • I don't believe the NFL is rigged. Even in the video they state they don't believe the NFL is rigged but the NFL has a problem with bad and plainly wrong calls that affect the outcomes of games. The NFL is not fully taking advantage of camera technology and they need to start doing it ASAP. Just about every play should be review able and terrible calls need to be reversed. Rule of thumb anything close goes to the refs on the field but obvious wrong penalties need to be reversed and no games should be decided by bad calls. That is my take as a long time football fan who gets as upset as anyone else with bad calls. 

    @oldbrownsfan said:

    I don't believe the NFL is rigged. Even in the video they state they don't believe the NFL is rigged but the NFL has a problem with bad and plainly wrong calls that affect the outcomes of games. The NFL is not fully taking advantage of camera technology and they need to start doing it ASAP. Just about every play should be review able and terrible calls need to be reversed. Rule of thumb anything close goes to the refs on the field but obvious wrong penalties need to be reversed and no games should be decided by bad calls. That is my take as a long time football fan who gets as upset as anyone else with bad calls. 

    I'm in the opposite corner. I think the crappy officiating is related to instant replay reviews.

    Calls have always, and will continue to be missed. It's the "unreversed" calls or "reversed" calls that have everybody up in arms, more than ever.

  • @oldbrownsfan said:

    I don't believe the NFL is rigged. Even in the video they state they don't believe the NFL is rigged but the NFL has a problem with bad and plainly wrong calls that affect the outcomes of games. The NFL is not fully taking advantage of camera technology and they need to start doing it ASAP. Just about every play should be review able and terrible calls need to be reversed. Rule of thumb anything close goes to the refs on the field but obvious wrong penalties need to be reversed and no games should be decided by bad calls. That is my take as a long time football fan who gets as upset as anyone else with bad calls. 

    I'm in the opposite corner. I think the crappy officiating is related to instant replay reviews.

    Calls have always, and will continue to be missed. It's the "unreversed" calls or "reversed" calls that have everybody up in arms, more than ever.

    @bob806 said:

    I'm in the opposite corner. I think the crappy officiating is related to instant replay reviews.

    Calls have always, and will continue to be missed. It's the "unreversed" calls or "reversed" calls that have everybody up in arms, more than ever.

    For me it is when a call is shown to be wrong by clear and convincing evidence on instant replay and it is not reversed that upsets me the most. Proper use of instant replay would be to correct these obvious missed calls. Anything close I don't want to bother with instant replay review and go with the refs call on the field but no game should be decided by terrible calls.

  • @mjp28 said:

    The same trip we were hiking among the many rock formations and streams when our leader said FREEZE......he smelled cucumbers the sign of the deadly and silent copperheads.  Needless to say that we were very careful where we stepped that outing.

    Didn't know you had them up that far north. 

    @texasag1969 said:

    Didn't know you had them up that far north. 

    Yes the Northern Copperhead poisonous and smells like cucumbers with two rattlesnakes and the cottonmouth are the poisonous......but some from Pennsylvania are known to sneak into Ohio occasionally in the fall and winter.    😉

  • @bob806 said:

    I'm in the opposite corner. I think the crappy officiating is related to instant replay reviews.

    Calls have always, and will continue to be missed. It's the "unreversed" calls or "reversed" calls that have everybody up in arms, more than ever.

    For me it is when a call is shown to be wrong by clear and convincing evidence on instant replay and it is not reversed that upsets me the most. Proper use of instant replay would be to correct these obvious missed calls. Anything close I don't want to bother with instant replay review and go with the refs call on the field but no game should be decided by terrible calls.

    @oldbrownsfan said:

    ......no game should be decided by terrible calls.

    I agree, but so many have. 

    I can think of several playoff games where that was the case. Quite a few in the "replay era"

  • Officiating in the NFL sucks and has way too big of an impact on outcomes. On that we can agree. But if you think the problem with the Browns is officiating.......... c'mon man. We have sucked the 1st 7 games. This thread is kinda sad. 

    The 1st step to recovery is admitting you have a problem........

  • I honestly wonder - the referees benefit the NFL by favoring the money making/super bowl teams. and I suppose they can demand raises etc when the NFL makes more money.....

    because too many non-calls and bogus calls do NOT make sense.

  • I honestly wonder - the referees benefit the NFL by favoring the money making/super bowl teams. and I suppose they can demand raises etc when the NFL makes more money.....

    because too many non-calls and bogus calls do NOT make sense.

    @calfoxwc said:

    I honestly wonder - the referees benefit the NFL by favoring the money making/super bowl teams. and I suppose they can demand raises etc when the NFL makes more money.....

    because too many non-calls and bogus calls do NOT make sense.

    Uhm....I wonder about this.   Are there really teams that  make more money for the NFL than others? I mean, literally everything from TV money to paraphenalia sales are shared.  About the only thing I think not shared are stadium revenues:  ticket sales, loges, concessions, parking.

    I mean, I think that "winning teams" probably do help.....but I don't know that they care which team is winning, do they?  I guess they do want good TV ratings....so they wan the winning teams to be seen more.....but the Browns are on primetime this year as much as any team this year.

  • I honestly wonder - the referees benefit the NFL by favoring the money making/super bowl teams. and I suppose they can demand raises etc when the NFL makes more money.....

    because too many non-calls and bogus calls do NOT make sense.

    @calfoxwc said:

    I honestly wonder - the referees benefit the NFL by favoring the money making/super bowl teams. and I suppose they can demand raises etc when the NFL makes more money.....

    because too many non-calls and bogus calls do NOT make sense.

    The excuse-making this idiot makes over on the Political Board for the Orange Buffoon must be priceless. 

  • @mjp28 said:

    Woody is very talented he can follow more than one team at a time it's not that hard to do.  I follow several.  😉

    But since he is on this forum I assumed he was referring to an NFL team. 

    @the-gipper said:

    But since he is on this forum I assumed he was referring to an NFL team. 

    Jesus Gipper, do you fight with everyone? Are you a kid? Let me know if you have some kind of disability. I don't want to be mean but damn. I get it, the Browns realky suck right now. It's gonna be ok. Damn.

  • @the-gipper said:

    But since he is on this forum I assumed he was referring to an NFL team. 

    Jesus Gipper, do you fight with everyone? Are you a kid? Let me know if you have some kind of disability. I don't want to be mean but damn. I get it, the Browns realky suck right now. It's gonna be ok. Damn.

    @coachtoad said:

    Jesus Gipper, do you fight with everyone? Are you a kid? Let me know if you have some kind of disability. I don't want to be mean but damn. I get it, the Browns realky suck right now. It's gonna be ok. Damn.

    For a guy that has been on this forum for all of  like 5 days, maybe you should not stick your nose into shit you know fuck all  about.  Woody is a Michifuck fan....because he went there, which is all well and good. I am sure he is a good, smart kid with a fine education,  be we (not just me) here loyal Ohio State fans still have to chap his ass about it.  And this post is just a carry over on that.  You do know that there is a big rivalry between Ohio State and Michigan, right? Or maybe not. So, until you get a clue, piss off.

  • @oldbrownsfan said:

    I don't believe the NFL is rigged. Even in the video they state they don't believe the NFL is rigged but the NFL has a problem with bad and plainly wrong calls that affect the outcomes of games. The NFL is not fully taking advantage of camera technology and they need to start doing it ASAP. Just about every play should be review able and terrible calls need to be reversed. Rule of thumb anything close goes to the refs on the field but obvious wrong penalties need to be reversed and no games should be decided by bad calls. That is my take as a long time football fan who gets as upset as anyone else with bad calls. 

    I'm in the opposite corner. I think the crappy officiating is related to instant replay reviews.

    Calls have always, and will continue to be missed. It's the "unreversed" calls or "reversed" calls that have everybody up in arms, more than ever.

    @bob806 said:

    I'm in the opposite corner. I think the crappy officiating is related to instant replay reviews.

    Calls have always, and will continue to be missed. It's the "unreversed" calls or "reversed" calls that have everybody up in arms, more than ever.

      This is true - I try to allow for that watching games...but when all the action is right THERE, and the ref is looking right THERE.

    Just like the Patriot wr who shoves the Browns defender in the facemask, shoving him away from him right before he turns and catches the pass along the sideline. NO CALL ?  It isn't away from the play, it IS the play ! and the ref is looking right at it.

  • @coachtoad said:

    Jesus Gipper, do you fight with everyone? Are you a kid? Let me know if you have some kind of disability. I don't want to be mean but damn. I get it, the Browns realky suck right now. It's gonna be ok. Damn.

    For a guy that has been on this forum for all of  like 5 days, maybe you should not stick your nose into shit you know fuck all  about.  Woody is a Michifuck fan....because he went there, which is all well and good. I am sure he is a good, smart kid with a fine education,  be we (not just me) here loyal Ohio State fans still have to chap his ass about it.  And this post is just a carry over on that.  You do know that there is a big rivalry between Ohio State and Michigan, right? Or maybe not. So, until you get a clue, piss off.

    @the-gipper said:

    maybe you should not stick your nose into shit you know fuck all  about.  

    Speaking of education........     Hello!!!!!