@junkyard-dawg said:

Well I can throw out a "do the math" for the time being. We're talking about an Organization that hired and kept on payroll corrupt Doctors whose sole purpose of employment was to pump their players full of performance enhancers. Is it really out of the realm of possibility a group corrupt enough to pay dirty MD's six figure incomes to administer drugs to their players isn't also corrupt enough that they would also buy off some officials and league execs? Call me crazy all you'd like, but they've been caught cheating the system before, former players have admitted their prior dynasties were HGH fueled shams and the Rooney Family would do anything to win.

I'd also say follow the trail of coincidence as well. From the top down. Starting with close Rooney associate and lifelong Stoolers fan.... Roger Goodell. Pure coincidence a Rooney man is pushed for the GM opening? Maybe.

Same Roger Goodell that refused to suspend James HGHarrison for Steroid use, domestic violence or owning a rabid pittbull that attacked his children. Coincidence?

Same Roger Goodell who took no action after the Rooneys 'Roid Doctor was caught distributing controlled substances banned by the NFL to the Stoolers roster. Coincidence?

Same Roger Goodell who went out of his way to levy the stiffest suspensions in the NFL against the Stoolers division rivals, dismantling that teams roster. Coincidence?

Same Roger Goodell refused allowing suspended Bengals players to train with the team until their suspensions were up, yet Big Jen Rapistburger is cleared to practice with the Stools during his light suspension. Coincidence?

Down the line....

The non-TD catch against Baltimore that handed the Stoolers the game as well as the AFC North and home field throughout the playoffs....

Consistent questionable calls in Pittsburghs games included but not limited to spotting the ball 1+ yards on 3rd downs to hand them first downs, phantom penalties, officials allowing dirty hits on players, holding ect.... Pitt being given interceptions that touched the ground... All coincidence?

Is it a coincidence that any other team has a player throw a dirty hit that team is fined 15 yards and the player is fined yet whenever Whines Hard or others do the same it's ignored until AFTER the games? Coincidence?

Or how about the last Superbowl "win", with AZ being called for multiple phantom penalties or any little mess up while the Stoolers accidentally got away with virtually anything until the 4th quarter and/or whenever it didn't matter if the penalties was called as it didn't impact the Stoolers any.....

Just saying. If it were a one time thing I would likely agree with you. However when there is a track record of "bad officiating" and the NFL front office cutting his buddy Art Rooney numerous breaks it says that it is probably something more then that. Referees don't just suddenly have a bad day every time the Stools need a break. When it's happening time after time after time after time SOMETHING is going on with it.

Since the game is so fixed and your team has no chance of winning why not do us all a favor and stop watching. Only a fool would continue to put money down when they know the game is fixed. Right?

This is an recent article from FoxSports. Here is the link: http://msn.foxsports.com/nfl/story/ref-tak...stakes-too-hard

The recent remarks by referee Bill Leavy admitting to the Seattle Seahawks that he made two bad calls during their Super Bowl XL loss have rekindled the strong emotions of so many: those who are Seattle Seahawks fans, those who don't like the Pittsburgh Steelers, and even many Steelers fans and Steelers players who are insulted that Leavy's calls may have tainted their Super Bowl victory.

I have to admit that I was bit surprised when I read that Leavy addressed the calls with the media. Surprised, but not shocked.

Bill is one of the best referees we have in the NFL. He is a great communicator with players and coaches and has always been very accurate in his decision making. Ask most all of the coaches in the league and they will tell you they respect him. Even Mike Holmgren liked him before Super Bowl XL.

Like the other referees in the NFL, Leavy hates it when he makes a mistake and to make one in the Super Bowl makes it worse. It has been eating at him for four years. He wasn't kidding when he said he lost sleep and was miserable. We had many conversations about this. You live with that negative feeling as an official and it is hard to shake. Last week in Seattle, he found an opportunity to get it off his chest and admit that he had made mistakes. In my opinion, he was too hard on himself.

First, he didn't "kick" two calls in the fourth quarter. He was clearly incorrect when he called Matt Hasselbeck for a low block after the interception when Hasselbeck attempted to go low through a blocker in an attempt to make the tackle. It would only have been a foul if Matt would have made contact with the blocker, but he didn't, so it should not have been called.

Leavy piled on himself by saying that his holding call on Sean Locklear was incorrect. That is not true. It was a hold and should have been called. If anything, you could have made a case that the Steelers were offside and, if the play had been officiated correctly, the penalties would have offset and the down replayed. In any case, the reception would not have been allowed to stand.

Did Leavy's calls and the officiating, in general, have an impact in that game? Sure they did. Officiating has an impact in every game that is played, whether calls are made or not made, whether they are correct or incorrect.

Did Leavy's calls determine the winner of Super Bowl XL? Absolutely not! In truth, there were missed calls that went against both teams. Let's all put aside our allegiances and go back four years and look at the game objectively. If we do, we will see that the Seahawks did not play well and neither, actually, did the Steelers.

The officials also did not have a great game. In the end, however, the team that deserved to win won. That, in my opinion, is the bottom line.

This is from the head of NFL officials at the time of the game.