I found it sometimes hard to believe the results. It really makes me wonder if it is fixed because of huge gambling industry behind this.
2006-09-10 17:04:36 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Sports ➔ Football (American)
Let's put it this way, it doesn't have to have all people knows it.
A ref here and there.
And the coordinator and coach play the role in the play calling.
That's all it matters.
Look, almost every week there is underdog beat the crab out of the top teams.
As long as favorite team lose, there are tons of money made.
2006-09-10 17:24:31 · update #1
No. If it was fixed, then the Superbowl would've ended very differently last year.
2006-09-10 17:08:07 · answer #1 · answered by dh1977 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Lets hope not, because the fans would be getting ripped off. However, I really felt last years Super Bowl was rigged, I mean don't get me wrong, the Steelers played great, but the refs really screwed the Seahawks. Its been awhile, but I think the refs made 3 horrible calls in that game, Roethisbegers TD, Jackson's offense inteference, and some call on Jereamy Stevens. I thought that this game was fixed due to the Steelers having a more marketable team and the Seahawks coming from the rainy, northwest didn't come close to the Steelers marketbility power. oh well
2006-09-10 17:10:02 · answer #2 · answered by ? 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Hard to say really. No matter the case, the officiating has been horrid the last few years. If you watched the Bills game, you'd never know that roughing the kicker was a penalty. Moorman got nailed twice and no yellow flag. Pats're offsides on the safety...no flag. They call Donte Whitner out of bounds when it is clear to anyone with eyes that he was at least a yard from the sideline. Clements bumps into a Pats WR lightly on the return, the receiver falls over, Clements gets called from block-in-the-back. Not to mention the phantom hold on the Price TD and Schobel getting held all day...
2006-09-10 17:26:06 · answer #3 · answered by Elminster 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Every Seahawk fan knows it's fixed. I'm personally surprised that Don King wasn't considered to be the new NFL Commissioner.
2006-09-11 08:05:47 · answer #4 · answered by J.J. 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yeah it is. The NFL is the only sports league that by league law requires it's members to publish accurate injury reports. The people that derive the greatest benefit from those reports are the wise guys who set the betting lines. So just as a cigarette is a nicotene delivery system, pro football is money delivery system for the wise guys.
2006-09-10 23:14:32 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, it is not fixed. You must have lost a lot of money betting on favorites today. Week 1 NFL is different from the rest of the season (as is weeks 16 and 17). Wiseguys and linesmakers are too iffy as lines are incorrect and soft; betting against the general pubilc is profitable.
Folks out there shouting "fix" in the NFL are just poor handicappers.
2006-09-10 17:30:33 · answer #6 · answered by nflhandicapper 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yes. That's why I love college football so much better.
However, after seeing my Buckeyes get some horrible calls against them, I'm beginning to wonder about the NCAA. Texas wouldn't even have scored a touchdown if the officials hadn't have invented a penalty against Ohio State!!!
Hey, they've been throwing games since the "Black Sox" ( go and rent the movie 'Eight Men Out')
AND, the stinking cheating officials threw Superbowl 40 to make sure the Squealers won. The Stupor Bowl has billions of dollars bet on it each year!!!
GO GIANTS!!!!!!!!!!!
GO BUCKEYES!!!!!!!!!!!!!
2006-09-10 17:08:42 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 3⤋
There is a huge possibility, I mean there is alot of money involved there. WHere is it legal to gamble on games?
2006-09-10 17:11:20 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
no football is not a fixed sport!
2006-09-10 17:26:06 · answer #9 · answered by lil_lisa 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Like soccers, raitings commands.
2006-09-10 17:10:53 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋