I am not a Seahawks or Steelers fan. I heard this theory from my marketing professor. The NFL is a major business and it's all about making money. The Super Bowl generates so much hype and revenue for the league. The Steelers have a very large fan base, thus the league gets even higher ratings when the Steelers are in the Super Bowl. There are many more Steelers fans than Seahawks fans, therefore the league wanted the Steelers to win because they could generate more money on champion memorabilia (shirts, hats, DVDs, etc.) Then there's the whole deal with Bettis playing in his hometown of Detroit. Super Bowl XL was the final game televised on ABC, a station which had a long relationship with the NFL. Disney owns ABC. The league wanted a Cinderella ending for Bettis' career and the amazing Steelers playoff run as a 6th seed. Disney has players say they are going to Disney World, and they wanted to build up the whole "dreams really do come true" stuff because it was a feel good story.
2007-09-04 09:41:38 · 18 answers · asked by marcscz 2 in Sports ➔ Football (American)
Interesting, but I think with so many bad calls in recent years in the NFL, we can partly chalk it up to bad officiating and partly chalk it up to the Seahawks not playing as well as they were capable of.
2007-09-04 09:47:10 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Remember this is from a marketing professor. Most of this is coincedence, but narrow minded. If that were true or even remotely true. Dallas, Oakland, and Philly would have far more SB appearances as they generate the greater number of NFL related items sold. The Detroit superbowl, was selected five years before the game was played and since the networks rotated as SB broadcasters, ABC was slated to broadcast that year. As far as the Bettis thing, it did seem a bit over the top, a Detroit kid, playing in a SB in Detroit, his last game (although it was not official until after the game). It may have been a feel good story, but it was not a very good game.
2007-09-04 09:56:44 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
I think the refs did make calls that altered that game but I don't know if I think it was an NFL conspiracy. The seahawks would have gained fans as a result of a win and the steelers would probably not have lost many.
2007-09-04 12:31:12 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Well the only viable reason for the JFK assassination I can see and for the secrecy afterwards is: If the Russians ordered Kennedy killed. Specificly if Khrushchev personally ordered the assassination without Politburo permission, Over his embarassment over the Cuban Missile crisis. Leonid Brezhnev replaced Khrushchev 9 months after the kennedy assassination. What if the US found out that Khrushchev had Kennedy killed, and did not have permission of the Politburo. That would explain why it has been kept secret. 1. To prevent a nuclear war 2. Even today, it would harm relations seriously. 3. It explains why Khrushchev was removed by power, so soon afterwards. So what if a deal was struck between the US and Russia, Khrushchev is removed from power, US and Soviet relations improved big time after Brezhnev came to power. And that would explain why, even on their death beds, no one has ever came foward with the truth. Any other reasons given, I cannot see someone leaking it at some point in time. IE: 1.The Liberals killed kennedy because he was about to give the largest tax cut in history. 2. The conservatives killed JFK because he was getting rid of the fed 3. Castro killed kennedy , over Robert kennedy trying to assassinate him.
2016-05-21 04:01:28 · answer #4 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I know one of the guys who was a referee in that Super Bowl and I find it highly offensive. Each and every call in that game was reviewed and only one (a block below the waist on the Seattle QB after an interception) was deemed an incorrect call.
People who criticize those calls never picked up a rule book, let alone studied it. Yet they profess to know everything just because an announcer who sleeps through a 30 minute meeting to summarize new rule changes in the beginning of the season thought it may be questionable.
But people like to pretend they know more than anyone else, even experts in the field, so they put together conspiracy theories without a single shred of evidence. I'll file this one with the 9/11 conspiracy theories.
2007-09-04 10:44:32 · answer #5 · answered by Rob B 7 · 2⤊ 4⤋
This isn't a new conspiracy theory...your teacher didn't come up w/ it. Anybody (who was not a Steelers fan) who watched that game and saw how the Seahawks were robbed came up w/ the same conspiracy theory. As for the Disney remark...I think they stopped doing that commercial.
I had my own conspiracy theory last year that New Orleans was going to win the Super Bowl because the NFL wanted them to, as well as the Bush administration (it was a well thought out and complex theory), and it almost happened.
2007-09-04 10:10:39 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 4⤋
This is what happens when people have too much time on their hands. You're probably somebody that believes that when Michael Jordan "retired" in the mid-90s, it was because he was actually suspended because of gambling. Do you think something as intricate and complex as a professional sporting event, the Super Bowl nonetheless, can be a carefully orchestrated event? Not a chance.
If you want a fake storyline, go watch pro wrestling.
2007-09-04 09:49:13 · answer #7 · answered by dlatona7 3 · 2⤊ 2⤋
Yeah & the moon's made outta cheese so the Packers are gonna win the Super Bowl & give Farve a big send off & everybody will wear cheese heads which will cripple the Chinese & Saudi Arabian cheese industry, thereby giving the USA cheap gas & American made toys again. Did I miss anything ? This theory makes complete sense---- to a duck!
2007-09-04 13:18:53 · answer #8 · answered by Toe Cutter 5 · 2⤊ 3⤋
Yeah and the guy who got Bettis' fumble *let* Ben Rothlis...make the shoestring tackle. No dude, he was going for the endzone.
Oswald, however was a CIA patsy.
2007-09-04 09:49:00 · answer #9 · answered by heebus_jeebus 7 · 2⤊ 2⤋
Yeah, all big sports do this. Do you really think it was a coincidence that EVERY SINGLE MAJOR CALL went in favor of the Steelers? It's a business, as you said. Basketball has been fake for years, looks like football is the same way now. Shame.
2007-09-04 09:45:44 · answer #10 · answered by h_a 2 · 3⤊ 5⤋