Exactly! This is the same point I made to someone debating the issue of bad calls related to their making a difference in winning or losing. They said bad calls don't make a difference, best prepared team wins. Well, sounds simple in theory, but realistically that is not always the case. I have been watching NFL & Chiefs games for more or less 40 years. I have seen games where one bad call did indeed cause a loss or win. Officiating can & does control an outcome in some games, and can be a winning & losing factor.
This is especially probable when two teams are matched well in strengths & weakness' on either side of the ball, or both...one bad call can and does make a difference between winning & losing. Had there not been bad calls against the Chiefs today...who's to say we would've lost any way? There is no way to know for sure, regardless of error & bad judgement on the Chiefs part.
Another realistic fact is one bad call can completely change a teams momentum, emotional spirit. A bad call can turn a game in a different direction, therefore affecting the final outcome. One could argue that a team should get past it, not allow a bad call to affect them, but again...people seem to forget, that these men are professional athletes second to being a human being with instinctive emotions. They may be able to contain those emotions on the inside, but they're still feeling them, which can affect their game.
It really isn't a big deal most times, but if one loss or win makes the difference when it comes to making the playoffs, advancing in the playoffs to Super Bowl, winning Super Bowl...then it makes one HUGE difference.
Bad officiating has been a controversial issue in the NFL for as long as I can remember, and is a problem that occurs weekly for every team in the NFL. There are solutions that could reduce, even eliminate bad officiating from NFL games. As well, there has been growing speculation among fans with each season that the NFL is rigged through officiating. The NFL implenting a policy to help reduce bad officiating would also help prevent such speculation. Every off season the NFL implements new rules and by laws, yet they always find excuses for making no attempts to resolve a major issue for years...bad officiating. I have to ask myself...why do they continue to ignore the problem year after year when solutions exist?
The NFL is a corporate business, big business at that. It would be to the NFL's advantage to rig games through officiating...control who makes it to playoffs & Super Bowl. It wouldn't be the first time a corporate giant or professional sport did such for greedy profit. Nor would it be the first time an official as an individual took bribes for personal greed. As a passionate fan, of which the NFL & it's affiliates make their profit off of...I would respectively appreciate the NFL making an effort to reduce the possibility of rigging games through officiating, a ref's personal greed, regardless of whether or not it is occurring.
There...that is my venting on the subject, lol.
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