Terrible Referee Decisions Are Fueling NFL Being Rigged Conspiracies?! | Pat McAfee Reacts 

They'll just make one statement, "we are human."

“We need to do better”

Let’s hold a conference for your work and industry first and you tell me if it does better?

@@zacharyhughes1114 people don't make millions of dollars worth of bets in our line of work... not everyone else in our industry has to do press conferences besides us... stupid arguement

@@zacharyhughes1114 the players and coaches are required to do them every week and if they are bad they get asked hard questions. The same should go for the refs. Clear bad call, they should have to answer for it. An apology and acknowledgment that they fucked up is a start. We don’t even get that.

It won't stop until people get smart and stop betting on the NFL

@@blindjustice8718 exactly they don’t care if you watch it as long as you keep betting, these betting organizations own the NFL.

@@blindjustice8718 You have to bet the rig instead of the game itself if that makes sense

@@mikesilva7523 it does. It requires studying the betting lines on high-action games. SB LV is a good modern example. Everyone went heavy on Chiefs / Over. Only way Vegas didn't take a bath was Bucs straight up / Under. Anyone who bet that late in the week would have made bank.

@Bill Field you haven’t watched football in 20 years, but you still watch/comment on NFL related content?

The NFL always wants Tom Brady in the playoffs. "Good for ratings". Its ridiculous.

And there was an even more egregious play to Mahomes in the same fashion but thrown down by his neck and it wasn’t called

But the Bucs also had some absolutely terrible calls against them in the game against 49ers so idk about that narrative… Tom was choked out and had no call lol bengals game too once the Bucs had a nice lead suddenly BS holding calls start coming in. I think the narrative of them just trying to make every game close makes more sense.

yes 🤣

bucs had 10 bad calls against them in this game....

The book makers were in the 90's. They have planted refs

Why just stop with the refs? If there was ever a real investigation of every institution in this country, then you might get some inkling how rotten the whole mess is.

More than that, the guys who order them those wrong call and non calls.

Was he trying to rig the game? It sounds to me like you’re actually insinuating that he was trying to fix it. Is that what you are saying?

@@adamwolsey8589 go back and watch the calls. Cheffers was also the man behind the roughing the passer call with the raiders. Unironically, Cheffers will take any opportunity to try to make the Chiefs lose.

No definitely the game was rigged when the receiver runs into the safety and they flag the defender for illegal contact there’s something wrong

Check the history on Cheffers….2/3 of the games that crew officiates, the underdog covers…..that to large to be a statistical anomaly. Based on the odds, it should be nearly 50/50 over a large sample size. It is not. You could make a killing just always betting the underdog to cover when Cheffers crew is officiating a game, ANY game.

About time the chefs get some bad calls. They seem to always get live at the end of the game

If the official had sounded a whistle, correctly or not ruling forward progress had stopped, since players are supposed to be conditioned to stop play on a whistle, then the play ends. You can't take it back. There's only one thing to do. "Carry on bravely."

What's your point? People think the game was rigged because of all the calls against the Vikings, others think it was rigged because the Vikings came back to win. Just seems like people selectively choose "evidence" to support whatever they want to believe

​@@TheJester-ct5pi it was rigged.

And bosa was like “ya that was the right call” I was like ya what if you lost and if that was the right call football is beginning to suck

The NFL is dead. Dead to all humans with a working brain. Anyone else left is a die hard fan with blinders on, that will choose to ignore the truth. No way the NFL continues at this pace and avoids fan outrage & litigation. Sorry, I'm just speaking the truth here.

No greater irony than the softest ppl in the league policing those with actual mental fortitude and accountability. God help this league

“Games aren’t won on the field” Dwight Smith

@@skeezix8156 facts ppl gotta read it. I certainly did after my team lost the sb last year

@vitamin D Jim Joyce the MLB ump spoke after the game he blew the call at 1st and cost the tigers pitcher a perfect game and he admitted he screwed up. NFL refs have no accountability

@@prestoncurry8017 “my team” calm down, you didn’t play lol and I’m a Seahawks fan (goal line Super Bowl again the Patriots)

👍🏼

Then you have to come run damage control for the league.

Right I hadnt thought of that. Now its not just "my team didnt win on that missed call". Its " I lost a big wad of cash on that missed call" Online gambling is going to become a very bad thing before long

In my opinion sports gambling the way it is now is ruining the passion and integrity of the game. It’s all about $$$.. hey my favorite team lost but I still won some money! Yayyy!!

Gambling has made all sports completely junk to watch. Legalized gambling

I think anytime a flag needs to be picked up it should automatically go to NewYork and get younger refs too

I seriously hope the Chiefs don't have to play another game this year under "Cheffers Crew"!!! I mean Mahomes gets punched in the face... No call

@@wc1994 yea. Only the superbowl right? Lol

Yes. 100%

There are a few leaks of this and they discuss making a bad call to fix the game.

Off-the-record misconduct has always exist. Presuming nonexistence because the proof hasn’t leaked is naïveté.

Yeah it goes deeper than that too. People have supposedly loss their lives over gambling. One of the situations I heard about was MJ’s dad being killed because MJ didn’t throw a game.

@@tdotvy4579 The rumor actually was that Jordan lost millions in a golf game and didn't pay. AND I give that a 15% chance of being true.

@@davidcorelli556 I stand corrected lol. You know how rumors work

@@tdotvy4579 I've heard the one about Jordan's dad before so I'm going with that one lol

nailed it

Absolutely, and a lot of people seem to be naive to that

The sportsbetting companies are deep into the operations of all major sporting leagues. If the players aren't in on it, then you have to look at the coaches and refs.

I think it's also kind of odd that the majority of bets on NFL rushing leader for the year was on Saquan Barkley and now in the last 4 games he only gets about10 to 15 touches a game. Went from 1st to 4th place in rushing leaders.

In a professional league, how does a team comeback from 33-0 at half and win. Makes no sense

@@Sambow23 Interesting that the Colts DC was also the LBs coach when Atlanta blew their big lead in the Super Bowl.

@sam Bowman now imagine a Vikings fan who watched and seen two touchdowns taken away and how that in itself could have changed this game! The refs tried to give the colts every chance to win! They also called a face mask penalty on a punt return, that changed field position by 65 yards! No face mask on field! They gave your colts every chance to stop momentum.

@@seansalisbury8180 I’m not a colts fan 🤣 I’m a fan of the chiefs. Not sure why you assumed I was a colts fan. I stated that it makes zero sense for a pro team to blow a 33-0 lead in one half considering they completely dominated the 1st half. 🤔 Even if it was rigged, still was a very entertaining game to watch. Unfortunately there is too much money on the line due to gambling being more advertised that it’s very unlikely that games aren’t fixed to an extent. It’s hard for people to realize they’ve been lied to for years. Trust me since im a chiefs fan, I was like that after Chiefs won the Super Bowl. But after watching the last few seasons closely I believe it is. Not trying to convince you but if you are intrigued by the topic, I encourage you to research more. Look up Dwight Smith whose a former Super Bowl winner. He says every Super Bowl is illegitimate and says that the games aren’t decided on the field.

@@johnnyripple8972 I didn’t even realize that until now

My guess is, it could be a Tim Donaghy situation (infamous NFL ref who rigged games for the mob) I don't think the VAST majority of refs are rigging things, but it wouldn't surprise me if one or two (looking at you Carl Cheffers) are keeping things close for some high profile bettors.

There are a good deal of former players who even say it's rigged. I'm not saying that I think it is, but . . . when the athletes themselves think some shady business is going down . . . You have to wonder.

Ain’t could be …. It is , sadly 💯

same happens with real football (what you gringos call soccer), betting is so infiltrated in the sport that you can't trust what you are watching

online sports betting has grown exponentially past 3 years. Billions and billions of dollars-possibly 10's of billions made since 2020 alone. Wouldn't be too surprising. The timeline fits perfectly.

Yet they still won and the Colts would have sealed the game if the refs hadn't blew the whistle too early on the 4th down QB sneak

@@softjones3128 the fact that it didn’t work doesn’t mean there wasn’t intent. You don’t make up a call like that facemask without some kind of motive. They were so blatant that it’s hard to argue there wasn’t at least a portion of the officiating crew with sinister motives.

@@MrsAnalplunger Dumbest thing to think any MLS is rigged, why, what is the point? For what team, people make mistakes, nobody is perfect. Crazy people shouldn't be allowed to talk. *EVER*

Vikings been messed with all year by the refs! Bills game 12 man on the field, Davis catch, Lions with JJ being out of bounds and now the horrible calls with the colts. Needs to be held accountable.

@@changeminds2736 hundreds of millions of dollars on the line and you think it’s crazy to think a part time referee could be corrupted… you’re right that crazy people shouldn’t be able to talk. Thinking that rigging is impossible with the money involved is CRAZY.

Its NOT a "conspiracy", ITS FACT! Look up Brian Tuohy, ...he shows the most thorough, comprehensive and convincing evidence that major sports are rigged! When he started his investigations, he used the Freedom of Information Act to acquire every file the FBI had of investigating sports gambling, from the previous 30+ years. It was boxes and boxes of files. Why do you think the NFL just spent 3 years setting up the office in NY as a COMMAND CENTER, DIRECTLY CONNECTED BY MICS AND EAR PIECES TO THE REFS! ....and oh yea, ...they got it set up, JUST IN TIME, for NY state, and many other states, to approve legal gambling! ....and oh yea, ...just as all of these new gambling companies, draft kings etc, ...came to prominence! Its ALL CONNECTED, and ALL RIGGED!

Called a penalty on Kelce for pushing a guy off him that was holding him down. I think they called like three illegal contact penalties in a row in the redzone. I've never been a believer in refs fixing games, but it really seemed like they were trying to help out the Texans. I think they threw and then picked up three flags in a row too. Almost like they got together and decided it would be too transparent if they didn't pick up the flag. It was bizarre.

@@btbarr16 Five defensive flags against the Chiefs IN A ROW at one point.

Or a crackback block on McKinnon when it wasn't even close to a crackback block.

@@btbarr16 couldn’t have said it better. The multiple flags they picked up was ridiculous. Like they were trying to not make it so obvious. The head ref has been part of multiple games like that against the chiefs

Cheffers has issue with Chiefs and showed it.

It’s not the refs job to make sure the WR is lined up right regardless. You don’t see any other defensive players asking refs, am I good?

@@Nooooahhh because they don’t have to be properly in the line like how WRs do. You haven’t played football and it shows

@@Nooooahhh it’s not strict on defensive players as it is wrs. And they’ve been doing it for years and years asking refs. Literally every game

@@Nooooahhh there’s no alignment for defensive player, they line up on the line of scrimmage. For offense it’s a whole different story with how many down players and on the line and off the line there are.

@@yungingmetroo you never played football in your life stfu kid lmaoo

Yes. It's also important to note that it is perfectly legal for the NFL to script their games.

@@chicog6295 it’s also important to note that that is complete false information. It is illegal to fix anything people can bet on

@@orangehighlights it isn't illegal for them to script games for entertainment. Lmao you can bet on WWE matches such as Royal rumble , which is 100% scripted. You have zero clue in what you're talking about 🤣🤣🤣

@@orangehighlights you clearly have no idea. The NFL was sued for allowing teams to purposely lose games and their only argument in court was that as a sports entertainment company they are allowed to predetermine the outcome of games, they then claimed they didn't fix games but could if they wanted. But as long as they provided entertainment then it is legal. And they won that case.

​@thechristiannomad6500 NFL clearly rigs games and this one of the many obvious examples. Teams get paid when they win or draw a game and they didn't want to give another payout to two teams that already had draw last week

tbf the balls at the half yard line and terry is at the two w his back turned to the ref.

yep the NFL is soft rigged just like every other major sports league. just look at last year's super bowl. rams playing good but struggling to get fans in a huge market. lo and behold the refs (after keeping their whistles away all game) give stafford another shot at the endzone on 4th down. im not a bengals fan btw

@@KK----- how could the nfl be rigged? the amount of preparation that would need to be put in place to rig it would be insane. one mistake and the whole script is ruined. one missed catch and the script is ruined. one player leaking the secret and the nfl is ruined. Theres just no way it would be possible with all of the variables that happen in the nfl. I could see the NBA being slightly rigged, cause there's not as much going on. But the NFL? No chance.

@@KK----- lol what if anything the nfl helped the bengals to the SB and tried their best to keep them competitive vs the rams.

@@SKOLVIKINGS you really can’t figure out how games are rigged when the refs stole two TDs from your Vikings against the colts??

That is so dumb, You don't think someone would talk? It isn't worth the NFL's reputation. Look up the laws around things like "rigging" Roger doesn't want to go to jail for life, neither does anyone else involved. You only need to think one more move ahead and it makes *ZERO* sense.

@@changeminds2736 I can tell what he said went way over your narrow minded little brain 🐑 🐑

@@changeminds2736 you know the NFL is looked at as entertainment. Same as the WWE. So legally they can rig games with no repercussions.

Sorry Nessy but anyone who thinks only four teams are unable to make the playoffs is watching a different season to me. New Orleans, and Atlanta re the bottom feeders in the worst division, Denver and Las Vegas could not score a win if they went into a brothel with $10,000, Houston have been shot Texans for about 10 weeks, the Bears, Packers, Cardinals, Browns, Rams are all down for the count and would need a Rocky style boost in performance to grab the ropes and beat the 10 count. So that is at least 10 teams who are no chance of making it. Tampa Bay and Carolina are lucky they are in a woeful division because one of them will win that division and get a home play off game, when they do not even deserve to be in the end of season matches, so you can add the team from those two who does not win the division.

This is exactly right. If you think differently then you haven’t been betting for 10+ years and seen it happen.

Nah just bad reffing. You can't rig a double doinker field goal or a one handed catch on 4th and 18. There's just way too many oddities for games to be rigged. Most of the bad calls don't even change the outcome of the bets

Magnetic gloves are real look it up, magnetic goal posts like magnetic balls and hoops in nba

@@smokeybandit1596 it's all fixed by the numbers an they ensure the outcome by using technology. Look up gematria effect sports

@@JimBowSlice …….bingo! Guys that think games aren’t rigged r so loss. Entertainment has been rigged since the Roman coliseum days😂

@@icebergslim3743 facts... Just the fact sports betting is legale leaves to much money on table for them to leave it to chance...

Men eat pb even when they’re allergic to it. This Rapsheet has balls the size of churchbells admitting that publicly.

I've only met one person in my life who actively dislikes peanut butter and she should be institutionalized against her will for SEVERAL reasons, and that one isn't even in the top 10.

It’s 10% peanuts, 40% man made sugar and 50% bad fat. You can keep it.

Smooth Crémeux

@@DrPhill96 Dork!

Bunch in the vikings game too. The NFL is definitely soft rigged. It all has to do with gambling companies and the league trying to figure out what brings in the most revenue

​@@KK----- And making what will be a blown out game interesting. If it's 40 to 0 people are going to turn the channel. So they are playing both sides of it. Commercials. And I'm hands down with you on gambling. If they continue this it is worthless to even watch. I love a good game. But if it's only good because of the REFS theirs no point in watching!

@@pyrocl0 not necessarily, where I live they changed the eagles game against the niners I believe, cause of the score. They changed it to cowboys game

In every game, so many obvious signs to look for When the jags needed to comeback against the cowboys, it was third down..you can see the jags lineman hold the cowboys pass rusher, they throw a flag, jags fail the third down still, then they claim it defensive holding, giving them the first down, but it's weird how they didn't show a replay of the penalty like they always do, especially when a defensive lineman getting holding is like impossible

Can't protect a QB when he doesn't have the ball...he is no longer a passer then. In comparison to some other non calls on Mahommes, Jones tucked Carr in to bed

it's scripted to keep people watching

Then you agree there was no hold when the chiefs missed the field goal.

And Adams caught that ball.

@@deadraider420 I agree that referees miss calls all the time...and then review them...and for some reason make stuff up. Holding happens all the time, and that isn't reviewable. I will agree that it gets missed...can't say I recall the play you are referencing though

uhh you realize the nfl will never allow that? they tell the refs what calls to make. if they try to explain their terrible calls it'll just make it obvious that the whole thing is rigged

NFL players are actors dude, those NDAs keep ‘em quiet until guys like LARRY JOHNSON and DWIGHT SMITH speak out

2 men in motion, illegal man down field. Its how the rules are applied in certain spots. Vegas loves it.

I think the refs just suck. Just my opinion, it could be completely rigged.

Refs and umpires are biased especially for the Minnesota teams they always get screwed over at some point that prevents them from winning a championship that second fumble recovery by Chandon Sullivan was clearly a fumble and a recovery and should’ve been a defensive touchdown that was obviously a bad call

I think people only think it’s rigged when their team loses or lose a bet when it’s the other way around nobody complains

Michael parson too never got a holding call n he call out the refs few times

Agree 100% here… the Bucs bengals game was a good example of this. Bucs had a nice lead first half then right at beginnings of 3rd quarter they get a sack for 25yard loss on 3rd down which got called back for “holding” on players 30 yards away from the play. From that moment the entire game shifted…”momentum” as some say is a very real thing in sports and I imagine having absolutely terrible calls made can 100% change that

Yeah, sure you are... see you next weekend.

Pat's dumbass excuse "they don't get paid enough, they have 2nd jobs." What?? They make over 200K per season. If they have second jobs thats their own business but it's not like they're barely making ends meet working 5 months a year.

Bye

@@lomarsweed6604 there’s many people who aren’t watching anymore(: believe me.. courtesy of last years super bowl dick

perfectly put

Refs should just be there to keep peace and call holding

Holding is the one they mess w the most dude

What are you talking about? The NFL schedule is known years in advance other than like 3 games. You play your 6 division games and then a rotating schedule of a division from the NFC and a Division from the AFC. The other two games would be the teams from your conference in the other divisions you aren’t playing that finished in the same place in their division as you did. Not sure what the new 17th game is. So yeah, Carolina and Cleveland will play again in 4 years.

Deshaun Watson comeback after his suspension was at Houston ! No coincidence ...

@@Zazzaro703he's talking about the week that they a team

Its NOT a "conspiracy", ITS FACT! Look up Brian Tuohy, ...he shows the most thorough, comprehensive and convincing evidence that major sports are rigged! When he started his investigations, he used the Freedom of Information Act to acquire every file the FBI had of investigating sports gambling, from the previous 30+ years. It was boxes and boxes of files. Why do you think the NFL just spent 3 years setting up the office in NY as a COMMAND CENTER, DIRECTLY CONNECTED BY MICS AND EAR PIECES TO THE REFS! ....and oh yea, ...they got it set up, JUST IN TIME, for NY state, and many other states, to approve legal gambling! ....and oh yea, ...just as all of these new gambling companies, draft kings etc, ...came to prominence! Its ALL CONNECTED, and ALL RIGGED!

Americas next big addiction forget opioids it’s GAMBLING !!!

This is not a new issue lmao

gambling isn’t an issue

@@Yourgurtisgood yeah...Im sure 100k are going to die from gambling

The cardinal must have not paid enough following that logic

@@danizel1 they're also the Cardinals. A small market team compared to Tompa Brady and the LA Rams.

Remember Covid during 2020 and from I remember CA was still pretty strict with their covid rules. So how would the NFL make the most money? Have the team play in their own stadium at the Super Bowl

Yeah wonder how much it would cost to put the lion’s in the Super Bowl. 😂

@@Manderenn stop ur ruining the game for me 😂

Seems odd for a trillion dollar company like the NFL.

@@axe2grind244 Do you know how much money it would cost for them to put a dozen official 4K cameras in key positions in all of the current stadiums?? Probably $2-4M. They'd go bankrupt!!!!

Replays are reviewed by nfl hq in real time. It's not just the ref on the field making the call.

I was no fan of Cam Newton, but he got whacked harder and more often than anyone when he was taking snaps. He had nobody looking out for him.

Falling on a qb by the person who sacked them. This just seems hard to avoid.

Justin Fields gets smacked every week and gets no flags. Breathe on Brady and you'll get flagged

@@billbowers7553not true

Was watching ESPN earlier this season after Grady Jarrett sacked Tom Brady and got called for roughing. When the play was debated on KJM in the morning.. They were defending Tom saying “”you gotta remember he’s not just a QB, he’s 45 years old””… lmao

It's every year

@@jeremiahcole2542 Yep and now that gambling companies are involved it's gotten even worse. Yet another incentive to throw games and make "Bad" calls. The calls are always deliberate

the eagles would be undefeated if it wasnt for these jerkoffs

Eh, I remember a Steelers game earlier in the year where the refs only threw like 3 flags the whole game and none were even pi

Happened to the Bears. Caused us 3 games.

At minimum, huh? What about the 2 point conversion?

Miami had 5+ pi against them and none were called, wich is fine but not when every single penalty was called for the bills.

Same but i’ll take it 😂 we’re always on the opposite end so it’s nice being on this end for once

@@matthewchhom4999 But wouldn't it feel better if it was for real?

@@davidcorelli556 no. The point counted and we won the game. Dont care how it was done

Interesting.

They profit majorly bc of the ridiculous officiating and bizarre outcomes. Refs call the games as instucted, it is entertainment, not a sport

It’s starting to look intentional

i made a similar comment, you said it better than i could. There are way too many rules due to "safety" but it's ended up taking the games out of the players hands. There are too many "roughing" type penalties which materialize out of happenstance and the NFL acts like they're making a difference because the refs issue a 15 yard penalty lol. So many fans are just conditioned to accept it, but it's really hurt the game

@@bigbrytunney8753 I am glad you & others are seeing it too. I’m still not sure where a guy lunging forward to make a tackle is supposed to move his head

@@joshroyale7678 yup, everytime i hear an announcer say "see, he lead with his head there" i roll my eyes. You have no choice to lead with your head when lunging to make a tackle. The funny thing is, ball carriers are the worst offenders of leading with their helmet, but it never gets called

They're making this whole Terry McLaurin thing in an effort to start a crusade. Notice how nobody is talking about Thibodeaux getting his eye poked out?

I mean organized crime has a long history of sports fixing. Soooo whatever is happening, it's along those lines..

They basically already do. At the end of the regular season the teams that blew the most calls don’t get to officiate postseason games, and thus forfeit the much bigger checks. Granted, I think they should be tarred and feathered instead, but I’m just one man.

Hire people to watch each ref and call on the field and measure them against what the analytics show the calls on the field should be. They would each be assessed a percentage of SOP and based on that SOP compared to their peers, they'll be paid bonuses. So some refs will get a tiny little bonus and some will get a lot.

@@eats4cheaps305 this isn’t incredibly far off from what happens now.

@@djbucksd I know that but few things with that. 1 it is limited by how many refs they need for the playoffs. 2 that doesn't solve it because you have to be the top x of refs and if the refs are really bad than there are still bad refs getting it, so you would be rewarded bad refing as well. If the refs get really good then it would demoralize the refs that do really well but just not good enough. 3 I think it would be more effective if there is a direct goal to work for that is known to the ref that they can work towards and it even can be broken up into smaller time frames than the whole season wether that be every week or month or other. It would make their performance feel more rewarding as a bonus is more rewarding than extra shifts. 4 That system should still stay and add further incentive to do a good job and it adds a reason to do even better than the set goals for the bonuses.

Your definition of performance may vary wildly from the league's definition of performance. You define it as "bad" calls. The league defines it as "keeping fans vested until the final whistle."

Paying them back for the NOLA No call... shits been rigged

The NFL has been rigging games since Pete Rozell

100% rigged. But it's legal for them to do it. NFL is labeled as an Entertainment Business.

Its NOT a "conspiracy", ITS FACT! Look up Brian Tuohy, ...he shows the most thorough, comprehensive and convincing evidence that major sports are rigged! When he started his investigations, he used the Freedom of Information Act to acquire every file the FBI had of investigating sports gambling, from the previous 30+ years. It was boxes and boxes of files. Why do you think the NFL just spent 3 years setting up the office in NY as a COMMAND CENTER, DIRECTLY CONNECTED BY MICS AND EAR PIECES TO THE REFS! ....and oh yea, ...they got it set up, JUST IN TIME, for NY state, and many other states, to approve legal gambling! ....and oh yea, ...just as all of these new gambling companies, draft kings, fan duel etc, ...came to prominence! Its ALL CONNECTED, and ALL RIGGED!

@@snwrist3 I’ve been looked at major sports like it’s the WWE since like the early 2000s lol. I thought everyone did. It’s still entertaining

I knew then I was watching a rigged game. Worst thing I ever saw in sports.

Nothing more than a choreographed circus act like WWE

@@erichonaker5875 I remind myself of that before I get mad about my team losing

@@erichonaker5875 There is not one thing left in this country that is not dirty. Including organized religion.