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People are soooo stuck on how all the players are in on it. They don’t have to be. The only thing you need to rig a ball game is an officiating crew. That’s it.
Yup. If you understand the money behind each team and the innerworkings of management, sports can become quite boring, and even depressing after learning the unfairness of it all.
Watch the No Holding calls on Lion's Hutchinson as he spins his way in. They tackle him which is usually a hold. But the NFL Owners all make more money in the playoffs, ask me, a LIONS fan who's ownership is the same family as the last time they won the title., 1967, I mean 1957. (Too young to know.). They hold him by his jersey with hands literally double wrapped and unable to release but no calls. . There are teams with stretch and tear away jerseys this year and no one stopping them, Unreal! Obvious!. No shirt tackles as shirts stretch as they shirt stretching like rubber bands. They had rules about this and there they are. Didn't test? Hard to grip slick material and it stretches, too. Jerseys are not supposed to stretch five feet. Ridiculous and obvious. Why is t allowed? oh, the league favorite draws use them this year, Surprise?.
When the owners are content with part time officials, the commissioner gets a cut from every bet placed, and the gambling commission continues to turn a blind eye… the NFL corruption will only get worse.
Most people don’t understand how much money is involved. In close games, the bookie or gambling company wins both ways. Your team might win but not by the points to cover or your team loses but it’s too close. Then count the halftime beats where it looks like your team is losing. You change your bets but then your team wins.
Two calls give the Refs the ability to affect the outcome of close games Offensive Holding= takes place on every single play Defensive Pass Interference = Takes place on every single play The circumstances that they chose to call these penalties gives them control of the outcome of games .
They spot the ball by just eyeballing forward progress. But, a couple of times per game, when they need a really precise measurement, they bring out the chains. It's all a very bad joke.
Yup always have the mysterious "holding" penalty in the back pocket ..weird they literally NEVER EVER show these on replay but will spend 75 minutes zooming in to see if a shoelace touches a blade of grass hmm
What about the year the Saints didn't go to the Super Bowl because of a no-call on a blatant pass interference penalty against the Rams? You can't tell me that something wasn't amiss in that game.
Katrina happen in 2005 and saints won the 2009 season , not that blatant to me , so that one not so obvious, but I agree something not right in a lot of these games and in a lot of scenarios, and I’m a silver n black fan so I’m angry and have a lot of animosity to begin with a lot of things that have happen over the years , I have to say I enjoyed this video hope to see more good stuff
@Abort Christ Saints didn't choke and that was definitely pass interference. Even the league admitted the Rams should have been called for that penalty. If they had, NO would have been within striking distance to score a touchdown with less than 2 minutes left and if they had they most likely would have won the game. After the controversial no-call, several officials who worked this game were fired by the league. The Saints didn't get "screwed". They got screwed.
@Abort Christ in what way did the saints choked SMH yes they had a chance in overtime but regardless they were screwed doesn't matter anyways rams got exposed by the patriots so no biggie
Agree in regards to super bowl three look at the billions of dollars involved with the Jets win a merger of the two leagues the Namath factor the first real big marketing celebrity figure in the NFL football even announced by president Nixon stating simply football now is America s number one sport so the timing is huge
the media admits it. The leagues literally give star players better treatment then non stars. And the star players tend to play for star teams who also gets good treatment. Its not a secret. Now having the league trying to beat the Vegas odds is another thing
Sure, in the history of the sport I’m sure someone somewhere attempted to rig a match. Like the 1919 black sox scandal or the European soccer league scandals over the years with international mafia interference amongst the officials. But to say the whole NFL is in on it? That absurd
Not all the games are fixed. But the league definitely puts their thumb on the scale whenever they think they can control an outcome that will make them more money. We see it year after year.
how do you know "not all the games are fixed"? you just said they do it whenever they want...buy youre so smart you can tell when its happening and when its not. right. its fixed. simple as that. always has been.
That day crushed the young teenage me, it was definitely rigged - but as I got older and wiser I realized this is more common than not - even in my latter days beloved soccer. World Cup Superbowl both dirty af.
What about it? The Saints still had plenty of chances after that non-call to finish off the Rams and they didn't. The Saints even got the ball first in overtime and still couldn't put the Rams away. You can complain all you want about that bad call, but Drew Brees simply didn't have the arm he used to have and was playing at a diminished capacity. In fact he retired after that. The Saints lost that one. They had several opportunities to win that game, but didn't.
That should have gotten a ref fired. That would have been called Unnecessary Roughness anywhere else on the field, much less a receiver who was protected from contact. Unbelievable.
@@jeffroberts8246 The Washington Commanders say hold my beer when the Giants mugged Curtis Samuel in the endzone of that Sunday night fiasco with playoff implications not counting the ref who called McLaurin for illegal formation after being told he was good...makes ya wonder but this is an entertainment industry and billions of dollars at stake each yr so yeah games are fixed when they want them fixed..
Super Bowl XL was the moment I began questioning the integrity of pro sports. Then Ray Lewis announced his retirement, and Baltimore goes on to win the Super Bowl. Then you have the Lakers game where they beat the Kings when they shouldn't have, all in the same time period. I have no faith in Pro sports integrity.
@Francis Parker true. The speculation was so high that all the pieces just falling into place so he could make his "announcement" was just too perfect.
It is alleged to be honest though. Entertainment yes, but not rigged like our elections, so no they are not the same: everyone knows wrestling is staged @@captain_orange
They do Announce before a game that they “Hope you enjoy the following scheduled NFL Program”, or something similar, but they definitely use the words NFL Program!
@@onemans-opinion8391 you’re right. I’ve heard that. Good point. Imagine the millions that don’t even hear that as it’s playing. They actually don’t even have to buy off refs because match fixing is allowed. No one is getting in trouble.
The really sad part about the officiating in games is that the players and coaches are fined for speaking up and complaining about the men and women who blow calls with no repercussions against them!
I know that my grandfather, living in NYC at the time, made over $40k off Super Bowl III, based on a "great tip". Coincidentally, he was a chef at a restaurant that several Jets players regularly frequented. It was enough money to pay off all his debt, move to south Florida, and start his own restaurant, where a lot of Dolphins players liked to eat.
So a bunch of Jets players came in and told him they were confident and gonna win the super bowl? Or let me guess Joe Namath himself whispered that the NFL gave him the script that said the Jets were gonna win and to "bet it all on green" gimme a break. The Colts laid an egg that game and the Jets laid a slightly smaller egg and won. It's one of the ugliest super bowls I've ever seen if that one was rigged then the people who rigged it should get their money back because it stunk.
People don't find out. It's the whole media working on this. The news outlets would never cover the story. The whole world is rigged. Sports is just one scam, money scheme. Distraction. Bread and circus. People don't find out what they aren't supposed to find out
I don't think anyone has ever questioned Rice and Brown believing what they say. But that doesn't make it factual. (For clarity, I'm a Raiders fan and think at the very worst Callahan coached the worst game in NFL history. If he didn't, then he sabotaged the game).
People might wonder why the Raiders would throw the game but when you look at how much money these owners, GM's, and coaches make on paper it's probably just scratching the surface. There was almost certainly some under the table deal between the bucs and the Raiders.
@@PhilAndersonOutside Remember, Callahan talked bad about the Raiders when he was coaching them. Also, an offensive guard went crazy before the game and did not play. That threw off his teammates. It was rigged alright
For me, the problem with officiating is the subjectively selecting WHEN to make calls/no calls.....example, both teams have been holding all game "letting them play" (so to speak) but when it provides an opportunity to call back a touchdown, THATS when they decide to call it... infuriating! Just call it the same way the whole game!
You are exactly right, then when the holding call happens, they show a slo mo replay and the announcers are like "oh there it is, clearly holding", and they are right, what they don't show is the exact same thing is happening on nearly every play and not being called. Once there are a couple of calls against your team, I 100% guarantee the players on that team realize "hey, I can't push the envelope on what will be tolerated, these officials are being strict". Those players don't want the next penalty to be called on them, they are fighting for a job next season...
For a referee to apologize years later "could be" clear evidence that the game was fixed. Normal people without sociopathic tendencies have a conscience that wears on them and an apology "could be" a way to relieve that anxiety. I'm surprised you wouldn't catch that.
OR...ref just knew he blew it, and guilt rose to level to lead to his apology...not a sign of a "rigging". Besides, the vast majority of people (the common sense...66% of people) don't understand other people very well, nor do they make high-level moral decisions. See psychologist, Lawrence Kohlberg'moral development theory (fact) re-proved for over 5 decades across the world!
I will go one further. Bills win it this year for first time ever. They have Hamlin at the game, the camera focuses on him and America gets its “feel good” sports moment of the decade. It then wins a ESPY for Moment of the year
I believe this goes on far more than we even realize. Make no mistake Vegas and the gambling industry control all sports not just the NFL. As far as the NFL that’s why teams are required to submit an injury report, not because of a league rule or player safety or whatever. It’s so Vegas can adjust the odds on the game. I’m not saying all games are fixed but I’d say this goes far deeper than anyone can fathom.
And that's why the immaturity and fratboy behavior is allowed in sports players,fans,media,talk radio the dated silly rivalries it gives sports a clean innocent vibe but sports is very dirty and corrupt just like any other business we that much money invested.
Still remember that non-call pass interference for the Saints in the playoffs. The ref was right there and the receiver got tackled before the ball got there .
Yeah just like them 2 calls they missed on the Rams drive prior to the the Saints PI...Let's say they hypothetically throw the flags the game was over and the Saints PI doesn't even happen🤷🏾♂️
This years NFL play off goes like this.......Kansas City scores a touchdown, show Taylor Swift. K.C. scores a field goal, show Taylor Swift. K.C. gets an interception, show Taylor shift. Kansas City gets a safety, show guess who?
The fix is in…Chiefs can’t loose the Super Bowl…just wait to see a late call either go against SF or a no call the benefits KC…either way SF can’t win…the league won’t allow it….
Your 100 percent correct. It's like when Jeffery Epstein got thrown in jail and EVERYBODY said that he was a dead man. And then they killed him anyways, because they can get away with it even if everyone knows, who care because it's not like the average NFL fan will stop watching@@DP-ol5uv
You forgot the lights going out in Super Bowl XLVII where the Ravens were romping and then half the lights in the stadium go out. After a long delay that pretty much erased the Ravens momentum, the 49ers made a comeback and made the game interesting, though the Ravens did win in the end. Ravens players swear it was done intentionally to try to eliminate the Ravens momentum and make it an exciting game.
It's so annoying like why does the NFL think they need to rigged stuff people will watch an unbiased game. When rigging it runs people off. I use too love football but it's so obvious and the NFL are so sloppy with how they rig games. Look at all the blowouts that turn into comebacks after halftime this year. It's so constant.
I believed then and now that it was no accident when the lights went out. The Niners were a Cinderella team and the NFL wanted a story, not another blowout. I imagine there were a lot of people who stood to win a lot of money with a Niners win.
Earl morrall is in my family by marriage and he once told all the fellas 1 Thanksgiving while watching football that the land we were on was bought off the money he won by losing the SB, he never said he threw it but I'm sure he did
@@digitaurus The NFL was founded BY the Mob so ALL games reek of corruption. With legalized gambling bringing in more money than everything else combined, the NFL has become professional wrestling. It's a complete joke.
It is hard to lose on purpose. I was asked to let a guy beat me in the 2 mile because someone else needed the points more towards a letter, I tried I gave up a big lead but in the end I could not do it.
@@KingD0why did you say no? They said it was the time THEY realized the NFL was sus. They didn’t say it was the first example EVER. People are out here just tryna cut everything down, and I’ve gotta be a hypocrite to get the point across 😂
All very valid points - good research. No professional head coach would change the game plan 2 days before the championship game without ulterior motive, as in SB37. As well as keeping the same verbiage that the opposing coach knows. If the officiating in SB40 wasn't rigged, it is certainly the worst officiating in SB history. The officiating in the Saints/Rams NFC championship game was the absolute worst. Unfortunately, legalized gambling and promotion by the NFL is only going to make this problem worse.
Actually, that is exactly what Bill Parcells and Bill Belichick did prior to SB XXV when they beat the Bills. Belichick changed the defensive game plan and it worked
this could be true, however there's just no evidence of it actually happening and even less showing the NFL is behind it. Bad calls dont constitute as evidence.
There is no doubt in my mind that the refs in super bowl 40 used calls to disrupt Seattle's rhythm and take away points, also giving advantage and points to the Steelers. If the proper calls had been made, the end result would have been quite different.
I am happy to see another person speaking out just how much trowing a team of their rhythm decide an outcome of a game. This is the one tactic an opposing team can use, or fixers, to get a desired outcome
The drama for losing in the AFC championships for the raiders should have been highlighted a bit more for the controversy. Felt like the raiders got shafted that entire span of time.
@@Superz3ro What about the OBVIOUS PHANTOM roughing the passer call that allowed the Raiders to beat the Patriots back in 1976 in the AFC playoff division game?
@@6699230 I agree they had no chance but do you honestly believe Callahan threw the game and somehow manipulated Barrett Robins to go off the deep end just before kickoff?
I think it is VERY POWERFUL to hear a guy like Jerry Rice say the coach threw the game. When NFL players say they think something was rigged and strange things happened why do we question them so much? It's hard to come out and say stuff like that. A lot of people not as successful as Jerry would be ostracized for making comments like that.
If Matt Hasselbeck was saying that about the superbowl (which I don't remember him directly accusing the refs of rigging the game) would he still be on ESPN?
Former mafia boss Michael Franseze has talked about how he was the guy who was fixing college games for the mob. You don't think they have someone doing it for the pro games as well?
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@@mutteringmaleREMEMBER! When you meet any stranger there is a 50% chance that they have an Intelligence Quotient below 100. That's by definition. As the late comedian George Carlin said..."Think of the average person. Half of the people are stupider."
Lions vs Cowboys game makes you question the whole idea of sports being rigged or 'influenced' The embrace of online gaming also undermines the credibility of all major pro sports leagues.
From what I hear the NFL owners did not like Al or Mark Davis. Al Davis was more of a rebel and Mark Davis seems to have zero respect from anyone. Also they don't fit in with the other owners since all their wealth is tied to their teams.
Mark is a bummer w dat bowl cut!! C'mon it's saad Al would a had a 🏟️ get up n Oakland. But now Oaktown f'd up wit da stadium plus da team sucked. But Oakland loves da Raiders
Back in the 1980s, I worked in a local family-owned restaurant, and I had to work on the day of Super Bowl XX. My boss, the owner of the restaurant, was there to watch the game on the bar's TV, along with our regulars. Well, when the game started, he told me he was going to make a lot of money on the game, because he knew about some people (organized crime people, I assume) who had fixed the outcome. At the beginning of each quarter, he told me what the score was going to be at the end of each quarter. When he was correct each time, he said to me, "See, I told you. Big money!"
Key parts of a game can be changed by one call from a Ref or a Coach or a Quarterback or dropped ball in the end zone . It isn't hard to throw a interception or miss a block on a key play. It can be fixed in many different ways from the owner to the waterboy.
After we lost that championship game up in Seattle in 13, my buddy sent me a video called rigged chopping up the bad or non calls in that game. It was pretty disturbing! Same with the superbowl with KC.
Bowman recovered that fumbled & shredded his acl in the process and the ball popped out and they gave it to Seattle after Bowman was clearly touched down
What we believe here isn't all that important to me. What is however, is that you have never been a Colts fan. And I kind of feel bad that you can't know the joys of cheering for Johnny Unitas and watching his displays of ariel artistry, or the display of heriocs and courage on the field. UNITAS is the true GOAT of the Q.B. position. In 1964 I was an impressionable 10 year old . Living through 50 losing seasons wasn't fun, but I didnt waiver. It was worth it when Peyton arrived. Win lose or draw. I will always be a joyous Colts man, and you will just be a fan.
No they aren't your delusional if that was the case many small market nfl teams would never even get a shot at the superbowl yet many have won their first championship in the past 20 ish years
Um all 32 teams or atleast 31 of the nfl teams share there profits with douchebag so yea they can win but only large market teams usually win. As for the cowboys don't win because there owner won't share with douchebag so they won't push
the NFL is 100% fixed. they might not always get the outcomes they want, but for the most part, all it takes is a few calls or no calls to swing a game, and they do it all the time. just look at last night with jags vs titans. a couple questionable calls wiped out 2 big plays for the titans and thats all it took to get trevor lawerence into the playoffs. the NFL is drooling at the prospect of sunshine becoming one of the faces of the league. but i mean NO wins SB after katrina, the pats win after 911. its so obvious they fix the games, especially if you are big into fantasy football or just a huge fan in general and you watch a lot of football and pay attention to a dozen or so games every week. just this season alone, i bet i watched no less than 35 games with extremely suspect officiating that directly led to the outcome of the game and who won.
One game i remember ... that i just laugh at now but at the time was incredibly frustrating was Seahawks vs Falcons in the playoffs when the Seahawks had Devon Hester and he had three really good returns and EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM was called back for holding. I forget which year but Hester on the Seahawks should be enough to find it.. i just don't know if they have those returns on any highlights on youtube.
There is a certain owner that tried to get Roger fired. Instead Roger got a ten year extension. The owner was taken off the committee and his team sometimes very good can’t seem to win a playoff game. I predicted a Rams Super Bowl and now I predict a Bills Super Bowl. The NFL needed the LA market and now the story drama with the Bills means big ratings.
@@rascalmatt6713 yes the Falcon owner was the guy that saved Rogers job. Roger controls the referees and had experience as the head of officiating before he was commissioner.
I hadn't considered this until I remembered Seattle's loss by not running Marshan Lynch into the endzone from a half yard out & PASSING??? instead. Worst call in history. Lynch quit football, not just the team. You put the beast in beast mode to plow in!!! How did that NOT happen???
Caroll blew the time management. He was never good at that. I think he was worried about the clock and tried to sneak a pass in so there was time for another running attempt on third down? Plus a timeout. People tend to forget Lynch really wasn’t that great in those situations. He fumbled in the NFC title game the year before from the one. He was someone you wanted to get a head of steam and churn through linebackers and safeties in open space. The fact also was the pass was a good call against that goal line defense … the players didn’t execute. If our receiver sets the pick and the throw isn’t late no one says anything about the call. It would have been a “genius call.” That’s sports. A bad call is always the one the players don’t execute.
Simple if they ran beast mode he would have gotten mvp and he didn't talk to reporters which is a bad look for the nfl. Carrol wanted Wilson to win mvp instead of Brady. The next season on a half yard situation carrol called a Wilson pass again then was the end of legion of boom. Sherman called carrol on it after the game to reporters and left to San Francisco. Seattle hasn't done anything since. BTW carrols assistant did same thing in Atlanta pats superbowl. Try to pass from the 20 yard line with an 8 point lead and got sacked. 3 runs burn the clock and get a extra point for 11 point lead with under 2 minutes is how it should have ended. 2 coaches from Seattle losing 2 superbowls by refusing to run so pats could win.
@@Twotontessie that's exactly what happened. It was just time ticking away and Belichick not calling time out. The crazy thing about people thinking that was rigged or a gimme is that the defensive back has to catch the ball while being run into by the intended receiver. What happens if Butler drops it? How did Butler know it was coming? Did Carroll tell him? If Butler drops it, the Seahawks have two more cracks at the end zone. They also overlook that Seattle made that call to pass precisely because they're thinking, "New England is expecting a run here. Let's throw it and catch them by surprise."
@@joelhague5515 yes this is exactly as I remember it. 1) Seattle was thinking that the LAST thing Pat's were thinking was a run play. 2) However, Butler saw the formation while studying video. He saw two Seattle players lined up in an unusual run type formation and he knew what was coming. 3) Butler barely had time to scream a pass audible, so they caught Seattle with their pants down. 4) The only hope was for Wilson to call an audible or a time out, but he must not have heard Butler shouting that he had sniffed out the play.
You need to make a part 2 and talk about SB 50( the Peyton Manning Bow)l, SB 51 (28-3), The Tampa SB that was hosted in the same city, then the very next year it's the same exact thing in LA (which also includes the infamous no call p.i. in the NFC championship).
it's not just the Superbowl it's the whole playoffs and it's gotten worse in the past 4 years since fanduel and DraftKings were allowed to operate pretty much with no supervision
@Jason Smith agreed but what corruption are you referring too they say they're entertainment fan boys just don't want to believe that Santa Claus is not real
Robbins mental health event was wholly or heavily a result of the change. Super Bowl I’m sure has a certain stress level, but he and others ideally lower it through thorough prep. His statement directly discussing insufficient time for necessary time to prep seems completely rational. Shifting to pass heavy could’ve been an honest change based on film, info, etc. But the HC/staff not having seemingly any significant dialogue with the players before implementing was massively irresponsible at a minimum, and this would be the case without Barret or anyone else being so mentally affected.
@@therealityofitall4819 idk, but great NFL centers have abnormally high IQs and extra-intelligent, particularly creative and inventive, people are far more prone to mania and mental-illness. Callahan fucked up for sure, maybe his star center could see his folly before it even happened and failed to stop it from his position in the chain of command. Stress can manifest in the most creative ways: particularly Psychosis in this case
One thing left out here on the SBXXXVII situation, Dwight Smith from the Bucs, who had 2 pick-6's that game, also came out and corroborated the story as well.
Absolutely foolish,what story?,the story of how gruden left the raiders and went to the bucs and how they met and the raiders never changed any of the terminology or any of the formations?.literally when you have the other teams playbook and even more the call sheet.kinda of hard to not win the game...
@@alscompleteoutdoor9091 No, a few years ago Dwight Smith got a bunch of attention talking about how the NFL rigs games, and in that interview, he mentions Rice and Brown and their story about the changing of the gameplan. Not saying I agree with him or not, but he said it, not me. Look it up, its easy to find.
He said it was fixed lol that’s what. A guy on the winning team. Yet you have hard headed goofball fans of this rigged league still ignorant to its blatant fixing.
@@colinedelman6392: You may be right, Colin, but before I accept your statement as fact, I need to know a little more. So, what makes you think I'm crazy?
I am not a Atlanta falcons fan , but Super Bowl 51 Atlanta Falcons up 28 to New England Patriots 9 , at the end of the 3rd quarter & New England Patriots score 19 points to Atlanta Falcons 0 to tie the game. Then Patriots score a touchdown in overtime to win, that should have been a red flag , for being rigged.
Seahawks fan since 87' .And I've been saying for years and since it happened. That there was no way the NFL was going to let Bettis go home and lose the SB. I knew when the refs called that's bulljive OPI that the 'Hawks we're going to lose . But when Ben clearly didn't cross the goal line I knew it was over.
And if the NFL really wanted to get in on it, they could share the communications through the headsets, or share the screens on the Windows Surface tablets.
@LTrain45 45 It used to be that JUST the owners were crooked... Now, the league is infested with hoodlums on the field and brigands in the coaching staff and front offices.
100% I remember coming home (when I was a teenager) at half time after playing in a hockey game and being shocked that the Jets were leading the Colts. I had not seen the first half and had not seen the shocking events described in this video.
@@jakeaguas In those days prior to SB III (1969), it was just assumed that the NFL was superior (just like we Canadians thought our NHL players were better than the Russians prior to the 1972 USSR-Canada Summit series). I remember watching the 1968 movie Paper Lion in 1968 when it came out. In the movie, the George Plimpton character played by Alan Alda approached Vince Lombardi playing himself about him working out with the Packers in the preseason so he could write a book about his experience. Lombardi baulked at what he thought was a ludicrous idea (as in, come on, we are the NFL, what do you think we are, etc.) and smiled while condescendingly suggesting to Alda that he should try the AFL. I remember thinking like Lombardi after two wins over AFL teams that the AFL was an inferior league, etc.
I feared it but I didn't know until after every call went against them - obvious bad calls that took away points from the Seahawks or gave assistance to the Steelers.
Really well done. I remember watching Super Bowl 30 and Neil O’Donnell throwing the ball literally right to the Cowboys a few times. I always thought that was sketchy
Yep. Football got me first 💉. Then baseball 💉. Then basketball thanks LeBum 💉. I used to read every stat I could get my hands on, and daily. Wanted to be a sports announcer of some type, I announced at any game I could as a teenager for Little League games. Only competitive ball I care to watch anymore.
Most of us left it do die on the vine when it went all woke rainbow warrior and players started getting on their knees, the place they are the most comfortable.
It's a shame you mentioned NBA ref Tim Donaghee without having read his book. He explains quite clearly how game manipulation was already something being passed down from the top, and that he only took advantage of it.
@@imainfidel7185 when ppl say the matrix, our whole reality is rigged against us. But earth is a school for us to wake up, idk what happens to those who dont.
I'm old enough (75) to remember watching Super Bowl III. There is a factor not discussed. The Colts ran a zone defense which nobody else in pro football ran. Nobody in the NFL had figured out how to attack a zone. The Jets did figure out that zones left short areas open, and Namath did a great job of picking that weakness apart. His short passes acted like a ball control run game. This put a lot of pressure on the Colts offense, which it had not faced all year, since they counted on their defense to get them many offensive chances during the game. Zone secondaries are much more difficult to run against, the Colts defense generated a lot of 3 and outs against other teams, and that didn't happen against the Jets.
i remember watching the game ,I was to young to understand defenses. I know my dad was mad about the game outcome. I also remember Howard Cosell interviewing players...
Spot on. The other thing is in the Colts other loss, in the regular season against Cleveland, they also had several turnovers through the air from both QBs and Browns tailback Leroy Kelly ran wild. The pattern was set if not repeated again for awhile- as good as the Colt passing game was if you could frustrate it and force it to go the length of the field it was possible they might make mistakes. Like Minnesota the next year Baltimore relied on the field position coming from its defense as well, but in this game Lou Michaels kicked very poorly and left those points on the table. (In Super Bowl 4 Minnesota was surprised by the range of KC kicker Jan Stenerud, which gave them less margin for error. ) Far and away the biggest issue was, to your point, the man to man matchup between George Sauer and Lenny Lyles, who was feeling poorly to begin with. The Colts moved their zone to take away the injured Don Maynard and left Lyles, normally a good cornerback to cover Sauer on those short passes one on one. Sauer schooled him. The Jets also changed up their blocking to run left right at Colt DE Ordell Braase, who was getting older at that point and did not hold up (similar again to earlier Cleveland game) against Snell and Boozer on runs to that side. I don’t know if Super Bowl 3 was thrown; looking at it it seems the Colts came out flat and were surprised as heck to be shut out in the first half, then they fumbled the second half kickoff and things got tougher.
That Seattle vs Pittsburgh Super Bowl was 100% Fixed. All the attention was on Pittsburgh and Bettis that they had to win. It was embarrassing to watch.
Maybe the first TD by Ben (although that was a 3rd down...and MT could have gone for it. But the 80 yd Parker run and Randle El TD pass were all failures of the Seahawks D.
Seattles linemen on offense and defense could not raise a hand above their waists without drawing a holding call while Pittsburg was allowed to do anything. After awhile the linemen learned who was in charge of the game and that was that. The officials even made sure that was not going to be all cause Pittsburg kept needing more and more help and they got it at every turn. After the game Holmberg got a one time only ever in the NFL where he the coach criticized the officiating and he never got fined for it. Years later one of the officials did step up to say so far as the only thing he regretted while working was officiating in this super bowl. It was so bad I could not bring myself to watch another NFL game for 3 years afterwards and the city of Detroit still stinks to this day.
in the past couple of weeks I've seen a few plays where players didn't look like they tried. One where a guy ran right by a defender who didn't even put his arms out to tackle him. I never used to believe major North american sports were rigged, but I'm open to the idea now.
I honestly believe this happened with Super Bowl 32 also. I'll never forget the confused look on Reggie Whites face (and also the rest of the defensive starters) that were pulled out on that final drive for apparently no reason.
It's funny how in TODAY'S Super Bowl 2/11/24 That 5 San Fran starters were out of the game by games end !...Especially with the Chiefs Taylor swift connection !.....Seems fishy !
Really, because there are literally hundreds of people in the comments on recent 'NFL is Rigged' videos claiming that the players are all in on it. They claim they are actors working to a script and that people like Aaron Rodgers feigned injury to go along with the script. if this is the case then Reggie White would not have looked confused because he was working to a script and already knew the outcome. Personally, I think this is one of the most ridiculous rigged theories ever but these people actually believe it.
I dont care much for football but this video was so well made that even I sat through the whole thing and felt the anger and frustration of playing a rigged game. Great stuff.
@@markb3786 I bet your garage is the classic "NFL man-cave" on Sundays and you're passed out drunk by 5:pm with all your cargo short, ball cap and flip-flop wearing "bros"? Right?
Last year's SB was rigged. Refs won the game for Rams in last 2 minutes. And it was the same head ref who won the game in the last 2 mins for the Chief in this year's AFC title game.
incredible coincidence or was it ??? Bengals got ripped in both games particularly vs Chiefs ... they could have won both SB's !!! ... let us hope they own SB 58 !!!
WERE was the 2 flags on the Bengals only TD in that Super Bowl game ? PI on the WR & a face mask ? The Bengals WR"S push off ALL the time , with NO flags called , EVER ! And WHY I call him " Push Off " chase ! You think a ROOKIE should get those rights in the NFL ? NO , no Rookie has , BUT, he did !
The most glaring fix I’ve seen was a few years ago when the Rams were gifted the game over the Bengals. For 3 quarters no flags. Then suddenly flags flying at crucial moments that gave the game to the Rams.
@@paulmcgeorge6784 no, they weren't. Their offense just wasn't very good. They were gifted a touchdown and still lost. Their last six possessions in the game were punt, punt, punt, punt, punt, turnover on downs. Stop whining. Get over it. All teams have been "screwed" now and then.
Growing up in the 70's and 80's you would hear the adults talking about how these games were blatantly rigged. Let's not forget how outright laughable boxing matches where when the judges were paid off to vote a certain way
I think there’s even a book out there written in 70s and was about the mafia controlling the scores of games and also a relationship they had with Al Davis and the Raiders.
After learning what sort of corruption was rampant in all aspects of society later, I can look back and say that the evidence was well worth investigating further in these cases and even regular season games, with the refs! As a result, I no haven't watched pro football in almost a decade.
@@davidrose8842 There is a reason why that is so... it is because if it is considered "sport" like Boxing, they would be subject to regulation by a governing body of every state they operate in, like Boxing is... Why do you think certain fights can only be in certain states. Boxer X may not receive clearance by NY, but NV, it is a "go". Also, as the league is formulated, they are not subject to taxes, just the teams at the local/state level.
I remember the Hasselbeck blocking call, and everyone did the "HUH"??? What's surprising to me, the refs still had a few seconds to realize the mistake, changing the call...didn't happen.
The Raiders loss in the SuperBowl was all Callahan. Gruden knew the plays because Callahan used Grudens playbook and audibles. Heck even the late great Madden while commentating the game was able to tell which play the Raiders were going to run from the booth!
I definitely believe the 2005 Superbowl was fixed against Seattle for the Steelers. I was watching as an impartial fan and couldn't believe the calls on the field. Also the review on Rothlesberger's touchdown wasn't that close. The football was kept behind the end zone line. The Raiders vs Tampa Bay SB might have been fixed, given some of info shared on this video. At the time I just thought Callahan was a bad coach and the distractions with their player going AWOL caused issues. I am not old enough for an opinion on SB 3. I was born later that year. Hard to say if QB had bad day or paid off. The biggest fix of all time was the Lakers vs. Kings game 6, though.
Another Lakers fix that comes to mind was 1988 Finals vs Detroit game 6, a phantom foul with Detroit about a minute away from winning the title sent Kareem to the line and helped Lakers win game 6. I am a lifelong Lakers fan and admit that Kareem was not even touched! You are 100% right about Lakers/Kings game 6!
As a Seahawks fan I noticed a lot. They definitely wanted to push, the busses last ride. They did the same against the Niners with Ray's last dance with Ray Lewis. And I hate the Niners
The holding call against Cincy last year was pretty bad. It's 1 thing to not make a call because you missed it, it was bang bang or just weren't sure but it's entirely different when you make a call for holding under 2 min to go in a super bowl when you couldn't have possibly seen it because it didn't happen. Logan Wilson's coverage was text book, exactly how you're taught. Not only do you make a phantom call which is way worse than missing one but you do it after letting both teams play all game not calling Ramsey on blatant holds at least 3 times almost tearing recievers t-shirt under jersey off but then make a phantom call that gives a team 4 more shots at the end zone for a title instead of 1 shot on 4th and goal from the 8.
@@Eightysixers I don't believe either of those games were fixed. And I'm someone really happy that Stafford got a ring. But the league sure did benefit by having the Rams win both games. If some precise analysis by an unbiased AI told me the Rams got 60% of the calls, I wouldn't be shocked.
@@PhilAndersonOutside so how much evidence, over how many games, would you have to see to believe it? The NFL tells us not to believe our own lying eyes, and you believe them lol
Not to mention the no call face mask that gave cincy that td after half time. What goes around comes around. As a ram fan I do agree with that bam bam play at the end though
There is so much merit regarding the Raiders/Bucs game and what Tim Brown says about it. In Gruden’s 2nd year as coach as the Raiders, they played the Bucs towards the end of the season and absolutely crushed them running all over them and winning 45-0. The Raiders were loaded that year and it was their time, but Bill Callahan was an a-hole for what he did here and that veteran team knew it.
The BUCS NEEDED JUST A 2 TOUCHDOWN OFFENSE THE D WAS BAD AS.....and they did old Brad Johnson and the offense avg.17points a game and the D done the rest that was DOMINATION YOU KNOW PANTERA DOMINATION
If you trade away your HC, you trade away his playbook. If you keep this playbook and play the guy you traded away, and use his playbook, you ask for disaster. It was Al Davis´ego that cost the Raiders this game.
@greengrass1072 Um whaaat!?!?!? What does any of this prove??? Grudens (first 1998-99) and 2nd year as Raiders coach (1999-2000) they went 8-8. In fact the 3 years before Gruden took over, they were 8-8, 7-9, 4-12... then Gruden took over after that 4-12 season. This is credit more to Gruden in turning a sub-par team around into a decent team. So your "evidence" of a fix is that: • in a regular season game • 3 years removed from these two teams meeting in the SB • one of Gruden's 8 wins that year was an impressive win • Against the team he would then go be the HC coach • THREE years later... • With Gruden making that TB a better team than Dungy had??? Yes, the Raiders offense was impressive that year, but not even close to being historic. However, the separation from 1st/2nd offense wasn't as far as what Gruden's 1st/best defense was doing over the 2nd, 3rd ranked defenses. And all of that was BEFORE they met in the SB! Sorry, this is weak 'evidence' at best.
I could buy the Calahan deal because AL was a monster to coaches and Marcus Allen. The Seahawks superbowl was terrible I really wanted that one for my Dad who passed shortly after the game,who was an avid hawks fan. He put up with so many bad seasons. The refs really fouled that game up but when they called a personal foul on a quarterback against a linebacker, I knew the fix was in .
I hate Seattle...but they still got totally ripped off in that game. That offensive pass interference call in the end zone was just jaw-droppingly unbelievable. And how do you call an obvious TACKLE of a player an illegal BLOCK???...not to mention how can a player possibly be BLOCKING when the OTHER TEAM is running the ball?
@@BogartSlap actually I am a cowboy fan ,but I know that Rodger Goodell, put a gag order on the coach directly after the game. Coach Holmgern retired shortly after.
watch it again, dude. people think that game was rigged because madden disagreed with the refs, not because there were really that many bad calls. honestly only the call on hasselbeck's block was egregious, and that was too late for them to have any chance.
There was an offensive pass interference call against the Seahawks that reversed a big catch, then on Pittsburgh’s drive, I think it was Hines Ward who pushed off the Seahawks defender and there was no call. Just one more example of collusion.
I watched the Seattle v Pittsburgh SB with a die-hard Steelers fan. At the end of game he looks over to me and goes, "I don't feel good about that one."
I would be interested to see something like this done for other sports. NBA has some glaring issues others have mentioned and the NHL has a few (NYR vs LA).
NHL - Game.4 Of the stanley cup finals not being played in boston. They moved the game to edmonton so wayne gretzky could win at home. That off season wayne gretzky is sold to the los angeles kings.
OC/DC work for Vegas that’s why they’re no longer on the fields. They share plays to put together a good show. It’s goes to the spread. Players have no control
If this year's officiating doesn't prove the league tries to get the outcome it wants, wither for betting, ratings, or other shady reasons, this year was almost blatantly obvious.
I doubt the league pays attention to ratings anymore for a couple reasons. The ratings will be there no matter who's in or out, NFL fans will continue to watch even after their team is eliminated. Secondly, the NFL can make more money manipulating games to favorable outcomes for their betting partner/(gambling industry) based on betting lines & the NFL gets kickback for doing so.
Roger Goodell has run the NFL into the ground. He's the worst commissioner in the history of the league. And now if anyone holds up signs at the stadiums that criticize Goodell, they are asked to take them down or leave. He doesn't give two squirts of horse urine about the fans who pay his salary.
@@SupplementalSense I believe the fix has been in for months for them to go to the Superbowl. Now, with the Hamblin thing, I think it's in for them to WIN the Superbowl.
I was in San Fran for Den/Car SB. I overheard a group of guys discussing there game while at a bar on the wharf. The guys were sharps from Vegas. They weren’t sure which team to bet on. Carolina was the favorite but they were concerned with the Peyton Manning affect. They believed the NFL wouldn’t let him retire with only 1 SB win. They went on to explain what would happen if the fix was in and they nailed it. Since that day, I’ve never trusted that these games were on the up and up.
@King1 Yeah I reference that moment all the time. This man was doing flips, cartwheels, flying head first all season long then come Superbowl he looks at that fumble and jumps backwards.
I was at a fishing resort sitting at a table with three ExNFL players and a man who is involved with the mob and betting games. They discussed how the refs could influence the game on 2 to 3 calls in key situations to sway the outcome. A lot of money can change hands when this happens and there is a lot of money to be made.
@SEVEN-gy3ub holy heckin tricks, bootlicker! Refs are experts, you can see they saw who declared on video but you being sooo smart you got it all figured out!
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Thank you! Makes all the difference :)
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People are soooo stuck on how all the players are in on it. They don’t have to be. The only thing you need to rig a ball game is an officiating crew. That’s it.
Their are players in on it tho. Tyler Doug Baldwin thumbs up duck over TD in super bowl 48!
@@kevinvest9693 yes I believe that there are players involved too. What I’m saying though is that all you need is an officiating crew.
Really only need 1 or 2 Officials. 1 or 2 well placed Penalties can alter the outcome of ANY game.
@@6StrngWzrd Yeah... "Holding" and "PI".
That's it.
If money is involved, there's sure to be corruption.
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Yup. If you understand the money behind each team and the innerworkings of management, sports can become quite boring, and even depressing after learning the unfairness of it all.
But not necessarily to an extent where play on the field is impacted
@@PLF... yeah, not necessarily, but it is much more likely, in my opinion.
Indeed. And, the more money, the more corrupted they become.
“The refs saw something they didn’t see” is a great Madden quote
Every single game is rigged
Watch the No Holding calls on Lion's Hutchinson as he spins his way in. They tackle him which is usually a hold. But the NFL Owners all make more money in the playoffs, ask me, a LIONS fan who's ownership is the same family as the last time they won the title., 1967, I mean 1957. (Too young to know.). They hold him by his jersey with hands literally double wrapped and unable to release but no calls. . There are teams with stretch and tear away jerseys this year and no one stopping them, Unreal! Obvious!. No shirt tackles as shirts stretch as they shirt stretching like rubber bands. They had rules about this and there they are. Didn't test? Hard to grip slick material and it stretches, too. Jerseys are not supposed to stretch five feet. Ridiculous and obvious. Why is t allowed? oh, the league favorite draws use them this year, Surprise?.
hahahahaha i hear that on madden at
Yessssssssssss...he was trying to say it without SAYING IT!
That "something" was money!
When the owners are content with part time officials, the commissioner gets a cut from every bet placed, and the gambling commission continues to turn a blind eye… the NFL corruption will only get worse.
Most people don’t understand how much money is involved. In close games, the bookie or gambling company wins both ways. Your team might win but not by the points to cover or your team loses but it’s too close. Then count the halftime beats where it looks like your team is losing. You change your bets but then your team wins.
We always say the house always wins for a reason!!!
very true
@@jamiyabennett4503 Yeah, people heavily underestimate the power of live betting...
With a straight face…..
Two calls give the Refs the ability to affect the outcome of close games Offensive Holding= takes place on every single play Defensive Pass Interference = Takes place on every single play The circumstances that they chose to call these penalties gives them control of the outcome of games .
They spot the ball by just eyeballing forward progress. But, a couple of times per game, when they need a really precise measurement, they bring out the chains. It's all a very bad joke.
Exactly what I say! There is holding on every play, it's just that if the refs want to call it or not...that's their go-to call
Yep, penalty calls effect every outcome.
Mob money
Exactly right
It isn't just the obvious bad calls. It is the "no calls" that dictate the outcome, especially in the line play.
This!
@@26michaeluk I never understood what point someone is trying to convey when they post This.. what does that or Based even mean?
@@mitchelll3879 It means "I agree wholeheartedly!"
@@mitchelll3879 it means I agree. And based means holding an opinion and not caring what others think of it.
Yup always have the mysterious "holding" penalty in the back pocket ..weird they literally NEVER EVER show these on replay but will spend 75 minutes zooming in to see if a shoelace touches a blade of grass hmm
The year the saints won right after Katrina was obvious to me
What about the year the Saints didn't go to the Super Bowl because of a no-call on a blatant pass interference penalty against the Rams? You can't tell me that something wasn't amiss in that game.
Katrina happen in 2005 and saints won the 2009 season , not that blatant to me , so that one not so obvious, but I agree something not right in a lot of these games and in a lot of scenarios, and I’m a silver n black fan so I’m angry and have a lot of animosity to begin with a lot of things that have happen over the years , I have to say I enjoyed this video hope to see more good stuff
The few years after Katrina the saints were terrible, they overcame a lot and built a superbowl team in the aftermath
@Abort Christ Saints didn't choke and that was definitely pass interference. Even the league admitted the Rams should have been called for that penalty. If they had, NO would have been within striking distance to score a touchdown with less than 2 minutes left and if they had they most likely would have won the game. After the controversial no-call, several officials who worked this game were fired by the league. The Saints didn't get "screwed". They got screwed.
@Abort Christ in what way did the saints choked SMH yes they had a chance in overtime but regardless they were screwed doesn't matter anyways rams got exposed by the patriots so no biggie
When money became more important than winning, it was natural that the game would be corrupted.
Agree in regards to super bowl three look at the billions of dollars involved with the Jets win a merger of the two leagues the Namath factor the first real big marketing celebrity figure in the NFL football even announced by president Nixon stating simply football now is America s number one sport so the timing is huge
And I actually think this now applies to all sports - the bigger the money the bigger will be the corruption.
We'd be fools to think that at least 1 game in history wasn't rigged. When it comes to big money, corruption follows.
the media admits it. The leagues literally give star players better treatment then non stars. And the star players tend to play for star teams who also gets good treatment.
Its not a secret. Now having the league trying to beat the Vegas odds is another thing
No no no. Not one NFL game was ever rigged. What are y'all a conspiracy theory? Joe Willy baby 😮🚬
I remember watching a game and it was rigged but I didn't really care cuz I was eating Pizza Hut pizza and no one out the pizza hut
NFL is an entertainment industry not a sports industry. Allows for gambling, and obviously with that - rigging. End of story.
Sure, in the history of the sport I’m sure someone somewhere attempted to rig a match. Like the 1919 black sox scandal or the European soccer league scandals over the years with international mafia interference amongst the officials. But to say the whole NFL is in on it? That absurd
As a Raider, Jerry personally saw the difference between how some teams get treated…
@user-jq7im5pc2k Word salad doesn't change facts lol
Rod Woodson said the same thing when he was on the Raiders too.
@user-jq7im5pc2kGreat quote👍 Robert Anton Wilson
@user-jq7im5pc2k Which end of the whip are YOU on ?
Niners have had way more than their share of bad calls. Even their owner got ripped for gambling when we know all owners do it.
Not all the games are fixed. But the league definitely puts their thumb on the scale whenever they think they can control an outcome that will make them more money. We see it year after year.
This, I am open to believing!
Not all of the regular season games but non of the post season games are decided on the field
The Callahan alterations definitely had a foul smell.
Of course not. The games that are going their way, they don't need to rig.
how do you know "not all the games are fixed"? you just said they do it whenever they want...buy youre so smart you can tell when its happening and when its not. right.
its fixed. simple as that. always has been.
I'm a Steeler fan. A hard core Steeler fan. After the Seahawks game, even I felt that Seattle got robbed.
That day crushed the young teenage me, it was definitely rigged - but as I got older and wiser I realized this is more common than not - even in my latter days beloved soccer. World Cup Superbowl both dirty af.
The Steelers were the team I liked from the AFC North, but my hometown 'Hawks were more than robbed in SB XL.
You're a stand up dude for saying this. Kudos
Yep
Hurt me too….thats when I knew😔
Where there's smoke there's fire. Where there's humans there's corruption.
Well said. Very well said.
Humans, AND money to made = corruption imo
Amen
Well stated.
It's not the humans -- it's the psychopaths and sociopaths.
What about the non-call pass interference in that Saints Rams playoff game?
What about it? The Saints still had plenty of chances after that non-call to finish off the Rams and they didn't. The Saints even got the ball first in overtime and still couldn't put the Rams away. You can complain all you want about that bad call, but Drew Brees simply didn't have the arm he used to have and was playing at a diminished capacity. In fact he retired after that. The Saints lost that one. They had several opportunities to win that game, but didn't.
That should have gotten a ref fired. That would have been called Unnecessary Roughness anywhere else on the field, much less a receiver who was protected from contact. Unbelievable.
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Dude to this day that is the worst call I have ever seen in over 40 yrs watching foortball
@@jeffroberts8246 The Washington Commanders say hold my beer when the Giants mugged Curtis Samuel in the endzone of that Sunday night fiasco with playoff implications not counting the ref who called McLaurin for illegal formation after being told he was good...makes ya wonder but this is an entertainment industry and billions of dollars at stake each yr so yeah games are fixed when they want them fixed..
Super Bowl XL was the moment I began questioning the integrity of pro sports. Then Ray Lewis announced his retirement, and Baltimore goes on to win the Super Bowl. Then you have the Lakers game where they beat the Kings when they shouldn't have, all in the same time period. I have no faith in Pro sports integrity.
I agree, but the Lakers vs kings travesty was 5 years prior to this
Ray lewis retired after the game not before. Mad sus tho
Even though I'm a life long Lakers fan, The king's got robbed. PERIOD
@Francis Parker true. The speculation was so high that all the pieces just falling into place so he could make his "announcement" was just too perfect.
33 minute delay in that superbowl. Totally planned. The Kings are the champs that year in my book. Wayyyy to obvious.
Entertainment doesn't equal fair. Entertainment doesn't equal legitimate. Entertainment is showmanship.
How many movies or Broadway shows do people bet on? This isn't professional wrestling Sport.
@@SaintFredrocksactually yes it is. It is all a performance. Not authentic whatsoever.
It is alleged to be honest though. Entertainment yes, but not rigged like our elections, so no they are not the same: everyone knows wrestling is staged @@captain_orange
Football is entertaining enough without them having to fabricate anything
Since it is considered entertainment in the charter, not a sport it is legal and legit tol rig.
The NFL testified at the Supreme Court that they are entertainment and not a sports competition. The court agreed.
They do Announce before a game that they “Hope you enjoy the following scheduled NFL Program”, or something similar, but they definitely use the words NFL Program!
@@onemans-opinion8391 you’re right. I’ve heard that. Good point. Imagine the millions that don’t even hear that as it’s playing. They actually don’t even have to buy off refs because match fixing is allowed. No one is getting in trouble.
You know who else did that exact same thing? The WWE! So according to the NFL themselves, they are no different than pro wrestling. sus af
When exactly did they say that?
The NBA is considered a entertainment company not a sporting competition as well
I would not doubt it a bit if those games were fixed. The NFL and Goodell has proven many times over the years how corrupt they are.
Callahan gave chucky that Super Bowl dungy put that bucs team together now we see how horrible a coach chucky is
I agree 100 %
@@terranceburgess9170 that's bullshyt, the raiders were the team chucky put together, so how can you say John Gruden was a bad coach
@@bobk411 I said dungy put the buccaneers together I didn’t say raider’s
@@bobk411 anyway where is he now
The really sad part about the officiating in games is that the players and coaches are fined for speaking up and complaining about the men and women who blow calls with no repercussions against them!
Quite right too.
Yet for some reason Holmgren wasn't after SB XL. They know he was right
I know that my grandfather, living in NYC at the time, made over $40k off Super Bowl III, based on a "great tip". Coincidentally, he was a chef at a restaurant that several Jets players regularly frequented. It was enough money to pay off all his debt, move to south Florida, and start his own restaurant, where a lot of Dolphins players liked to eat.
So a bunch of Jets players came in and told him they were confident and gonna win the super bowl? Or let me guess Joe Namath himself whispered that the NFL gave him the script that said the Jets were gonna win and to "bet it all on green" gimme a break. The Colts laid an egg that game and the Jets laid a slightly smaller egg and won. It's one of the ugliest super bowls I've ever seen if that one was rigged then the people who rigged it should get their money back because it stunk.
I have been saying this for years. There is too much money involved for it not to be fixed.
Someone could also say that there's too much money involved for anyone to risk losing it all by everyone finding out it's not legit.
The exact opposite is true: there’s too much money involved for it to be fixed.
People don't find out. It's the whole media working on this. The news outlets would never cover the story. The whole world is rigged. Sports is just one scam, money scheme. Distraction. Bread and circus. People don't find out what they aren't supposed to find out
and tax free money!
Surely the aliens control the results. LOL
For some reason if Jerry Rice and Tim Brown both say the samething.. Something about those 2 makes me 100% believe them
Jerry wouldnt risk his reputation,if he didnt think it was true!!
I don't think anyone has ever questioned Rice and Brown believing what they say. But that doesn't make it factual. (For clarity, I'm a Raiders fan and think at the very worst Callahan coached the worst game in NFL history. If he didn't, then he sabotaged the game).
@@PhilAndersonOutside I feel bad for Gannon. Not changing audibles is sabatoge.
People might wonder why the Raiders would throw the game but when you look at how much money these owners, GM's, and coaches make on paper it's probably just scratching the surface. There was almost certainly some under the table deal between the bucs and the Raiders.
@@PhilAndersonOutside Remember, Callahan talked bad about the Raiders when he was coaching them. Also, an offensive guard went crazy before the game and did not play. That threw off his teammates. It was rigged alright
For me, the problem with officiating is the subjectively selecting WHEN to make calls/no calls.....example, both teams have been holding all game "letting them play" (so to speak) but when it provides an opportunity to call back a touchdown, THATS when they decide to call it... infuriating! Just call it the same way the whole game!
The games are totally rigged they've been rigged for decades
Exactly. Holding literally on every play.
It's all about which way the betting line is going at a specific time. 🙄🤬
You are exactly right, then when the holding call happens, they show a slo mo replay and the announcers are like "oh there it is, clearly holding", and they are right, what they don't show is the exact same thing is happening on nearly every play and not being called. Once there are a couple of calls against your team, I 100% guarantee the players on that team realize "hey, I can't push the envelope on what will be tolerated, these officials are being strict". Those players don't want the next penalty to be called on them, they are fighting for a job next season...
@@scrabbleking1965 the game is rigged brother wake up
For a referee to apologize years later "could be" clear evidence that the game was fixed. Normal people without sociopathic tendencies have a conscience that wears on them and an apology "could be" a way to relieve that anxiety. I'm surprised you wouldn't catch that.
OR...ref just knew he blew it, and guilt rose to level to lead to his apology...not a sign of a "rigging". Besides, the vast majority of people (the common sense...66% of people) don't understand other people very well, nor do they make high-level moral decisions. See psychologist, Lawrence Kohlberg'moral development theory (fact) re-proved for over 5 decades across the world!
Agree I mean years later it must have been eating him up
I will go one further. Bills win it this year for first time ever. They have Hamlin at the game, the camera focuses on him and America gets its “feel good” sports moment of the decade. It then wins a ESPY for Moment of the year
No doubt, this WILL happen. They're already milking it for all it's worth.
You may be on to something 👈
Or will be the 49ers with the quarter back who was the last pick in the draft.
I really feel like this may happen. Niners Bills.
This.
I believe this goes on far more than we even realize. Make no mistake Vegas and the gambling industry control all sports not just the NFL. As far as the NFL that’s why teams are required to submit an injury report, not because of a league rule or player safety or whatever. It’s so Vegas can adjust the odds on the game. I’m not saying all games are fixed but I’d say this goes far deeper than anyone can fathom.
And that's why the immaturity and fratboy behavior is allowed in sports players,fans,media,talk radio the dated silly rivalries it gives sports a clean innocent vibe but sports is very dirty and corrupt just like any other business we that much money invested.
Agreed, FOLLOW THE MONEY!!
NASCAR is rigged as well as F1.
If any foul play in football, Antonio Brown would spill the beans.
Agree. Same for basketball.
Still remember that non-call pass interference for the Saints in the playoffs. The ref was right there and the receiver got tackled before the ball got there .
PI and personal foul helment to helment contact
@@josephdavis3686 true dat
Yeah just like them 2 calls they missed on the Rams drive prior to the the Saints PI...Let's say they hypothetically throw the flags the game was over and the Saints PI doesn't even happen🤷🏾♂️
Ya deff most modern point the NFL showed a hicccup
One of the worst non-calls in NFL history. Absolutely changed the game. Saints had the best team in the NFL that year. And I'm not even a Saints fan.
This years NFL play off goes like this.......Kansas City scores a touchdown, show Taylor Swift. K.C. scores a field goal, show Taylor Swift. K.C. gets an interception, show Taylor shift. Kansas City gets a safety, show guess who?
Hoping SF wins so we don't have to see the high school prom activity.
The fix is in…Chiefs can’t loose the Super Bowl…just wait to see a late call either go against SF or a no call the benefits KC…either way SF can’t win…the league won’t allow it….
Where is the Neil O’Donnell gift wrapped win to the Cowboys in Superbowl XXXII? That was the most obvious in that era.
Just say you hate women
Your 100 percent correct. It's like when Jeffery Epstein got thrown in jail and EVERYBODY said that he was a dead man. And then they killed him anyways, because they can get away with it even if everyone knows, who care because it's not like the average NFL fan will stop watching@@DP-ol5uv
From a video about rigged games, to a history lesson on the league that anyone who loves football should be well aware of.
You forgot the lights going out in Super Bowl XLVII where the Ravens were romping and then half the lights in the stadium go out. After a long delay that pretty much erased the Ravens momentum, the 49ers made a comeback and made the game interesting, though the Ravens did win in the end. Ravens players swear it was done intentionally to try to eliminate the Ravens momentum and make it an exciting game.
So right. I was so pissed off when that happened, rat smell and all.
Beyond that, niners could've won on last play... Vegas house has to win big, since the RAMS big surprise 99/'00 season.
It's so annoying like why does the NFL think they need to rigged stuff people will watch an unbiased game. When rigging it runs people off. I use too love football but it's so obvious and the NFL are so sloppy with how they rig games. Look at all the blowouts that turn into comebacks after halftime this year. It's so constant.
I believed then and now that it was no accident when the lights went out. The Niners were a Cinderella team and the NFL wanted a story, not another blowout. I imagine there were a lot of people who stood to win a lot of money with a Niners win.
@@sgtrock2175 facts
Earl morrall is in my family by marriage and he once told all the fellas 1 Thanksgiving while watching football that the land we were on was bought off the money he won by losing the SB, he never said he threw it but I'm sure he did
That game reeks of the Mob
@@digitaurus The NFL was founded BY the Mob so ALL games reek of corruption. With legalized gambling bringing in more money than everything else combined, the NFL has become professional wrestling. It's a complete joke.
It is hard to lose on purpose. I was asked to let a guy beat me in the 2 mile because someone else needed the points more towards a letter, I tried I gave up a big lead but in the end I could not do it.
Well that explains why they brought in an old Johny Unitas toward the end of the game, and didn't he almost bring them back?
@@ppumpkin3282 " didn't he almost bring them back?" Nope. JU sucked too.
Seahawks v Steelers was the first time I realized there was shady business going on in the NFL
No. Seahawks and patriots. 99.9 other people gives it to Marshawn at the 1 yd line. But instead passes it??? Wtf
@@KingD0 Yes, since sea pit happened a decade before.
@@KingD0why did you say no? They said it was the time THEY realized the NFL was sus. They didn’t say it was the first example EVER. People are out here just tryna cut everything down, and I’ve gotta be a hypocrite to get the point across 😂
The same for me .. the refs calls brought it to my attention .. it was like 06
@@cedricnora4481 I said no. Because that’s when I seen it and realized it
All very valid points - good research. No professional head coach would change the game plan 2 days before the championship game without ulterior motive, as in SB37. As well as keeping the same verbiage that the opposing coach knows. If the officiating in SB40 wasn't rigged, it is certainly the worst officiating in SB history. The officiating in the Saints/Rams NFC championship game was the absolute worst. Unfortunately, legalized gambling and promotion by the NFL is only going to make this problem worse.
Actually, that is exactly what Bill Parcells and Bill Belichick did prior to SB XXV when they beat the Bills. Belichick changed the defensive game plan and it worked
Easiest way to corrupt a game is to pay off the officials! It only takes 1 or 2 bad calls to change the outcome of a game
And a couple of players
this could be true, however there's just no evidence of it actually happening and even less showing the NFL is behind it. Bad calls dont constitute as evidence.
@@richardburnett-_ ok show it to me
@@richardburnett-_ you're the expert man, shoot me a link with your best evidence. I'm open minded I just call it like I see it.
For sure. A great team can overcome that but that's how it's done. Through holding, pass interference, etc. Setting the team up for failure basically
There is no doubt in my mind that the refs in super bowl 40 used calls to disrupt Seattle's rhythm and take away points, also giving advantage and points to the Steelers. If the proper calls had been made, the end result would have been quite different.
I was screaming at the tv.
Me too.@@natec599
Only 1 referee in each game
@@natec599 But didn't you hear me, also?!
I am happy to see another person speaking out just how much trowing a team of their rhythm decide an outcome of a game.
This is the one tactic an opposing team can use, or fixers, to get a desired outcome
The drama for losing in the AFC championships for the raiders should have been highlighted a bit more for the controversy. Felt like the raiders got shafted that entire span of time.
@@Superz3ro
What about the OBVIOUS PHANTOM roughing the passer call that allowed the Raiders to beat the Patriots back in 1976 in the AFC playoff division game?
The 2001 championship game Raiders versus the patriots was a divisional game
The Bucs v Raiders was the easiest bet in SB history. The Raiders had no chance.
@@6699230 I agree they had no chance but do you honestly believe Callahan threw the game and somehow manipulated Barrett Robins to go off the deep end just before kickoff?
The Jan 78 Rob Lytle fumble game was worse
I think it is VERY POWERFUL to hear a guy like Jerry Rice say the coach threw the game. When NFL players say they think something was rigged and strange things happened why do we question them so much? It's hard to come out and say stuff like that. A lot of people not as successful as Jerry would be ostracized for making comments like that.
If Matt Hasselbeck was saying that about the superbowl (which I don't remember him directly accusing the refs of rigging the game) would he still be on ESPN?
I remember a lot in the 49er's wins when Jerry Rice Played for them , do you think he's going to give up some of those rings?
@@mikeo8890 he isn't saying his wins were rigged
@@mikeo8890 Rice was talking about his Super Bowl with the Raiders.
Agreed, not to mention Tim Brown and so many others on just that Raiders team alone
Former mafia boss Michael Franseze has talked about how he was the guy who was fixing college games for the mob. You don't think they have someone doing it for the pro games as well?
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Michael also talks about how that was a thing of the past because players make too much money
@duane8829 , and, the people who bet on sports games, believe that.
It's amazing how innocent and slow most people are.
@@mutteringmaleREMEMBER! When you meet any stranger there is a 50% chance that they have an Intelligence Quotient below 100. That's by definition. As the late comedian George Carlin said..."Think of the average person. Half of the people are stupider."
Lions vs Cowboys game makes you question the whole idea of sports being rigged or 'influenced'
The embrace of online gaming also undermines the credibility of all major pro sports leagues.
It's sad how the Raiders were never the same after Super Bowl 37.
From what I hear the NFL owners did not like Al or Mark Davis. Al Davis was more of a rebel and Mark Davis seems to have zero respect from anyone. Also they don't fit in with the other owners since all their wealth is tied to their teams.
Mark is a bummer w dat bowl cut!! C'mon it's saad Al would a had a 🏟️ get up n Oakland. But now Oaktown f'd up wit da stadium plus da team sucked. But Oakland loves da Raiders
Why is it sad? The Faiders BLOW.
37/EL
Yeah, getting butt-fucked by the best defensive performance in Superbowl history will do that to a team!!😂
Back in the 1980s, I worked in a local family-owned restaurant, and I had to work on the day of Super Bowl XX. My boss, the owner of the restaurant, was there to watch the game on the bar's TV, along with our regulars. Well, when the game started, he told me he was going to make a lot of money on the game, because he knew about some people (organized crime people, I assume) who had fixed the outcome. At the beginning of each quarter, he told me what the score was going to be at the end of each quarter. When he was correct each time, he said to me, "See, I told you. Big money!"
Was it the Raiders?
What were u smoking? That bears Defense was only favored by 10 No one could’ve beaten them that day
It’s written on you tube so it must be true.
Doesn't change human nature and big money funny things will happen.
Nothin in pro sports surprises me. Just look at the Underdog successes.
Neil O’Donnell’s gift-wrapped interceptions in Super Bowl 30 comes to mind here.
Neil O'Donnell threw that game. He got a payday from someone.
Iam a old guy seen a lot of games I never saw any thing in my whole life like the fix in that game steelers got screwed and I am not from pittisburgh
The league loves Pittsburgh. No chance they were involved
@@rticle15 someone was though
💯🎯You read my mind!!!
Key parts of a game can be changed by one call from a Ref or a Coach or a Quarterback or dropped ball in the end zone . It isn't hard to throw a interception or miss a block on a key play.
It can be fixed in many different ways from the owner to the waterboy.
After we lost that championship game up in Seattle in 13, my buddy sent me a video called rigged chopping up the bad or non calls in that game. It was pretty disturbing! Same with the superbowl with KC.
Bowman recovered that fumbled & shredded his acl in the process and the ball popped out and they gave it to Seattle after Bowman was clearly touched down
"We" .... lol
What position you play?
@@leftyswildkingdom2936 armchair quarterback!
What was rigged in that game?
I'm not, and was never a Colts fan, but I believe Bubba Smith.
Based on what?
Based on he played "Hightower" in all those classic "Police Academy" movies. That alone should be enough. Lol
Bubba Smith stuck with his story as long as I can remember. Never faltered from it
I was a Colts fan until they moved to Indianapolis in the middle of the night. I too believe Bubba Smith, he was an honest man.
What we believe here isn't all that important to me.
What is however, is that you have never been a Colts fan. And I kind of feel bad that you can't know the joys of cheering for Johnny Unitas and watching his displays of ariel artistry, or the display of heriocs and courage on the field. UNITAS is the true GOAT of the Q.B. position. In 1964 I was an impressionable 10 year old . Living through 50 losing seasons wasn't fun, but I didnt waiver. It was worth it when Peyton arrived. Win lose or draw. I will always be a joyous Colts man, and you will just be a fan.
ALL OF THE AMERICA SPORTS ARE FIXED. And the crazy part is it’s completely legal for them to be fixed look it up.
No they aren't your delusional if that was the case many small market nfl teams would never even get a shot at the superbowl yet many have won their first championship in the past 20 ish years
@@Nerevarine420 They need an underdog or else it's not a lucrative bet.
Um all 32 teams or atleast 31 of the nfl teams share there profits with douchebag so yea they can win but only large market teams usually win. As for the cowboys don't win because there owner won't share with douchebag so they won't push
@@Nerevarine420 he’s delusional according to you and you’re in denial.
@@Nerevarine420 You think they don't know they need to keep you thinking that way?
Once the integrity is lost it's over. Your afternoon would be better spent washing the car or taking the wife and kids to a movie.
the NFL is 100% fixed. they might not always get the outcomes they want, but for the most part, all it takes is a few calls or no calls to swing a game, and they do it all the time. just look at last night with jags vs titans. a couple questionable calls wiped out 2 big plays for the titans and thats all it took to get trevor lawerence into the playoffs. the NFL is drooling at the prospect of sunshine becoming one of the faces of the league. but i mean NO wins SB after katrina, the pats win after 911. its so obvious they fix the games, especially if you are big into fantasy football or just a huge fan in general and you watch a lot of football and pay attention to a dozen or so games every week. just this season alone, i bet i watched no less than 35 games with extremely suspect officiating that directly led to the outcome of the game and who won.
The games are just for show. The real game is the money wagered. Ever see a Probowl? Choreographed theater. Same chit all season.
One game i remember ... that i just laugh at now but at the time was incredibly frustrating was Seahawks vs Falcons in the playoffs when the Seahawks had Devon Hester and he had three really good returns and EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM was called back for holding. I forget which year but Hester on the Seahawks should be enough to find it.. i just don't know if they have those returns on any highlights on youtube.
There is a certain owner that tried to get Roger fired. Instead Roger got a ten year extension. The owner was taken off the committee and his team sometimes very good can’t seem to win a playoff game. I predicted a Rams Super Bowl and now I predict a Bills Super Bowl. The NFL needed the LA market and now the story drama with the Bills means big ratings.
@@rascalmatt6713 yes the Falcon owner was the guy that saved Rogers job. Roger controls the referees and had experience as the head of officiating before he was commissioner.
@@jbratt Goodell is a sleaze bag.
I hadn't considered this until I remembered Seattle's loss by not running Marshan Lynch into the endzone from a half yard out & PASSING??? instead. Worst call in history. Lynch quit football, not just the team. You put the beast in beast mode to plow in!!! How did that NOT happen???
Caroll blew the time management. He was never good at that. I think he was worried about the clock and tried to sneak a pass in so there was time for another running attempt on third down? Plus a timeout. People tend to forget Lynch really wasn’t that great in those situations. He fumbled in the NFC title game the year before from the one. He was someone you wanted to get a head of steam and churn through linebackers and safeties in open space.
The fact also was the pass was a good call against that goal line defense … the players didn’t execute. If our receiver sets the pick and the throw isn’t late no one says anything about the call. It would have been a “genius call.” That’s sports. A bad call is always the one the players don’t execute.
Skip Bayless explained how poor Seattle's short yardage run stat was that season. But yeah, shoulda run regardless.
Simple if they ran beast mode he would have gotten mvp and he didn't talk to reporters which is a bad look for the nfl. Carrol wanted Wilson to win mvp instead of Brady. The next season on a half yard situation carrol called a Wilson pass again then was the end of legion of boom. Sherman called carrol on it after the game to reporters and left to San Francisco. Seattle hasn't done anything since. BTW carrols assistant did same thing in Atlanta pats superbowl. Try to pass from the 20 yard line with an 8 point lead and got sacked. 3 runs burn the clock and get a extra point for 11 point lead with under 2 minutes is how it should have ended. 2 coaches from Seattle losing 2 superbowls by refusing to run so pats could win.
@@Twotontessie that's exactly what happened. It was just time ticking away and Belichick not calling time out. The crazy thing about people thinking that was rigged or a gimme is that the defensive back has to catch the ball while being run into by the intended receiver. What happens if Butler drops it? How did Butler know it was coming? Did Carroll tell him? If Butler drops it, the Seahawks have two more cracks at the end zone. They also overlook that Seattle made that call to pass precisely because they're thinking, "New England is expecting a run here. Let's throw it and catch them by surprise."
@@joelhague5515 yes this is exactly as I remember it.
1) Seattle was thinking that the LAST thing Pat's were thinking was a run play.
2) However, Butler saw the formation while studying video. He saw two Seattle players lined up in an unusual run type formation and he knew what was coming.
3) Butler barely had time to scream a pass audible, so they caught Seattle with their pants down.
4) The only hope was for Wilson to call an audible or a time out, but he must not have heard Butler shouting that he had sniffed out the play.
You need to make a part 2 and talk about SB 50( the Peyton Manning Bow)l, SB 51 (28-3), The Tampa SB that was hosted in the same city, then the very next year it's the same exact thing in LA (which also includes the infamous no call p.i. in the NFC championship).
it's not just the Superbowl it's the whole playoffs and it's gotten worse in the past 4 years since fanduel and DraftKings were allowed to operate pretty much with no supervision
Goodell even said it himself. He said the NFL is like the WWE, WE'RE HERE TO ENTERTAIN!
You can still entertain without corruption 100%
@@JasonSmith-om4lr HEY....Roger said it. Not me....
@Jason Smith agreed but what corruption are you referring too they say they're entertainment fan boys just don't want to believe that Santa Claus is not real
Yea, people don't realize that when they buy a ticket to a game, they buying a ticket to be entertained
It's big time gamblers that fix every contest.
Robbins mental health event was wholly or heavily a result of the change. Super Bowl I’m sure has a certain stress level, but he and others ideally lower it through thorough prep. His statement directly discussing insufficient time for necessary time to prep seems completely rational. Shifting to pass heavy could’ve been an honest change based on film, info, etc. But the HC/staff not having seemingly any significant dialogue with the players before implementing was massively irresponsible at a minimum, and this would be the case without Barret or anyone else being so mentally affected.
Robbins couldn't believe it! Or Robbins knew the fix was in.. He knew they were about to get screwed.. Why change the plays 2 days before the game?
@@therealityofitall4819 idk, but great NFL centers have abnormally high IQs and extra-intelligent, particularly creative and inventive, people are far more prone to mania and mental-illness. Callahan fucked up for sure, maybe his star center could see his folly before it even happened and failed to stop it from his position in the chain of command. Stress can manifest in the most creative ways: particularly Psychosis in this case
People who say it cant be rigged forget the NFLs primary goal. To make money
One thing left out here on the SBXXXVII situation, Dwight Smith from the Bucs, who had 2 pick-6's that game, also came out and corroborated the story as well.
Absolutely foolish,what story?,the story of how gruden left the raiders and went to the bucs and how they met and the raiders never changed any of the terminology or any of the formations?.literally when you have the other teams playbook and even more the call sheet.kinda of hard to not win the game...
@@alscompleteoutdoor9091 No, a few years ago Dwight Smith got a bunch of attention talking about how the NFL rigs games, and in that interview, he mentions Rice and Brown and their story about the changing of the gameplan. Not saying I agree with him or not, but he said it, not me. Look it up, its easy to find.
@@alscompleteoutdoor9091 dwight smith said it was fixed so ..🤷🏿♂️
He said it was fixed lol that’s what. A guy on the winning team. Yet you have hard headed goofball fans of this rigged league still ignorant to its blatant fixing.
he admitted the Saints were better
The sad thing is as long as particular fans teams win, people are willing to turn a blind eye
The Seattle-Pittsburgh Super Bowl was the closest thing to a fixed game I've ever seen. Very suspect, imo.
The Patriots win over the Falcons was fixed, just as the Patriots win over the Seahawks.
It wasn't a very good game anyways
@@jacksquat4140 You are crazy
Horrible refereeing. Fixed or not, Seattle got screwed.
@@colinedelman6392: You may be right, Colin, but before I accept your statement as fact, I need to know a little more. So, what makes you think I'm crazy?
I am not a Atlanta falcons fan , but Super Bowl 51 Atlanta Falcons up 28 to New England Patriots 9 , at the end of the 3rd quarter & New England Patriots score 19 points to Atlanta Falcons 0 to tie the game. Then Patriots score a touchdown in overtime to win, that should have been a red flag , for being rigged.
Seahawks fan since 87' .And I've been saying for years and since it happened. That there was no way the NFL was going to let Bettis go home and lose the SB. I knew when the refs called that's bulljive OPI that the 'Hawks we're going to lose . But when Ben clearly didn't cross the goal line I knew it was over.
Why would the NFL care if Bettis won or lost? What did the NFL gain by it?
Viewers @@BillHock
poor seahawks!
A ref here, a coach there, a few players here, it's not hard to fix a game.
dont forget flattening footballs!
And if the NFL really wanted to get in on it, they could share the communications through the headsets, or share the screens on the Windows Surface tablets.
@tmacman0418 yea and not one ref, coach, player, etc has ever shown proof of this...
Just "we lost, therefore it was rigged".
@@JayDubWillyIt's called an NDA
I watched the NFL for 50 years. I watched my last game after the no call with the Ssints and Rams.
SB47 w/The Be-Non-Sense halftime debacle, and Ray Nay Lewis being allowed to participate in spite of evidence he was using PEDs.
I don't miss it.
Yeah that was definite proof..
Come on guy. You still watch
Crybaby. Every team experiences both good and bad calls. You admit you're clueless and don't even watch enough to realize this.
@LTrain45 45
It used to be that JUST the owners were crooked...
Now, the league is infested with hoodlums on the field and brigands in the coaching staff and front offices.
The nfl is an entertainment company, it's no different than the WWE. All about storyline, drama, and vegas
100% I remember coming home (when I was a teenager) at half time after playing in a hockey game and being shocked that the Jets were leading the Colts. I had not seen the first half and had not seen the shocking events described in this video.
Dawg how old are you? And also it shouldn’t be shocking cause mostly big upsets happen but I understand why it would be so shocking 🤷
@@jakeaguas " it shouldn’t be shocking cause mostly big upsets happen"..... no they don't. They don't mostly happen..... that's why they're upsets.
@@jakeaguas In those days prior to SB III (1969), it was just assumed that the NFL was superior (just like we Canadians thought our NHL players were better than the Russians prior to the 1972 USSR-Canada Summit series). I remember watching the 1968 movie Paper Lion in 1968 when it came out. In the movie, the George Plimpton character played by Alan Alda approached Vince Lombardi playing himself about him working out with the Packers in the preseason so he could write a book about his experience. Lombardi baulked at what he thought was a ludicrous idea (as in, come on, we are the NFL, what do you think we are, etc.) and smiled while condescendingly suggesting to Alda that he should try the AFL. I remember thinking like Lombardi after two wins over AFL teams that the AFL was an inferior league, etc.
I never suspected that the game was fixed at the time or since until I watched this video.@@jakeaguas
@@billyfraiser6298 They do they mostly happen 🤷
This clearly took a lot of work to make. Fantastic work sir. I wish the algorithm pushed it out to more than 50K
Every single person that watched Seattle v Pittsburgh knew that the game was decided before the coin flip.
💯 % !!!!
I feared it but I didn't know until after every call went against them - obvious bad calls that took away points from the Seahawks or gave assistance to the Steelers.
Kind of funny how it was in Detroit. Jerome Bettis home town. Then he retires after that
Really well done. I remember watching Super Bowl 30 and Neil O’Donnell throwing the ball literally right to the Cowboys a few times. I always thought that was sketchy
That was the first time I knew there was corruption in the nfl
@@Art-jl6pt yeah when Pitts came back w that amazing onside kick and then Neil threw the game
He wasn't a good QB
@@Paul-vf2wl no, he wasn't. but he couldn't miss hitting Larry Brown between the numbers
I agree. This was my first time believing that sports could be fixed.
When I realized it was fixed I quit watching football as well as all other sports really.
Yep. Football got me first 💉. Then baseball 💉. Then basketball thanks LeBum 💉. I used to read every stat I could get my hands on, and daily. Wanted to be a sports announcer of some type, I announced at any game I could as a teenager for Little League games. Only competitive ball I care to watch anymore.
I haven't watched the NFL in almost 4yrs now.
@@censr1college sports are more rigged than anything else lol
Most of us left it do die on the vine when it went all woke rainbow warrior and players started getting on their knees, the place they are the most comfortable.
It's a shame you mentioned NBA ref Tim Donaghee without having read his book. He explains quite clearly how game manipulation was already something being passed down from the top, and that he only took advantage of it.
The NBA is a game of "runs", that start and end with officiating
@@percyrayjones Just like the NHL but on Ice Skate ⛸️
Not a shame, relax everyone has a right to their opinion and why not
Sad we know it’s corrupt AF but we still watch 😂we know the lottery is rigged but we still play 😂we know the e l ection is rigged but we still vote 😂
@@imainfidel7185 when ppl say the matrix, our whole reality is rigged against us. But earth is a school for us to wake up, idk what happens to those who dont.
I'm old enough (75) to remember watching Super Bowl III. There is a factor not discussed. The Colts ran a zone defense which nobody else in pro football ran. Nobody in the NFL had figured out how to attack a zone. The Jets did figure out that zones left short areas open, and Namath did a great job of picking that weakness apart. His short passes acted like a ball control run game. This put a lot of pressure on the Colts offense, which it had not faced all year, since they counted on their defense to get them many offensive chances during the game. Zone secondaries are much more difficult to run against, the Colts defense generated a lot of 3 and outs against other teams, and that didn't happen against the Jets.
i remember watching the game ,I was to young to understand defenses. I know my dad was mad about the game outcome. I also remember Howard Cosell interviewing players...
Spot on. The other thing is in the Colts other loss, in the regular season against Cleveland, they also had several turnovers through the air from both QBs and Browns tailback Leroy Kelly ran wild. The pattern was set if not repeated again for awhile- as good as the Colt passing game was if you could frustrate it and force it to go the length of the field it was possible they might make mistakes. Like Minnesota the next year Baltimore relied on the field position coming from its defense as well, but in this game Lou Michaels kicked very poorly and left those points on the table.
(In Super Bowl 4 Minnesota was surprised by the range of KC kicker Jan Stenerud, which gave them less margin for error. )
Far and away the biggest issue was, to your point, the man to man matchup between George Sauer and Lenny Lyles, who was feeling poorly to begin with. The Colts moved their zone to take away the injured Don Maynard and left Lyles, normally a good cornerback to cover Sauer on those short passes one on one. Sauer schooled him. The Jets also changed up their blocking to run left right at Colt DE Ordell Braase, who was getting older at that point and did not hold up (similar again to earlier Cleveland game) against Snell and Boozer on runs to that side.
I don’t know if Super Bowl 3 was thrown; looking at it it seems the Colts came out flat and were surprised as heck to be shut out in the first half, then they fumbled the second half kickoff and things got tougher.
I love seeing the elderly type so coherently.
Nah, it was a conspiracy because my team didn’t win.
@@ncnuggetsyou'll get there one day. Promise.
Watching the Raiders, Bucs SUPER BOWL, was like opening a stinky can of Sardines.
The entire sports industry, is a $500 billion a year, for sports betting.
They are ALL rigged!. "Sports entertainment." Period.
Everyone on the Bengals should be on here after last year
That Seattle vs Pittsburgh Super Bowl was 100% Fixed. All the attention was on Pittsburgh and Bettis that they had to win. It was embarrassing to watch.
That was the dirtiest thing I’ve seen in all of sport’s history.
Maybe the first TD by Ben (although that was a 3rd down...and MT could have gone for it. But the 80 yd Parker run and Randle El TD pass were all failures of the Seahawks D.
Seattles linemen on offense and defense could not raise a hand above their waists without drawing a holding call while Pittsburg was allowed to do anything. After awhile the linemen learned who was in charge of the game and that was that. The officials even made sure that was not going to be all cause Pittsburg kept needing more and more help and they got it at every turn. After the game Holmberg got a one time only ever in the NFL where he the coach criticized the officiating and he never got fined for it. Years later one of the officials did step up to say so far as the only thing he regretted while working was officiating in this super bowl. It was so bad I could not bring myself to watch another NFL game for 3 years afterwards and the city of Detroit still stinks to this day.
Ray Charles could See how FIXED AND RIGGED This Game was!! They didn't even try to Hide it, Was BLATANTLY FIXED!!
poor seahawks!
in the past couple of weeks I've seen a few plays where players didn't look like they tried. One where a guy ran right by a defender who didn't even put his arms out to tackle him. I never used to believe major North american sports were rigged, but I'm open to the idea now.
Took me a while to come around
I just saw it in Bengals Chiefs game.
I honestly believe this happened with Super Bowl 32 also. I'll never forget the confused look on Reggie Whites face (and also the rest of the defensive starters) that were pulled out on that final drive for apparently no reason.
It's funny how in TODAY'S Super Bowl 2/11/24 That 5 San Fran starters were out of the game by games end !...Especially with the Chiefs Taylor swift connection !.....Seems fishy !
Really, because there are literally hundreds of people in the comments on recent 'NFL is Rigged' videos claiming that the players are all in on it. They claim they are actors working to a script and that people like Aaron Rodgers feigned injury to go along with the script. if this is the case then Reggie White would not have looked confused because he was working to a script and already knew the outcome. Personally, I think this is one of the most ridiculous rigged theories ever but these people actually believe it.
Wait what?
I dont care much for football but this video was so well made that even I sat through the whole thing and felt the anger and frustration of playing a rigged game. Great stuff.
Well, then, you bought into the delusion. Stay away from videos challenging the shape of the earth.
@@markb3786let me guess your favorite team is on here and your best insult was a flat earth. I expected more from people who like football.
I kidnapped your uncle
@@weenusschmartington i screwed yours
@@markb3786 I bet your garage is the classic "NFL man-cave" on Sundays and you're passed out drunk by 5:pm with all your cargo short, ball cap and flip-flop wearing "bros"? Right?
32:54 RIP John Madden, lmao you were simply the best & cultivated my love for football growing up as a child.
Last year's SB was rigged. Refs won the game for Rams in last 2 minutes. And it was the same head ref who won the game in the last 2 mins for the Chief in this year's AFC title game.
that ref is good at his rigging
incredible coincidence or was it ??? Bengals got ripped in both games particularly vs Chiefs ... they could have won both SB's !!! ... let us hope they own SB 58 !!!
I remember even the announcers were commenting during the game what a penalty free, "clean" game it had been.....those last minutes.
WERE was the 2 flags on the Bengals only TD in that Super Bowl game ? PI on the WR & a face mask ? The Bengals WR"S push off ALL the time , with NO flags called , EVER ! And WHY I call him " Push Off " chase ! You think a ROOKIE should get those rights in the NFL ? NO , no Rookie has , BUT, he did !
@@robertd.7060 Did you have a stroke? Actually Chase doesn't push off.
The most glaring fix I’ve seen was a few years ago when the Rams were gifted the game over the Bengals. For 3 quarters no flags. Then suddenly flags flying at crucial moments that gave the game to the Rams.
Last year's Super Bowl was one of the worst. A few late calls against the Bengals kept giving the Rams chance after chance to score the go ahead.
It was manufactured
So was that free 75 yard TD the Bengals got after that face mask penalty wasn't called and every sports pundit called that out afterwards so yeah.
@@LA_Commander It was quick and the officials simply missed it.
Bengals were definitely robbed of a ring 💍 plus look how terrible the paper champs were this season
@@paulmcgeorge6784 no, they weren't. Their offense just wasn't very good. They were gifted a touchdown and still lost. Their last six possessions in the game were punt, punt, punt, punt, punt, turnover on downs. Stop whining. Get over it. All teams have been "screwed" now and then.
Growing up in the 70's and 80's you would hear the adults talking about how these games were blatantly rigged. Let's not forget how outright laughable boxing matches where when the judges were paid off to vote a certain way
I think there’s even a book out there written in 70s and was about the mafia controlling the scores of games and also a relationship they had with Al Davis and the Raiders.
Howard cosell eluded to boxing being rigged but didn't go all the way.
If you felt a game was rigged, why would you *ever* watch another game??
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@@homedeezyfasheezy5662 Wow, champ!! A book says so! It must be true. 🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️🙄
Even today UFC judges look like they watched different fights with their scorecards being so different.
Thanks!
Thank you!!!
After learning what sort of corruption was rampant in all aspects of society later, I can look back and say that the evidence was well worth investigating further in these cases and even regular season games, with the refs! As a result, I no haven't watched pro football in almost a decade.
When I found out it was rigged I did as well.
Everyone is on the take... Judges, cops, public officials and sport figures. Real Talk 👍.
don't forget the morons who comment on websites about how corrupt everyone else is.
@@drats1279 you can't handle the Truth 🤣😂
Yes secret societies
Yup. Grab your ankles and take it.
Exceptional evidence is required to support outrageous claims.
When rigging became undeliable, an NFL spokesman reminded fans that the NFL was (not pure"sport" but) "entertainment"!
Do u no the name of the spokesman?
@@dylanumpherville Go to any NFL game. It says right on the ticket, " For entertainment purposes only."
@@davidrose8842 There is a reason why that is so... it is because if it is considered "sport" like Boxing, they would be subject to regulation by a governing body of every state they operate in, like Boxing is...
Why do you think certain fights can only be in certain states. Boxer X may not receive clearance by NY, but NV, it is a "go".
Also, as the league is formulated, they are not subject to taxes, just the teams at the local/state level.
I remember the Hasselbeck blocking call, and everyone did the "HUH"??? What's surprising to me, the refs still had a few seconds to realize the mistake, changing the call...didn't happen.
The Raiders loss in the SuperBowl was all Callahan. Gruden knew the plays because Callahan used Grudens playbook and audibles. Heck even the late great Madden while commentating the game was able to tell which play the Raiders were going to run from the booth!
I definitely believe the 2005 Superbowl was fixed against Seattle for the Steelers.
I was watching as an impartial fan and couldn't believe the calls on the field.
Also the review on Rothlesberger's touchdown wasn't that close. The football was kept behind the end zone line.
The Raiders vs Tampa Bay SB might have been fixed, given some of info shared on this video.
At the time I just thought Callahan was a bad coach and the distractions with their player going AWOL caused issues.
I am not old enough for an opinion on SB 3. I was born later that year. Hard to say if QB had bad day or paid off.
The biggest fix of all time was the Lakers vs. Kings game 6, though.
Another Lakers fix that comes to mind was 1988 Finals vs Detroit game 6, a phantom foul with Detroit about a minute away from winning the title sent Kareem to the line and helped Lakers win game 6. I am a lifelong Lakers fan and admit that Kareem was not even touched! You are 100% right about Lakers/Kings game 6!
As a Seahawks fan I noticed a lot. They definitely wanted to push, the busses last ride. They did the same against the Niners with Ray's last dance with Ray Lewis. And I hate the Niners
@David Poplin manning already won one tho Cam was just trash that game
Kings vs Lakers also blazers vs Lakers still gives me nightmares
The Kings should've won a couple of series against the Lakers Facts 💯
The holding call against Cincy last year was pretty bad. It's 1 thing to not make a call because you missed it, it was bang bang or just weren't sure but it's entirely different when you make a call for holding under 2 min to go in a super bowl when you couldn't have possibly seen it because it didn't happen. Logan Wilson's coverage was text book, exactly how you're taught. Not only do you make a phantom call which is way worse than missing one but you do it after letting both teams play all game not calling Ramsey on blatant holds at least 3 times almost tearing recievers t-shirt under jersey off but then make a phantom call that gives a team 4 more shots at the end zone for a title instead of 1 shot on 4th and goal from the 8.
The rams last drive in the NFFCG seemed sus as well.
@@Eightysixers I don't believe either of those games were fixed. And I'm someone really happy that Stafford got a ring. But the league sure did benefit by having the Rams win both games. If some precise analysis by an unbiased AI told me the Rams got 60% of the calls, I wouldn't be shocked.
Holding is a somewhat discretionary call and it happens on almost every play. I absolutely believe this is a tool they use.
@@PhilAndersonOutside so how much evidence, over how many games, would you have to see to believe it? The NFL tells us not to believe our own lying eyes, and you believe them lol
Not to mention the no call face mask that gave cincy that td after half time. What goes around comes around. As a ram fan I do agree with that bam bam play at the end though
The MVP of that Bucs SuperBowl was Dwight Smith and during a radio interview he said it was rigged. He said he believes every SuperBowl is fixed.
There is so much merit regarding the Raiders/Bucs game and what Tim Brown says about it. In Gruden’s 2nd year as coach as the Raiders, they played the Bucs towards the end of the season and absolutely crushed them running all over them and winning 45-0. The Raiders were loaded that year and it was their time, but Bill Callahan was an a-hole for what he did here and that veteran team knew it.
The BUCS NEEDED JUST A 2 TOUCHDOWN OFFENSE THE D WAS BAD AS.....and they did old Brad Johnson and the offense avg.17points a game and the D done the rest that was DOMINATION YOU KNOW PANTERA DOMINATION
If you trade away your HC, you trade away his playbook. If you keep this playbook and play the guy you traded away, and use his playbook, you ask for disaster. It was Al Davis´ego that cost the Raiders this game.
Thank you for game recognize game n da Bay mane!! Or wherever u from jus common sense
@greengrass1072 Um whaaat!?!?!? What does any of this prove???
Grudens (first 1998-99) and 2nd year as Raiders coach (1999-2000) they went 8-8.
In fact the 3 years before Gruden took over, they were 8-8, 7-9, 4-12... then Gruden took over after that 4-12 season.
This is credit more to Gruden in turning a sub-par team around into a decent team.
So your "evidence" of a fix is that:
• in a regular season game
• 3 years removed from these two teams meeting in the SB
• one of Gruden's 8 wins that year was an impressive win
• Against the team he would then go be the HC coach
• THREE years later...
• With Gruden making that TB a better team than Dungy had???
Yes, the Raiders offense was impressive that year, but not even close to being historic. However, the separation from 1st/2nd offense wasn't as far as what Gruden's 1st/best defense was doing over the 2nd, 3rd ranked defenses. And all of that was BEFORE they met in the SB!
Sorry, this is weak 'evidence' at best.
I could buy the Calahan deal because AL was a monster to coaches and Marcus Allen. The Seahawks superbowl was terrible I really wanted that one for my Dad who passed shortly after the game,who was an avid hawks fan. He put up with so many bad seasons. The refs really fouled that game up but when they called a personal foul on a quarterback against a linebacker, I knew the fix was in .
I hate Seattle...but they still got totally ripped off in that game. That offensive pass interference call in the end zone was just jaw-droppingly unbelievable. And how do you call an obvious TACKLE of a player an illegal BLOCK???...not to mention how can a player possibly be BLOCKING when the OTHER TEAM is running the ball?
@@BogartSlap actually I am a cowboy fan ,but I know that Rodger Goodell, put a gag order on the coach directly after the game. Coach Holmgern retired shortly after.
watch it again, dude. people think that game was rigged because madden disagreed with the refs, not because there were really that many bad calls. honestly only the call on hasselbeck's block was egregious, and that was too late for them to have any chance.
There was an offensive pass interference call against the Seahawks that reversed a big catch, then on Pittsburgh’s drive, I think it was Hines Ward who pushed off the Seahawks defender and there was no call. Just one more example of collusion.
I watched the Seattle v Pittsburgh SB with a die-hard Steelers fan. At the end of game he looks over to me and goes, "I don't feel good about that one."
I would be interested to see something like this done for other sports. NBA has some glaring issues others have mentioned and the NHL has a few (NYR vs LA).
The game is rigged meaning all sports. The only losers are the people that give their money way to watch it.
That was my preferred method of rigging games also.
When Shaq used to dunk in people's faces and they got fouls called on them was what ended it for me.
NHL - Game.4 Of the stanley cup finals not being played in boston. They moved the game to edmonton so wayne gretzky could win at home.
That off season wayne gretzky is sold to the los angeles kings.
@@ryananderson5202 Really? Damn that one is pretty obvious
OC/DC work for Vegas that’s why they’re no longer on the fields. They share plays to put together a good show. It’s goes to the spread. Players have no control
I've seen so many questionable calls in pro and college. A few calls at the right time can make all the difference.
If this year's officiating doesn't prove the league tries to get the outcome it wants, wither for betting, ratings, or other shady reasons, this year was almost blatantly obvious.
I doubt the league pays attention to ratings anymore for a couple reasons. The ratings will be there no matter who's in or out, NFL fans will continue to watch even after their team is eliminated.
Secondly, the NFL can make more money manipulating games to favorable outcomes for their betting partner/(gambling industry) based on betting lines & the NFL gets kickback for doing so.
It's been obvious for years & it's not just the NFL.
Roger Goodell has run the NFL into the ground. He's the worst commissioner in the history of the league. And now if anyone holds up signs at the stadiums that criticize Goodell, they are asked to take them down or leave. He doesn't give two squirts of horse urine about the fans who pay his salary.
I have a feeling Bengals vs. Bills will be the most rigged game of the playoffs this year. The Bills will take the win 100%.
@@SupplementalSense I believe the fix has been in for months for them to go to the Superbowl. Now, with the Hamblin thing, I think it's in for them to WIN the Superbowl.
I was in San Fran for Den/Car SB. I overheard a group of guys discussing there game while at a bar on the wharf. The guys were sharps from Vegas. They weren’t sure which team to bet on. Carolina was the favorite but they were concerned with the Peyton Manning affect. They believed the NFL wouldn’t let him retire with only 1 SB win. They went on to explain what would happen if the fix was in and they nailed it. Since that day, I’ve never trusted that these games were on the up and up.
U know fa sho dey ain't gonna want Can Newton beating Peyton!! Even though Von Hoo Rides dat Game
Ohhh that came. Cam could have picked up that ball but he stopped and looked at it as if he couldn’t bend down to get it
Manning faced two of the worst SB opponents in his era. Anyone could have won those games.
Right. When Cam didn't jump on that fumble, it was written. I feel that way with some of Brady's Super Bowl wins too.
@King1 Yeah I reference that moment all the time. This man was doing flips, cartwheels, flying head first all season long then come Superbowl he looks at that fumble and jumps backwards.
I was at a fishing resort sitting at a table with three ExNFL players and a man who is involved with the mob and betting games. They discussed how the refs could influence the game on 2 to 3 calls in key situations to sway the outcome. A lot of money can change hands when this happens and there is a lot of money to be made.
We saw this with the lions and cowboys just recently. I believe you.
@SEVEN-gy3ub holy heckin tricks, bootlicker! Refs are experts, you can see they saw who declared on video but you being sooo smart you got it all figured out!
Dez caught it
No doubt
Yes he did catch it! That was a crooked ref for sure!
@@Gman-qm6bv that's because he was wearing green and gold also