re: So You Believe Some Referees Are Intentionally Altering Games?

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Yes indeed, some crews have tendencies. I am not saying it is nefarious. But they called 17 penalties against Alabama and 13 against South Carolina, and missed other obvious penalties, which ultimately decided the outcome of both those games.

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Now you have to compare the tendencies the times they call an Arkansas/Vandy game in early November with almost no money bet. If they do the same there, they are just incompetent. If they are impeccable in a game like that, NCAA might want to look into it.

I don’t think there’s a question that it happens. It probably happens quite often. It sucks, but everything in life gets tarnished eventually.

Exactly

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Of course they are. According to LSU fans, the refs and not Nick Saban are responsible for Alabama success over the last 17 years.

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LSU fans are like the schoolyard kids who can dish it out but can't take it.

Listening to the Donaghy interview on youtube was enlightening. Obviously he is very biased, but some of the things he said can’t really be refuted. There is no doubt that all the different leagues, whether college or pro, instruct referees on how to call games; what infractions to focus on, which ones to ignore, what players/positions to keep an eye on and which ones not worry too much about, all of which impact a game. That happens even if the referees are lily clean and trying to call an honest and fair game.

You just have to look at some of the ridiculous targeting penalties called, and then upheld on video review, to see how much of an impact it has on games.

Now combine that with the occasional dirty ref and it is a real mess.

With the amount of money involved, it has to be very tempting for a referee to do it “just this once” for an extra $10k, $20k, $100k. And if they do it once and it works…. Well the kids need to go to college, and the wife’s car is making a funny noise, and we sure would like to go on that vacation we’ve been talking about.

When you give people the opportunity to make tens of thousands of dollars with no real effort and with little fear of being caught or losing their job, it is inevitable some will try.

We all know that holding takes place on every play. The game would never end if enforced to the letter. Same for pass interference. Targeting is becoming another foul that COULD be called much more if refs wanted too.

Here are the types of fouls:
Off sides. - pretty straightforward. Replay can easily spot offender.
Illegal motion- same. Pretty easy to spot.
Illegal formation. - same. Easy to spot on replay.
Holding- imho, the easiest foul for a ref to abuse if he wants too.
Pass interference- sometimes easy to spot but other times when ball is clearly uncatchable they throw flag and this foul is the most abused IMHO by refs.
Unsportsmanlike conduct- an easy foul to abuse if ref wants too. Just trash talking your opponent could get you the flag.


Solution: holding. If holding would not have any effect on play, a warning given to offender. Two strikes and you’re out for game. But play stands. Video review could settle whether holding affected play.

Same for PI.

Roughing the passer- should always be reviewed by outside refs

Do I think refs make calls at critical times to affect outcome of a game? Absolutely.

They aren't going to say it is wrong because it's part of the script.

There had to be fines.........