Oh, yesterday was not a good one...
I'll get to the worst of it in about two posts. But this to just whet the appetite -- a double-header from Brian Tuohy and his sources on his "News of Note" page:
First, Doug Gottleib, effectively admitting Tim Tebow is the new center of media attention in the NFL, and ESPN has made it part of it's Bible. "You can't talk enough Tebow", was a response to a comment on the current state of the NFL and ESPN on the Dan Patrick Show recently.
If you think that ESPN doesn't have it's tentacles into determining the outcomes of professional games, with this kind of media manipulation running around, I don't know what to tell you.
But leave it to (CORRECTION -- hat tip to anonymous friend again!) Showtime's "Inside the NFL" to just completely blow the doors off of the situation.
On a recent edition, the show had on two former replacement NFL referees, and they had some rather... interesting... insights.
They had the referee from the Kickoff opener and the Seattle/Green Bay debacle on the show.
First off, they were instructed not to call pass interference on Hail Mary plays.
Now, think this through for a second: Look at what's been happening in the national games this year -- most of them, and many of them being far beyond reason, have been close games.
And you, as the National Football League, are telling the referees NOT to throw flags for pass interference, even when it's as blatant as the Seattle/Green Bay disaster?
And you, as the National Religion, are basically telling the refs when to throw flags and when not to??
And you honestly believe it's conspiracy theory when people say your games are freaking rigged?
When you join the officials, the league, and the media in the same machine, you're going to have this ridiculousness.
So why expose it on Showtime and really get people talking?
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