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Who’re the ‘Men in Black’ @NFL ? Who’s REALLY officiating these games? Truth is no one knows! ZERO accountability! SUCH A BAD LOOK #Bills #GoBills pic.twitter.com/cCyVvpCAdt

— Vicious Sid (@vicious155) January 5, 2020

And no, never saw that person before, but it's clearly someone from the NFL (you see the logo on his black jacket).

Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm...

Saints Screwed AGAIN on a PI no-call.

And anyone who paid an ounce of attention knew it.

I said ALL YEAR (and I know A LOT OF PEOPLE had New Orleans as The Choice) that the NFL does not like getting sued...

Well, here's your result:  ANOTHER BLATANT PI, and (though, yes, it's clear the guy in the stands was a Saints fan) anyone who could see it...

.@KirkCousins8 to @KyleRudolph82 for the @Vikings walkoff win in OT. pic.twitter.com/aXSJllOqpB

— NFL (@NFL) January 5, 2020

After last year's mess, two lawsuits were filed by Saints fans against the league and other relevant parties.

The NFL not only just paid the piper on that (their memories are LONG), but there's an even scarier side to all of this:

The National Football League is openly embracing the belief the games are rigged, and is doing NOTHING to dissuade that situation.

Let that process, people.

• Houston has gotten a bit of a stealth push into the second tier of the AFC, a place where it is believed Buffalo never belonged.  Hence, some Refball in that game.
• Spygate III + the Robert Kraft case resurfacing ends their narrative.
• Blatant Refball to ensure New Orleans is out.
• And wouldn't you know it...  THIS in Seattle to ensure Seattle goes to Green Bay to continue THAT playoff rivalry...

And wouldn't you know it:  Cheap-shot artist Jadeavon Clowney -- who has parlayed an illegal helmet hit in a bowl game to his status in the National Football League -- central to it...

NFL: Don’t lead with the Helmet, it could cause a concussion.

Clowney: pic.twitter.com/P31k5fKnty

— Marc Farzetta (@MarcFarzetta) January 5, 2020

That was INTENTIONAL, and done with the one purpose to eliminate the Eagles and possibly PERMANENTLY eliminate Carson Wentz.

Great job, NFL.  No doubt who had the hands on the wheel here.

2019 Week 17 NFL Fine Blotter -- last of the regular season

Couple of multiple-time losers start the list...

• Minnesota Vikings:  Andrew Sendejo:  $10,527 for unsportsmanlike conduct.  TWO-TIME LOSER
• Carolina Panthers:  Tre Boston:  $10,527 for a late hit.  THREE TIME LOSER, nearly a hundred grand this year.
• And that one costs Carolina, placing them into dollar-for-dollar territory for any remaining fines for the week (since their season is over).  $25,000 foe entering that phase, another $837 for the dollar for dollar part of it.
• Los Angeles Rams:  Clay Matthews adds to his significant record:  Another $21,056 for roughing the passer.  TWO-TIME LOSER.
• More maybe to come.

Spygate III and Bob Kraft finish the narrative...

I just didn't think it was going to be in THIS ROUND.

But I can't say I'm surprised, especially with new word that the Patriots will be disciplined for the latest Spygate scandal and the move to escalate the Bob Kraft Florida case rightfully to a felony charge.

So the NFL just could not trust having the Patriots go any further.  I get that.

First time in a decade the Patriots will not see at least Divisional Weekend.  Only the fourth time in this Patriots rigged dynasty of the same.

MLB Suspension Blotter: Yankee pitcher loses half a year because he can't stop being domestically violent

• New York Yankees:  Domingo German will miss the first 63 games of the next season -- suspended half a season for the domestic violence policy, 18 games already served.

Must also give a donation to domestic violence charities and be psychologically cleared to return first.

Week 16, at least two more fines in the NFL, and one is a big one. Also, an NHL fine!

• Houston Texans:  Charles Omenihu:  $28,075 for a blindside block.
• Cleveland Browns (and the team -- AND it's a doubled Repeat Offender):  Sheldon Richardson, $42,115 for Roughing the Passer.
• That puts the Browns over $1,200,000 in onfield fines.

And one from the NHL:


John Tortorella, coach of the Columbus Blue Jackets, pretty much explains the whole thing. Rails on the refs after losing his goaltender as a result of having to go to a shootout which appears not to have been necessary.

As a result of that rant...

• Columbus Blue Jackets:  Coach John Tortorella fined $45,000 -- $25,000 of it suspended if he doesn't have another such incident in 2020 -- for criticism of officials.

And 2020... starts like shit.

We lost two high-level sports personalities on the first day of the new year.

Don Larsen, the only man to pitch a perfect game in the World Series, passed today.

He really didn't the world's greatest pitching career, but for one magical October day, he etched himself into immortality in a way no player has done before or since.

The more endemic one to this blog, however, is the passing of former NBA Commissioner David Stern.

I think I've made my contempt for Stern as Commissioner well known, from the Ewing Draft to the Jordan Rules to all but allowing Donald Sterling to destroy the LA Clippers while being a racist fuck...

It really was his "We Create Heroes" philosophy, though, with the Foolish and Wretched One at the forefront, which will be his lasting legacy.  And, to be clear, he did not invent game-rigging by the leagues and referees.

But he perfected and normalized it, and set the table for what both the NBA and NFL, especially, have become in this regard.

Still, not like this...