I still firmly believe the '06 superbowl was fixed via paid corrupt officials. What's being done about it?
151077
I agree, anyone who saw it and is honest would have to believe that.\nI am sorry i don't know what is being done to fix it probably nothing but it should
905385
I can see where you are coming from and you have a good point.\n\nIt would be a great system to implement. I think it would help if the refs had to speak with an independent person and actually give a reason for some of their calls.\n\nPersonally, I'm fine with how the game is right now. I really don't want football to become like every other sport. I think some things, good or bad, have helped shape the game into the exciting, fair and unfair, chaotic, fun, energizing, and whatever else game that it is today.\n\nBut that is a great idea, nonetheless. Good thinking :)
1001248
Well the refs have to be paid.  But I don't think they are being bribed.  Maybe the teams try to bribe the refs but you don't want to get in such a situation because if it comes out...then all hell breaks loose
1023457
it wasn't fair what the ref did...I'm wondering where's the fair-play that FIFA is talking about?\nand yeah maybe the ref was payed to do what he did..
1122501
Look at Florida. And it still isn't fixed!\n\nAbsentee ballots, exclusionary practices, voting machine tampering, blocking calls for rides, as the repubs plead guilty to in US Federal; District court and many other ways!!\n\nI am sure they are still thinking up ways to defeat the system!
131263
I'm going to go with the UNIONS !I agree the government is corrupt but the unions are over the top. They constantly pull illegal manuveres in the construction industry and get away with it because they call it something inconspicuous like "Market Alert" or some crap
201082
I'm glad they are cracking down on the excessive celebration that's been happening. I think these celebrations have really degraded the sport. Personally, I think it shows much more class when a player scores a TD, just sets the ball down, and runs over to his team's sideline to get congratulated. Those are the players I like to watch.
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Its hard to say...As i have already said before...I think doing favours and gifts for referees are a common thing here...It has been out in public before...This scandal is a lot like that...I dont think there was direct attempt to fix matches...Time for Italian Football to become more transparent. Like the nations politics and economy...needs a reform!! FORZA ITALIA!!!
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Mistakes in play calling\nthey went away from the run which got them to the big game and Hassleback threw for over 40 passes in the superbowl.  The linebackers couldnt stop the run at all allow parker to run over them and keep getting first downs.  The refs also made some questionable calls but they were no excuse to loose how they did.
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The problem is not only related to FIFA, or soccer in general.  Last years NFL's superbowl was won be a team that should not have won it.  It appeared the reason they won, was so the coach could go into the Hall of Fame.  The coach had not won a superbowl before then, and apparently, even though he is a good coach, no one would recognise him as a good coach.\nThe NRL's grand final, and regular season is tainted towards what teams the NRL wants to win that weekend.\n\nIMHO, it is because the players, and team officials are taking the focus away from the governing bodies.  It is their game remember, not the players who play, nor the spectators that watch.  Therefore, the governing bodies are deciding the only way the regain that focus, is to create controversy that only the governing body can deal with.\n\nIt is starting to get the way that you cannot watch a fair game of sport any more.\n\nEdit: Video replays would only suffer from the same problems.  If the referee, and the governing body do not want that team to win, then the referee watching the video will just happen to not see the vital piece of information.
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HELL NO!!! Use that money to repair the stuff in New Orleans, or get ready for disasters. There's other money making ideas out there. Most sports owners are corrupt, and it would be way unfair to the public if their tax dollars are going to fund some sports arena. What if they don't like sports???
110525
Although the govenment is trying to regulate them, they are on their own, and rule themselves like any other private company. Of course, there are govenment regulations that apply, but not exclusively just to NFL.
390014
Outlaw american football....
164925
All governments have some sort of corruption, and I'm not sure it will ever be solved.  It is important to remember that certain people are blamed for being corrupt when they aren't and others aren't blamed when they should be.  It depends on who the media hates that day!  Usually, when one politician blames another for being corrupt, it can usually be revealed that (s)he is corrupt in certain ways as well.  Though it doesn't make our politicians right, compared to other govt's I think we have it pretty good.  We could be like Saddam's old Iraq and worry about being thrown into a tree chipper for dissenting.
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There is no next level.  The Commissioner is the head of the NFL.
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In my opinion, the NFL Sunday Ticket isn't all its cracked up to be, because of the reason you are explaining above. \n\nMatthew S.
725074
Sell the team to a new owner. It's sad that other teams have come into the league and have either won or played in a Superbowl. The closest the Lions will ever be to a Superbowl happened this past Feb when we hosted it. As long as the Ford family owns it they will be losers. Any owner in the NFL that thinks Matt Millen is doing a good job shouldn't be in the league. \nI show my displeasure for this organization by boycotting them, it's time several thousand of other fans did the same.