N/S: Inside the NFL Edits Video - Conspiracy?

I thought the timing of this was beyond interesting.

Apparently Inside the NFL edited the video of the Richard Sherman - Julio Jones pass interference no-call to make the play look more one-sided. All this happened about a week after the NFL announced that teams can't post videos on social media. The timing seemed interesting, especially since I don't recall a sports program being accused of manipulating game footage before.

Do the two events have anything to do with one another? Probably not... unless you believe in conspiracy theories. In that case it would seem like a calculated move to allow the league and sports networks to manipulate and frame the conversation in order to create more drama/ratings.

Obviously the actual video is available, but without teams/players posting videos on social media it at least becomes far less visible online and easier to frame the narrative, either by talking about things that didn't really happen, or not talking about things that really did happen.

Just an interesting tidbit on how RG may be finding new ways to ruin this game.

Inside the NFL edits Julio Jones foul out of fateful play

NFL Teams Can Now Be Fined for Posting Videos on Social Media


The NFL didn't prohibit teams from posting video on social media. The NFL prohibited teams from posting video on social media from kickoff until 60 minutes after the conclusion of the game. NFL to fine teams up to $100,000 for posting social media video during games

Inside the NFL is a weekly show that airs for the first time each week on Tuesdays - long after the teams were free to post video from the game.

Clearly the new social media rule is to make the NFL's broadcast partners the exclusive source for game video during the game window. This protects the integrity of those contracts and the asset that the NFL sells to those partners. I'm not saying that league doesn't present video angles and spin on media outlets that it controls but I don't see that this social media rule is intended to shut-down alternative viewpoints.