I can and will always believe that the NFL is interfered with. Much like TLL.
But... so, for the sake of argument, let's just say the NFL is rigged. straight up. I get that they'd want LA to get some traction in their region. The NFL has always lusted after that. But there's an unlimited amount of years to make that happen. Literally.
But for one year, the league had the opportunity to have a GOAT vs GOAT superbowl... Brees vs Brady checks every single box. Everyone of them. How hard would that be to sell? Then next year, you have the young-guns... the next-gen QBs in the spotlight.
So as much as I believe that the league "tilts" things, for the life of me, I can't figure out why they'd do it the way they did it. I'm being as objective as possible here. Either it's not rigged or the league shot-callers are dumb as bricks. (Well, in my life, I've had a huge peak behind the curtain of the "country music world"... So the shot-callers not being all that intelligent isn't all that foreign of an idea for me.)
If it's not fixed... the Refs blew it. If it is fixed... the league blew it.
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