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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Voyageur" data-source="post: 985158" data-attributes="member: 17953">The games aren't rigged, and the officials don't go into a game with the intent of influencing the outcome. But, I will say that I believe that some of them have personal preferences, and have formulated opinions on how "certain players" do their job on the field, and end up watching them closer than the next guy, thereby creating more observations that can result in penalties being called.Reputation, in professional sports, goes a long way towards deciding how calls are made. The NFL, and NBA, are prime examples. Even in baseball, some pitchers get the benefit of the doubt, and a much larger strike zone to work with than the rookie who is trying to prove himself. It's just something baked into each of us, when we make judgements. It's the reason that people can watch the same review of a play on TV, and the majority will decide in favor of their favorite team, if it's close. It's how things work in our minds.But, in the NFL, there are a lot of people who are fans, who think the games are rigged. It goes with the conspiracy theories that seem to make people happy. Kind of next to Area 51 having a confinement area where aliens captured from flying saucers are kept.</blockquote>

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