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Originally Posted by Anyong Bluth
Actually, at work today I've had a surprising number of people who grew up from all parts of the country who watched the game chime in unsolicited that it was a horseshit call and conveniently decided the game.
They're not going to lose sleep over it, but when people recognize that there's an incongruous set of rules for certain teams then they start to no longer buy into the authenticity of the sport and it enters the realm of sports entertainment just above WWE.
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That's the key point. Arguing about whether it was a legitimate penalty or not is off point. The calls are too arbitrary and subjective. The real question is whether that flag would have been thrown against every team in the league, and it wouldn't. Some teams consistently get the calls in their favor and others don't.