So the largest television event happens, the pinnacle of American sports

Feb 13, 2023
9:25:10am

MarylandFan Political Junky

And we're talking about the officiating. At some point, we all must come to terms with an undesirable truth. The game design is fundamentally flawed.

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So the largest television event happens, the pinnacle of American sports

MarylandFan

2/13/23 9:25am

Your premise is fundamentally flawed.

RalphWiggam

2/13/23 9:26am

That football games are subjectively officiated by a ridiculous number of rules?

MarylandFan

2/13/23 9:29am

I misspoke. It is your conclusion that is fundamentally flawed.

RalphWiggam

2/13/23 9:36am

Subjective officiating is the result of a fundamental game design flaw

MarylandFan

2/13/23 9:54am

I understand your argument. But I don’t agree that the game is “fundamentally flawed” because of it.

RalphWiggam

2/13/23 10:01am

Wherever subjectivity is required, there will always be human error/disagreement

MarylandFan

2/13/23 10:19am

So ... we should all quit watching sports and watch chess instead? No thanks.

jacobugath

2/13/23 9:26am

NBA is much much worse

TNT

2/13/23 9:26am

RE: NBA is much much worse

DieHarder

2/13/23 9:27am

NBA foul calls affect player substitutions and game minutes, so yes.

Corn Pop

2/13/23 9:28am

RE: NBA is much much worse

buhlcougar

2/13/23 9:29am

RE: NBA is much much worse

IGotAverageGifs

2/13/23 9:29am

Bwahahahahahahahahaha

TNT

2/13/23 9:33am

MLB is much worse - there is real technology that could automate the most

Skeptical Optimist

2/13/23 9:28am

Also true.

MarylandFan

2/13/23 9:31am

No argument here

MarylandFan

2/13/23 9:30am

How would you fix it?

Skeptical Optimist

2/13/23 9:27am

It cannot be fixed

MarylandFan

2/13/23 9:32am

Then I don't understand the purpose of this post.

Skeptical Optimist

2/13/23 9:35am

RE: Then I don't understand the purpose of this post.

OldFogey

2/13/23 12:06pm

This is such a nice argument to have in your back pocket. This way your team can

My Fingers Hurt

2/13/23 9:56am

In a way everyone loses

MarylandFan

2/13/23 10:27am

RE: In a way everyone loses

My Fingers Hurt

2/13/23 10:35am

The losing fans in a close game will always complain about officiating. It was a

My Fingers Hurt

2/13/23 9:32am

This is silly. Just like we can't effectively legislate all human behavior

LifeLongLakerFan

2/13/23 9:32am

People need to stop bellyaching about officiating.

Belboz

2/13/23 9:35am

It shows that fans are fundamentally flawed. SB refs are the top graded and best in the world at what they do and are

Housemartin

2/13/23 9:36am

Flawed game design will undoubtedly lead to dissatisfied fans blaming refs, yes

MarylandFan

2/13/23 10:00am

Nah, you’re just framing it as a refereeing issue. We could just as easily say

garyfan

2/13/23 9:42am

If there had been no pressure on Mahomes and Mahomes had thrown it away

Belboz

2/13/23 9:46am

Issue is the game design leads to "call/no-call situations"

MarylandFan

2/13/23 10:03am

That's the inherent nature of football. And it's not just in the 4th quarter.

garyfan

2/13/23 10:06am

My point is that superior game design does not require subjective calls

MarylandFan

2/13/23 10:31am

I just think referring is really hard. If there were better people that could do

SpecialT

2/13/23 10:05am

But despite that, we all watch it, and not chess.

HenderCoug

2/13/23 11:21am

This is true. Football is more fun than most anything else.

MarylandFan

2/13/23 11:31am

What would you do differently to fix the flaw?

Honor Code

2/13/23 12:23pm

My post is more about coming to terms with it, rather than fixing it

MarylandFan

2/13/23 12:28pm

The flaw is that 22 people each w/4 moving limbs can't be monitored by a legal

cdr88

2/13/23 1:01pm

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