No they are not, when are they going to quit with this fucking charade? This crew is rightfully getting hammered over the BS from the other night, but this shit goes on in almost every game and we NEVER see any improvement, EVER.
I don't disagree that some calls are honestly just "missed", but the vast majority of these things happen and even live someone even as stupid as Joe Biden can probably see what call obviously needed to be made.
Gambling is a MASSIVE problem in the NFL and I have haze zero doubt whatsoever that the majority of bad calls and noncalls are because the ref crew is making decisions based on how they bet the game. The league just refuses to properly investigate it, acknowledge it and act on it because they know it would crush their multi billion dollar business and also have a massive impact on gambling profits for sports books (which the NFL embraces and actually advertises themselves during games)
"Officials are evaluated on every play of every game. League officiating staff analyze the performance of every official, both for the calls that are made and those that are not. That review results in a grade which plays a major role in determining how to help the officials improve their performance as well as decide which officials will officiate in the playoffs. There are also year-end evaluations of every official."
The officiating crew that did not call a blatant pass interference penalty during the Chiefs-Packers game missed a similar call one week earlier in Atlanta.
www.espn.com
