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<blockquote data-quote="schporto" data-source="post: 603878" data-attributes="member: 5967">I'm gonna argue both sides in one post (I do not have multiple personality disorder).Why the NFL might've wanted this game to end like this?Well the Pit/Ten game was supposed to get the lowest ratings.&nbsp; It was supposed to be the 'worst' game of the bunch.&nbsp; Least exciting blah blah blah.&nbsp; Now instead we had a close, fairly exciting game, with a controversial call at the end.&nbsp; So now your average fooball fan is gonna say &quot;Gee I wish I had watched that game, but everybody said it was gonna be a stinker.&nbsp; Guess I should watch all the games.&quot;&nbsp; So it was fixed to try to make the rest of the nfl crappy games look good.&nbsp; Biggest buzzword of the football season has been 'parity' or 'any given Sunday' not sure which I heard more.&nbsp; So this just lends itself to that.Now, why it wasn't fixed.If it was fixed, or even if Washington was trying to throw the game, why didn't he run into the kicker on the last kick?&nbsp; Why didn't someone from Pit run into him?&nbsp; Or do something illegal?&nbsp; What if Nedney had missed?&nbsp; What I'm saying is, if they were gonna fix it they wouldn't have fixed one play and not the other.&nbsp; The first kick Cower got the TO called.&nbsp; Just logically it don't quite add up.&nbsp;&nbsp; I mean its not like Washington could see that the second kick was gonna miss, the man never took his eyes off the kickers legs.Complete Sidenote:If football in general was found to be fixed or predetermined, they would have serious legal problems.&nbsp; I believe they would be guilty of fraud and probably some other things (illegal filing of incorporation etc).&nbsp; And they would kill their industry.At the end of the day, no I don't think the game (or any football in the past 10 years at least) was fixed.&nbsp; There would be way to much to be lost and so little to gain.&nbsp; That the argument that - this is why you play the game - holds far more validity.-cpd</blockquote>

[QUOTE="schporto, post: 603878, member: 5967"] I'm gonna argue both sides in one post (I do not have multiple personality disorder). Why the NFL might've wanted this game to end like this? Well the Pit/Ten game was supposed to get the lowest ratings. It was supposed to be the 'worst' game of the bunch. Least exciting blah blah blah. Now instead we had a close, fairly exciting game, with a controversial call at the end. So now your average fooball fan is gonna say "Gee I wish I had watched that game, but everybody said it was gonna be a stinker. Guess I should watch all the games." So it was fixed to try to make the rest of the nfl crappy games look good. Biggest buzzword of the football season has been 'parity' or 'any given Sunday' not sure which I heard more. So this just lends itself to that. Now, why it wasn't fixed. If it was fixed, or even if Washington was trying to throw the game, why didn't he run into the kicker on the last kick? Why didn't someone from Pit run into him? Or do something illegal? What if Nedney had missed? What I'm saying is, if they were gonna fix it they wouldn't have fixed one play and not the other. The first kick Cower got the TO called. Just logically it don't quite add up. I mean its not like Washington could see that the second kick was gonna miss, the man never took his eyes off the kickers legs. Complete Sidenote: If football in general was found to be fixed or predetermined, they would have serious legal problems. I believe they would be guilty of fraud and probably some other things (illegal filing of incorporation etc). And they would kill their industry. At the end of the day, no I don't think the game (or any football in the past 10 years at least) was fixed. There would be way to much to be lost and so little to gain. That the argument that - this is why you play the game - holds far more validity. -cpd [/QUOTE]

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