NFL Preview

So another long grueling 17 week season of NFL football is now upon us and referees must be as giddy as ever, so get those little yellow pieces of cloth ready and dust off those instant replay monitors!

To start the season off, I thought I'd start a new poll to see which major professional sport readers think is most affected by the in-game officiating. Please take a moment to cast your vote over on the left hand side of the page. Personally, I think NFL referees are the worst, but will give the league credit for the way they carry out the rules of instant replay.

I had a cousin, who like a lot of sports fans, enjoyed watching football in bars. He had somewhat of a conspiracy theory where the halftime of every NFL game was the time where all of the bookies across the country would make their phone calls in order to have the game's outcome work to their favor. "The fix is in!" he would then yell throughout the remainder of the game, while I'm sure he was mocked by others watching from the bar. A few months ago, this would be a pretty far-fetched allegation. Nowadays, not so much. I wonder if he still has the same opinion.