larrycorowa
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It was a mistake. The nrl should look into the causes and rectify if possible. The underlying bias that led to this decision should be pointed out with a view to helping better decisions in the future.
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@ said:@ said:Yes we all make mistakes. The point is, it seems that the Tigers, and other less fancied teams, always bear the brunt of these mistakes. Let me ask you this: if Cameron Smith was slightly off centre at marker under the same circumstances would he have been penalised? If you cannot answer with a confident ‘yes’ then there is a problem in the game.
I do agree they favour the favorite. The only way to change their perception is to start winning convincingly.
@ said:He should be forced to listen to Adele on repeat for a week straight.
@ said:We should all be used to this by now as Tigers supporters- this stuff has been going on for decades. Whilst gambling is allowed there will always be fixing and cheating.
Take a look at the week before against the Storm. I thought there was a blatant attempt throughout the game to give the Storm every opportunity - after all it was Billy's 300th, and the NRL wanted him to be a winner.
We are on the losing end when it comes to ref treatment nearly every week - we just have to be good enough that the opposition can't win and last Friday night we simply weren't.
I watched the first half again and we were terrible with the ball and honestly if our guys weren't so tough in D we would have been down by 30.
As much as we fans believe we are entitled we cant really expect the NRL to set that sort of precedent and give us 1 point after playing like that.
@ said:I had a post removed from here, why?
@ said:@ said:@ said:Yes we all make mistakes. The point is, it seems that the Tigers, and other less fancied teams, always bear the brunt of these mistakes. Let me ask you this: if Cameron Smith was slightly off centre at marker under the same circumstances would he have been penalised? If you cannot answer with a confident ‘yes’ then there is a problem in the game.
I do agree they favour the favorite. The only way to change their perception is to start winning convincingly.
My question is why do the refs favour the favourites? From my experience watching all sorts of competition sports, the most natural inclination of neutral people is to subconsciously favour the underdog in these games so why would the officials continually favour the already successful teams unless there is money involved, either through betting or kickbacks.