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[Jurassic Referee]

Originally Posted by TXMike

You are right on re the Nebraska behavior. The psyche of this team since last year has been that they are going to be hosed by the Big XII. They go in expecting it and then they perform in a way that makes it (many fouls) come true.

The Nebraska chancellor agrees with you. He announced today that he's fed up with Pelini's behavior too and he's gonna do something about it(supposedly).

[DadofTwins]

The Big XII (or the remaining ten) pocket $9 million if somebody other than Nebraska wins the Big XII championship game this year.

Now I'm not allowed to referee soccer games my kid plays in, not because I would be unfair, but because every call I made would be scrutinized. This is Refereeing 101. Even if you're the best official available, if you have a vested interest in the outcome, you don't get to call the game.

And if Nebraska makes the title game, the Big XII has a $9 million dollar interest in who wins.

I'm not accusing anybody of anything. In 20 years of soccer refereeing, I saw exactly three cases of blatant referee bias, so I don't think it's as widespread as fans like to believe.

But I do think Nebraska has a point. It's not fair to the officials to ask them to call a game where their bosses have such a huge amount of money at stake based on who wins or loses.

Obviously I'm a soccer guy, so help me out here. What am I missing?

[TXMike]

What you are missing is that the league bosses are not officiating the game. The game will be reffed by a group of guys who are at the point of the career where they know full well the ONLY thing they have which cannot or should not be called into question is their integrity. They gain nothing from that "windfall" you mention. They lose EVERYTHING if they were to allow themselves to be pressured by anyone.

[ajmc]

Originally Posted by TXMike

What you are missing is that the league bosses are not officiating the game. The game will be reffed by a group of guys who are at the point of the career where they know full well the ONLY thing they have which cannot or should not be called into question is their integrity. They gain nothing from that "windfall" you mention. They lose EVERYTHING if they were to allow themselves to be pressured by anyone.

Thank you Mike, I'm, glad to see there are others who understand these vieled, and sometimes very clear, accusations, suggestions and subtle hints that attack the integrity of BROTHER OFFICIALS is a only a reflection of the dishonesty and corruption in the minds of the accusers.

If someone had some actual facts to back up these accusations, that would be one thing, but all this nonsense is merely the frustration of weak minded losers bubbling over like little children who can't figure out what's actually making them cry.

What's truly sad, is when those of US, who should certainly know better, start to buy into this crap.