I have been a fan of the NFL for over 20 years now, and it’s always been my favorite sport to watch. I’m not even sure if this is allowed to be posted on this sub or not so screw it lol. With the increase in gambling ads throughout professional sports I have seen an absolute uptick in penalties within sporting events that have meaningful impacts upon games. Within the last 2-3 years in the nfl, mirrored with the increase in gambling sponsorship within the game, I have noticed nfl refs having more impact and having more screen time than ever before. The NFL is an entertainment industry after all, so they can be fairly bias without much repercussions in the first place, but with how advanced technology is nowadays, there’s no excuse for stupid missed calls actually affecting the outcome of a professional sporting event when we have 70 live active cameras pointed out Taylor Swift and the Kelce family. I have seen refs throw late flags across the field when they’re the furthest member of the crew from the issue at hand, and I have heard the announcers befuddled on more than 25 occasions across games from dozens of teams We have lost a lot games we could have won this year by our own doing, but I’ve seen so many blatantly obvious calls this year get called against us that I’m starting to lose trust in the system entirely. I’ve had so many different people echo this opinion after watching their own team play this year. I’m hoping this is just a crazy year where we are disproportionately affected, but damn it feels like high school refereeing sometimes.