NFL

The problem isn’t that the NFL is fixed.

It’s that the rules are so subjectively and imperfectly applied that there’s no way to prove it’s not fixed.

The NFL should add an instantaneous sky judge, make the officials full time, and add more officials to the field so that more stuff gets seen in real time. The costs are minimal compared to players’ salaries.

Oh, and while they are at it:

1. Make intentional grounding a real penalty by penalizing 5 yards plus the spot of the foul and loss of down. As is, there’s no real penalty: it gets called maybe 30% of the time, and when called is no worse than a sack;

2. Fix RTP to get rid of the ridiculous “body weight” and ticky-tacky calls. Let the defense play defense.

3. Revise the pass interference rules to get rid of gimme calls on under thrown balls where the receiver initiates contact with the DB and tried to go through the DB to get the ball. Pass interference should require the DB to be the primary initiator of contact.

4. Don’t make defensive holding an automatic first down. Ticky tacky calls on 3rd and forever shouldn’t be an automatic first.