The National Fixed League?
Posted: November 17th, 2008 | Filed under: Last Decade | No Comments »
The refs screwed up, and Vegas is, allegedly, reaping the benefits.
I’ll comment on this further as soon as the room stops spinning. I do have a question though. Was it just me or was the camera angle on the potential spread covering Parker TD that was called back due to a hold incredibly poor? Did anyone actually witness McHugh hold with their own eyes?
I ask because the answer to that question is a huge piece of the puzzle. Obviously I will have more on this game Tuesday. Enjoy the video clip while you can. There is no way it lasts until morning.
It looked like a hold to me, put my view was rather biased.
I really need to go back and look at the DVR
I recall Tomlin sort of rolling his eyes at the call, but I don’t remember them protesting too much.
My view was unbiased, and it looked like the most obvious hold I’d ever seen.
I’m going to go out on a limb here and say that RJ Bell’s estimate of the amount of money bet on either side is less than accurate.
Why was this not illegal batting on Polamalu?
A player may not bat or punch:
(a) A loose ball (in field of play) toward his opponent’s goal line or in any direction in either end zone.
(b) A ball in player possession.
Just watched the game.
It was a clear hold by McHugh in my opinion.
PLM…Because he wasn’t ‘batting’ or ‘punching’ the ball. He simply jumped up and tried to catch it and it got knocked loose. That is not what the ‘batting’ rule was put in place for an is not relevant in that situation.
“I’m going to go out on a limb here and say that RJ Bell’s estimate of the amount of money bet on either side is less than accurate.”
I am going to comment on this tomorrow, but you are absolutely correct VW.
First of all he appears to have pulled the $100 million figure out of mid air. Secondly just because consensus sites show a 66/34 betting split that doesn’t mean that is how the money came down.
My guess is that there was more money on the Steelers, but not probably not much more.
Well, Dan Patrick has already picked up on that number for his radio show. So that number’s going to be quoted by lots of people, right or wrong.
They’re trying to get mike pereira (head of nfl refs) and mike seba (senior linesmaker for Las Vegas Sports Consultants) on.
“Well, Dan Patrick has already picked up on that number for his radio show. So that number’s going to be quoted by lots of people, right or wrong.”
Any number that doesn’t account for the money wagered offshore is pretty irrelevant to me.
Beyond that though, the action wasn’t that one sided on this game, and after an early move off 3.5 the line stayed pretty stable.
They probably needed San Diego a little, but enough to buy off the officiating crew? I’m skeptical.
Money Line,
I’m actually a die-hard Steeler fan, and I’ll admit there was a hold on that Parker TD. I thought it while watching and I still do.
Another thing that’s getting lost in this mess is that this game wasn’t just “fixed” at the end. How about the pass interference call that set up the Chargers TD? The Steeler DB was standing there waiting to play the ball, hardly any contact was made (and what was made was initiated by the WR), and the Chargers got the ball at the 1.
There was also that extremely touchy pass interference call on Ike Taylor that lead to San Diego’s early touchdown – certianly not the most blatant bad call we’ve ever seen, but considering everything else…
No idea really. I mean, if Vegas was “buying off the refs”, you you really think that was the best spot to show their cards. Chances are they simply wsnted to get things right for the sake of getting things right. This is the same league that fined Adrian Peterson for wearing a white skull cap when only black ones are allowed remember.
“My guess is that there was more money on the Steelers, but not probably not much more.”
I guess we should just check the “Money” column from VegasInsider’s consensus data…
BREAKING!!!! 61% of the money was on San Diego!!!
I somewhat agree with the percentages. But if you include offshore and international bets, the totl amount wagered has got to be up there at 250 mil plus.
Also, imagine all the people in London that got an upclose view of the Bolts, hammering Pitt. I’m joking. Kind of.
“the totl amount wagered has got to be up there at 250 mil plus.”
You can’t forget that’s spread across quite a few books, though. No single book had that supposed “64 million dollar” swing.
i had chargers plus 4.5,happy days!
Something seriously fishy going on here though. i know if that sort of thing happened in a british sport there would be a huge inquest from the gambling authority. I feel all will be forgot about in a week or two and it’ll be brushed under the carpet