PSA: I am not a Bengals fan.

Did anyone else just witness what I witnessed? The Bengals and Chiefs game was a referee clown show.

The #NFLRigged is trending worldwide for a reason. I am not a conspiracy guy, and never have been but the calls that were missed in that game and the calls in favour of the Chiefs really make you wonder. The most accurate call of the game was the unnecessary roughness on Joseph Ossai. That was a dumb ass play, it was all the other calls the lead to that moment. Let’s build our case, shall we?

The phantom whistle/stoppage of play by the back judge gave the Chiefs another 3rd down.

Proof that the NFL is rigged. Refs gave the Chiefs an extra play on 3rd and 9 and then called the Bengals for holding on the next play. #AFCChampionshipGame

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— Michael Ball (@Michael44004861) January 30, 2023

The full sequence on that Chiefs 3rd down. You only hear a whistle after the play ended. Crazy. #CINatKC pic.twitter.com/r6WwmNeDKm

— Richie Cozzolino (@RichieCozz) January 30, 2023

Intentional grounding when the ball was thrown literally a receivers feet

I’ve never felt more like the NFL was rigged than hearing Ron Torbert AND Gene Steratore try to tell us was no receiver anywhere in the area as we simultaneously watched a replay show the ball bounce right to Samaje Perine’s feet

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— RK (@RyanKoenigsberg) January 30, 2023

The blatant holding on the ENTIRE Cheifs offensive line on the final play of the game

The Chiefs just told all their offensive lineman to hold everyone and the refs decided to call a personal foul on a Bengals defender who injured himself trying to pull up

It's hard to look at this after everything else that happened this game and not think the NFL had a favorite pic.twitter.com/xfTQBFRaZe

— Bruce Irons – Packers FTW (@BruceIronsNFL) January 30, 2023

Nothing to see here, people. Nothing at all. Fuck the @NFL for a Fugazi SB that they orchestrated. Andy Reid vs. his old team and all that bullshit. pic.twitter.com/SAhKaw6HtO

— The Happy Recap (@TheHappyRecap) January 30, 2023

No roughing the passer on Joe Burrow on their final drive

How the hell did @NFLOfficiating NOT CALL ROUGHING THE PASSER? Because they’re fixing the game for the Chiefs? This is PATHETIC! I thought the @nfl was “all about cracking down on player safety”? BS Officiating is THE #1 REASON why PEOPLE DON’T CARE ABOUT THE NFL as much anymore! pic.twitter.com/zxa2VgsF4J

— Lone Star VFL (@KnightofUs) January 30, 2023

The missed block in the back on the final return of the game put the Chiefs within striking distance of amazing FG position

No block in the back? #NFLRigged #CINatKC pic.twitter.com/54W450W3o5

— Terrible Officials (@TheWorstRefs) January 30, 2023

If someone can explain to me all those calls above, I will think about myself being a tinfoil hat-wearing conspiracy theorist. Until then, the NFL is rigged.

Let us take the red pill and truly hop down the rabbit hole.

NFL Referees are part-time employees of the NFL. They are not employees of any team nor do they get paid anywhere close to the sums of NBA refs. NFL refs make between $25K to $70K per season. They work for the league and do what the league tells them to do. They are not there for “the integrity of the game”. Referees, unlike other sports, are bound by NFL-mandated gag orders which prevent them from talking to the media.

The NFL possesses an Anti-Trust Exemption to the law granted to it by President John F. Kennedy, which ultimately allows the NFL to classify itself as “entertainment” rather than sport, as well as incorporate itself as a single entity instead of the 32 separate “franchises” they would want you to believe.

An entertainment business. You know who else is registered and recognized as an entertainment business. Yup, you guessed it. The WWE. Where there is smoke, there is fire and the NFL is a blaze.

I rest my case.