If you’ve been paying any attention to football talk the past week or so, you’ve been unable to avoid this one. The tide has been rising against the Kansas City Chiefs as their dominance has cemented them as the villains of the NFL.
Makes sense. However, the hate has also led to what it always does on the internet these days — conspiracy theories. The big one?
The refs are helping the Chiefs win! Yeah, it’s a classic sports refrain. If the calls don’t go your way, the refs are blind, paid off, or just plain like the other team better.
Usually reasonable folks will tell you it’s just confirmation bias, that you only take note of all the close calls or “wrong” calls where the error isn’t what you want.
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