NFL Refs Cheat for the NY Giants

Everyone wonders why the Cowboys have so much "talent" yet are always around 8-8.  Well look no further than the Cowboy hating NFL referees.  As demonstrated in many posts here, there's lots of data to show how the northeast media hates the Cowboys as well as the NY based NFL offices, but this bias continues onto the field with the referees.  Look at my previous blog posts detailing the penalties against the Cowboys and "no call" penalties against the Cowboy opponents.

http://kandkops.blogspot.com/2012/12/stop-bias-of-nfl-officiating-crews.html 

http://kandkops.blogspot.com/2012/12/nfl-officiating-bias.html 



But it's a new season, and every year we Cowboy fans think.... they can't continue to cheat like this.  So we go into each new season with new hope that games will be called fairly and unbiased.  Well if the first game is any indication of the remaining 2013 season, then our hopes have been destroyed once again.  

In the first game of the year at AT&T stadium against the NY Giants.  The Giants improbably came back against a 17 point lead late in the game.  However, as detailed by other people (people who are less Cowboys biased as me) demonstrate that at least two of the Giants' TDs should not have been TDs.  As usual, it's as much about the "no calls" against the Cowboys opponents as it is the calls against the Cowboys.  With the help of the referees, the Giants got a little 14 point boost.  Take a look at the analysis from two different people on two different plays below which details how the referees tried to help the Giants.

1.  Bob Sturm did a break down with pics from the play where NY giants had a big 70 yard TD where they got up to the line quickly before our defense was ready.  So as he explains, part of the problem was that our defense was not set and bit confused, but he also showed in the pics, that we were bringing a corner blitz (in this case Orlando Scandrick was blitzing ELI).  In the pics he shows that the Left Tackle was "MAJOR HOLDING" against the blitzing CB, Scandrick.  
Click http://sturminator.blogspot.com/ to read Sturm's blog.... 
BTW Bob Sturms Blog is excellent and provides incredible weekly analysis.

2.  And the second little help to the Giants provided by the Refs ...... This tweet provided by Mike Pereira, former VP of NFL officiating and posted as a story by Dallas Morning News........ Click Here   mike-pereira-former-vp-of-nfl-officiating-tweets-that-giants-wr-victor-cruz-s-second-td-should-not-have-been
The Victor Cruz should not have even been a catch, let alone a TD.  Incredible!

14 extra points the NFL refs gave to the Giants.  And we wonder why the Giants had won 4 in a row previously and made this one close even though it shouldn't have.  
The answer of course is because the Cowboys hating bias flows all the way down to the field in the form of NFL referees, who each week do everything they can to help the Cowboys opponents.  It's time for the most popular NFL franchise's owner, Jerry Jones, to step in and do something to try and stop this fraud.

NFL Officiating Bias

So as a long suffering Cowboys fan, but also a NFL fan who watches a lot of NFL games (some might say, too many games), the NFL Officiating bias against the Cowboys is incredible.  Now in general we all know the NFL officiating is horrible.  In the previous post I discussed the replacement refs versus the "regular" NFL refs.  And everyone can pick out one or two plays that went in the Cowboys favor, because that does happen, although rarely.  

But to understand the bias, you have to examine trends over long periods of time to gather the necessary data points.  As a fan who watches the Cowboys, the bias against Dallas is evident, but I know a lot of people like the talking heads at ESPN who never do any real work and hate the Cowboys (apparently a prerequisite for employment at Bristol) need to have the data spoon fed to them.  So I did a little research, and the numbers came out as I would've expected, except for one outlier, which even in itself became explainable.  

The data listed below are straight from NFL.com and have not been altered.  I went back 7 years and reviewed Penalties Data for "number of penalties called against Dallas" in the regular season and the Cowboys' respective rank in this category.  
However, as I have stated before, to me the "no calls" that do not get called against the opposing team when playing Dallas is just as relevant.  Just like the recent game against Pittsburgh ( Steelers were called for ZERO penalties.  Really?  Zero?, for 60 minutes +, and not one Steeler did anything?!  Don't want to get on that soap box again). 
So I also took the same period of time, last 7 years, and pulled the "average number of penalties called against a Cowboys opponent" and the respective rank.  
The data is unmistakeable.  The NFL officiating bias against the Cowboys over the long term can not be missed.  The numbers don't lie, the bias is there.  
Take a look for yourself.

Cowboys No. of Penalties per year and Rank (2012 through week 15 of regular season)

Cowboys	No. of Penalties	Penalty Yds	Rank
2012	111	815	1
2011	114	816	5
2010	109	863	6
2009	115	892	5
2008	119	952	1
2007	104	815	8
*2006	100	939	12
*2005	99	739	25

Cowboys Opponents’ Average Number of Penalties per game and Rank

Opp Penalty/Game	Rank
5.8	24
5.3	29
4.9	30
5.7	18
5.4	18
5.2	24
5.6	18
8.9	1

*Bill Parcells Coached Cowboys

So as we look at the numbers..... the Cowboys always rank in the top 8 for most penalties in a year and always have over 100 penalties.... oh wait, except for one year.  Which just happens to be a Bill Parcells year (from New York and loved by the New York led NFL).

Then let's look at the other point which is just as important.... the "no calls" by the refs against the teams when they play the Cowboys.  So when other teams play the Cowboys, they just automatically get better during that one week.  And always have less penalties called on them?  All on their own?  The NFL Officials have nothing to do with it?  With of course the exception of the Parcell's year where we ranked 1st.  Amazing.

Well I can go on and on, but the data is there and is unmistakeable.  Either the NFL, individual refs or maybe a combination of both, do everything they can to make the Cowboys lose and keep them from being a viable post season team.  
Is officiating the only problem?  No.  
Is Jerry Jones and some of his ignorant GM moves to blame? Yes.  
But in a league where parity is so prevalent, the kind of Officiating bias that the Cowboys have to deal with year after year, easily can make the difference between an 8-8 team and a 10-6 team which makes the playoffs.

This NFL bias against the Cowboys has to end.  The only way I know to begin, is by exposing the NFL cheating.  Read this blog/post and copy and paste to as many places as  you can find.  Get the information out.