Before the Super Bowl, the referees are under a lot of scrutiny, with fans and experts who debate if the officials favor Kansas City bosses.
Troy Aikman, an ESPN announcer and in the Hall of Fame of Profession NFL continues to promote bets.
“I know that officials have a difficult job. I mean, the scrutiny that is low. As we have become more advanced with instant repetition, those guys, apparently, have been written more and more,” Aikman said during a Recent appearance in “Yes Media with Jimmy Traza”.
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The field marshal of the Troy Aikman Hall of Fame before a game on November 6, 2023, at the Metlife stadium in East Rutherford, NJ (Rich Graessle/Icon Sportswire through Getty Images)
“And the game has not become less controversial. The game has become more controversial,” Aikman said. “I only think we are at a point that this has been inclined a bit because the League is partners of several of these game services.
“Here you are promoting the game, people are playing more than ever before and that kind of calls, there is a lot of at play independently. But especially when you are considering that there is a lot of money that also changes hands with these calls.
“I think we owe the fans who do it well, and I think we are at a time when we can. We can do it rather. So, that was really my position to try to bow in the NFL and say: ‘Hey, We have to solve this.
The conversation about the referees continued after the victory of the AFC championship last week for the Chiefs.
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Television commentator Troy Aikman before a game between the Jacksonville Jaguars and the Cincinnati Bengals on December 4, 2023, at the Everbank Stadium in Jacksonville, Fla. (David Rosenblum/Icon Sportswire through Getty Images)
Buffalo Bills’s field marshal, Josh Allen, the failed conversion of the inactive fourth in a QB advance became a very discussed topic because some observers questioned whether the Chiefs really stopped him below a first attempt.
The receiver of the Chiefs Xavier Worthy receiver while fighting the security of the Bills, Cole Bishop for the ball in the first half, also had the skeptical fans that the referees made the right call because it seemed that Bishop had good control In the ball.
Tavia Hunt, the wife of the CEO of Chiefs, Clark Hunt, turned to social networks to address the “favoritism of the referee” before the Super Bowl.
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The Super Bowl is still more than a week away, and the arbitration conversations will not disappear soon.
Chiefs face Philadelphia Eagles in the Super Bowl on February 9 at 6:30 pm et in Fox.
Fox Super Bowl coverage begins at 1 PM et. Coverage can also be broadcast live in Tubi for the first time.
