Dean Blandino: I was in charge of NFL referees… here's how I know there's no bias towards the Chiefs
Dean Blandino: I was in charge of NFL referees… here's how I know there's no bias towards the Chiefs
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Dean Blandino, the former NFL head of refereeing, has shut down conspiracies surrounding the league's officials and the Kansas City Chiefs. The Chiefs punched their ticket to their third straight Super Bowl with an AFC Championship victory over the Buffalo Bills Sunday but many NFL fans believed they have had a helping hand to make it to New Orleans.
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A number of calls throughout the postseason have led many, including the likes of Dave Portnoy, Stephen A. Smith and Skip Bayless, to claim that the league has been rigged in the Chiefs' favor. However, Blandino, who oversaw the NFL's referees from 2013 to 2017, insisted there is no conspiring from the league nor its officials to help the Chiefs reach the Super Bowl.
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'If there's a room somewhere in the NFL offices where they were writing the script, they never invited me - and I was the head of officiating,' he told TMZ. 'I feel like I'd be a pretty important contributor to that.'. The 53-year-old went on to explain that even if such a script existed, it would be near-impossible for all involved to keep it under wraps for an entire season.
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The NFL has been accused of being rigged after the Chiefs reached the Super Bowl yet again. Dean Blandino, the former NFL head of refereeing, has shut down those conspiracies. 'Someone somewhere would slip up and it would get out,' he added. Most recently, the Chiefs courted controversy when Buffalo was deemed to have missed out on a crucial first down.
