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Originally Posted by MoneyGuy
Are you saying the league is interfering in games to benefit the Riders? You can't be serious. That's absurd.
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Further than that I'd say it is a common belief, maybe even the norm, amonst a large portion of Stamps fans online that the Riders receive preferential treatement from the league and the officials.
As someone who takes part in Canucks bashing whenever I can, I totally understand hating your rivals. And TBQH it is no different than the people who think there is an NHL conspiracy against Canada, for Det, for Van, for Bettman sunbelt teams etc. At the end of the day it is absurd. Hell I'm sure I've occasionally taken part in it right here on CP. At the end of the day though it is idiotic to think there is a conspiracy in the NHL.
It is somewhat forgivable because of the hate by Stamps towards the Riders might make people have some pretty hefty biases. But IMO it cheapens the discussion and reflects poorly on the fans and the forum it is posted on.
For the last 2 years in the CFL, especially the playoffs and GC, there have been some outlandish, absurd and downright offensive things posted about the Riders. I'd like to think I've been able to respond similarly to our tolerable Canucks posters and just ignored the stupid and focused on real discussion. Tough part is that it is often the same posters, often within the same post, that make cohesive, intelligent remarks about the CFL then go on to spout off about a conspiracy from CFL head office.
For the most part though CP is pretty good for CFL discussion. Thanks to both the mods and the posters I prefer it to any of the team sites including Riderfans.com. It is unfortunate that, for some posters, the fact I cheer for the Riders means they have to act like total jackasses and tell me that I'm a drunken baffoon who starts fights and spills beer on old ladies, that my team is full of divers and people who (and I'm not kidding) have told me that they don't like me as a person because I cheer for the wrong team. But I know I'm in the minority on this site as a Riders fan and just filter out the stupid and don't let it bother me.
At the end of the day I think everyone is frustrated with CFL reffing. And even though it is probably the least consistent in all of the major NA sports it suffers from mob mentality to just always blame it on bush league reffing.