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mitchmarner · 1 year

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“The refs are biased against my specific team!” have you considered that the refs are all just indiscriminately terrible at their jobs. the refs almost certainly aren’t targeting your team because they hate you. they’re just bad at their jobs to the point of professional negligence, and sometimes their deep incompetence has worse outcomes for your team by total accident rather than design.

#you’re also going to notice bad/missed calls against your team the most #this is NOT me saying to not bitch about the refs #i sure do!#but the obsessive victim complex fans of every team in existence have is wild #they can’t all be biased against every single team in the league #that’s not how bias works #complain about the bad calls because they’re bad - not because they hate you specifically #and you can say the outcomes are worse for your team! its often true! but to pretend the reason why is bc the refs hate you is so funny #no. theyre just bad.#it’s so embarrassing. leafies do it ALL the time like please you’re making us all look bad #note: this post does NOT apply to the wes & sheldon situation #wes should NEVER be refing leafs games #i don’t care if he does a bangup job every game #hockey is a nepotism sport so conflicts of interest are inevitable #but this is waaaaaaaaay beyond that #*

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