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The NFL also biased against intelligent players, some of whom decide to walk away early from the NFL rather than being confined by it.

The NFL also biased against intelligent players, some of whom decide to walk away early from the NFL rather than being confined by it.

== Fixed [[Super Bowl]] III ==

== Fixed [[Super Bowl]] III ==

The evidence is overwhelming that Super Bowl III was fixed by [[gambling|gamblers]] and yet the [[NFL]] did nothing to investigate.  The New York Jets were 18-point underdogs and the heavily favored Baltimore Colts had lost only 1 game in its last 31, including a 34-0 rout of the Cleveland Browns in the NFL championship game.  Some consider this Colts team to have been the greatest ever.<ref name="Morrall">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=25kjq7mOQZk</ref>

The evidence is overwhelming that Super Bowl III was fixed by [[gambling|gamblers]] and yet the [[NFL]] did nothing to investigate.  The New York Jets were 18-point underdogs and the heavily favored Baltimore Colts had lost only 1 game in its last 31, including a 34–0 rout of the Cleveland Browns in the NFL championship game.  Some consider this Colts team to have been the greatest ever.<ref name="Morrall">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=25kjq7mOQZk</ref>

Bubba Smith consistently and persuasively says that his Colts deliberately lost, and points to how QB Earl Morrall (who was the 1968 NFL season MVP) failed to throw to a wide-open primary receiver near the end zone on a flee-flicker play and instead tossed an interception in the middle of the field.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k78hKs1DmPY</ref><ref>https://athlonsports.com/nfl/5-conspiracy-theories-changed-sports-history</ref>  The flee-flicker play is designed for the quarterback to throw the long pass to the open wide receiver downfield.<ref>https://throwdeeppublishing.com/blogs/football-glossary/understanding-the-flea-flicker-play-in-football-diagrams-and-video</ref>

Bubba Smith consistently and persuasively says that his Colts deliberately lost, and points to how QB Earl Morrall (who was the 1968 NFL season MVP) failed to throw to a wide-open primary receiver near the end zone on a flee-flicker play and instead tossed an interception in the middle of the field.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k78hKs1DmPY</ref><ref>https://athlonsports.com/nfl/5-conspiracy-theories-changed-sports-history</ref>  The flee-flicker play is designed for the quarterback to throw the long pass to the open wide receiver downfield.<ref>https://throwdeeppublishing.com/blogs/football-glossary/understanding-the-flea-flicker-play-in-football-diagrams-and-video</ref>

*[[NFL sham tryouts]]

*[[NFL sham tryouts]]

==References==

==References==

[[category:National Football League]]

[[category:NFL]]

[[Category:National Football League]]

[[Category:NFL]]