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I'm not saying the league did rig it. But it's not as though the theory is "man didn't land on the moon" foolish either. Whenever I so much as glance at the crap most conspiracy theories are assembled from they fall apart pretty quick, this one not so much. So if you can give me a plausible explanation for how not one but four separate officials whose responsibilities would have put them in position to see that play all 'missed' it I will gladly consider it.
Fair enough, appreciate that this one stands out for you.
They missed it because there was human error. Officials are fallible. They made a mistake. I've only seen the one official right in front of the play (although I haven't done a thorough analysis). He's the primary culprit. Maybe the other three were deferring to him. Maybe they blinked. If you think there's a 20% chance the main guy gets it wrong, and a 50-50 chance that the other three guys miss it, and there's a 10% chance the main guy gets it wrong, then there's a 1.25% chance of them screwing up on that play. That's a low probability, but it's not so low that you'd say "well it's more likely that there's a conspiracy" given that there are hundreds of plays over the course of the season maybe each of which have a similar chance of going horribly wrong.
The other reasons are that if you think that most conspiracy theories are dumb (i.e. the NFL wanted the Patriots to win in 2001 because of 9/11) then why is "The NFL wants the Rams to go to the Super Bowl" the one that breaks through? Certainly there have been many things the NFL would like to have happen that didn't, moreso than they wanted an LA team in the Super Bowl. I get that they're trying to promote the new stadium and such, but I doubt that they'd risk the worst scandal in NFL history for something like that, especially because the Rams will be good for the foreseeable future. I think it's backwards reasoning, like we're trying to find why the ref would throw the game like that and settled on "well the NFL must want the LA team in the Super Bowl" (something which nobody was saying ahead of time).
Also, if the refs are under orders to make sure one team doesn't win, it's gonna happen earlier than the game deciding play. It's be too obvious at that point. It'd be a penalty in the first quarter to extend the Rams drive, and things like that. It's not that one ref making a split second decision that "oh **** I'm under orders to make sure the Rams win, I better not call this pass interference because that means the Saints will have a chance to run the clock out and hope they make the field goal!"
Just my .02.