New Study Proves NFL Referees Favor Kansas City Chiefs

We knew it!! For years, fans of NFL football have seen the refs show favoritism towards the Kansas City Chiefs, and now there is proof.

NFL Referees Favor Kansas City Chiefs

A new study conducted by the University of Texas at El Paso claims that the referees in the NFL gave more calls for Kansas City than against them. According to the report released by the university after reviewing over 13,000 penalty calls between 2015 and 2023, the Kansas City Chiefs benefited from more calls than other NFL Clubs.

Kansas City Chiefs Get More Calls In The Playoffs

How many times have you been watching a playoff game and thought to yourself that a call or non-call helped Kansas City more than any other team? Well, you are not crazy.

The study showed that the Chiefs benefited from judgment penalties like pass interference and roughing the passer being called more in favor of the Chiefs than their opponent.

The study shows that during the playoffs, which the research team identified as the NFL’s most commercially valuable period, penalties against opposing defenses of the Chiefs’ offense were significantly more likely to result in first downs, cover more yardage and fall into subjective categories such as roughing the passer or pass interference. Importantly, these effects were absent for the Tom Brady–era New England Patriots and other recent Super Bowl contenders, suggesting the phenomenon is unique to Kansas
City’s emergence as a television ratings powerhouse.

Of course, the NFL said that this study has no validation, but as an avid NFL watcher, I think the study is 100% correct.

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