Hello, Chicago Bears fans! I have a beef with the NFL Competition Committee. In fact, I think that name is one of the most oxymoronic labels I’ve ever seen. If it was called the Kill the Competition Committee, it would at least be truth in advertising. Every year they make changes to the rules that make NFL officiating more opaque, more subjective, more offense-oriented, and with just enough of a dash of arbitrary capriciousness to confuse both NFL players and NFL fans. With that, here are ten things I hate about NFL rules and officiating (yes, I have more, be patient young padawan).

#10 – Random Holding Calls (both offense and defense)

Defensive holding used to be something you only saw on passing plays and it wasn’t called all that often. Now you are just as likely to see a defensive h

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