Football

Even if the Bengals were disappointing, the game was in a dead heat.

Games should be close, and in those kinds of games, it's more important that the officiating is perfect (at least, the NFL tells us they want parity and close games). I forgot about the block in the back, by the way.

Worse, certain teams -and I don't think the refs do this intentionally - seem to get favored, especially down the stretch. The Seahawks, Packers, and Chiefs come to mind. I know there's some implicit bias and psychology involved but some teams pick up a lot more calls in their favor than others.