what would be the incentive for one owner to allow a handful of owner have the most success (NE, Philly, KC, for example). A SB win brings tons of extra cash to an owner through sales, etc.
and of course refs can alter the outcome of a game--name a pro sport where they don't/can't? if they are influenced by outsiders, that's a problem. any claims that they are being told to alter games by "the league" have never made any sense what so ever. people need to create conspiracies to help them deal with a reality that they don't like or accept.