Former NFL vice president of officiating Mike Pereira doesn't agree with fans who think the league is conspiring to help the Kansas City Chiefs, but wishes quarterback Patrick Mahomes was penalized for flopping.

The statement comes a day after NFL commissioner Roger Goodell called the Chiefs conspiracy theories “ridiculous.” NFLRA executive director Scott Green agreed with Goodell in the statement posted to X by NFL Network’s Tom Pelissero, and tried to illustrate how difficult something like that would be to pull off.

With officiating a big talking point ahead of Super Bowl 59, the NFL referee union blasted conspiracy theories as ‘insulting’

The head of the union representing NFL officials calls allegations that officiating crews are biased in favor of the Kansas City Chiefs or any other team “insulting and preposterous."

Kansas City Chiefs head coach Andy Reid has strongly dismissed claims that NFL officials favour his team, calling such conspiracy theories "insulting" to referees. Speaking at his final media availability before Sunday's Super Bowl,

The labor union representing NFL referees has strongly refuted allegations that officials have been favoring the Kansas City Chiefs, dismissing such claims as baseless conspiracy theories.

NFL referees have come under fire recently for what has seemed like blatant favoritism for the Kansas City Chiefs, who will become the first team in NFL history to win three Super Bowls in a row if they manage to beat the Philadelphia Eagles on Sunday.