Don't Believe the Talking Heads 🏈

If you listen to the talking heads, the Kansas City Chiefs have the referees in their pocket. All penalties go the way of the Chiefs; the Chiefs quarterback gets all the favorable calls. It is interesting, because statistically none of that is true. In fact, one Chiefs’ player is the 2nd most penalized player in the NFL (Taylor). Mahomes is the 21st player benefiting from a roughing the passer penalties.

The other day I had a meeting with a family. One member of the family had done a lot of “research”. Some of my time with him was explaining that much of the information he had found was simply wrong (an example: Medicaid has a seven year look-back regarding gifts, when in fact it is five; or that you can’t transfer property and apply for Medicaid, when in fact there are multiple exceptions that allow for transfers under certain conditions).

Last week I went to the Chiefs playoff game against the Texans. Afterward I watched a recording of the game, hearing one of the announcers blasting the referee’s rulings on two calls that went in favor of the Chiefs.

Monday, I read the report from the head referee. He went through the intricacies of the rules that lead to the penalties. Under the intricacies of the rule, both penalties were exactly right and the referees were required to make the calls they did.

I wonder if the announcer that blasted the referees will admit he didn’t know the rules?

We have a team at Clinkscales Elder Law that understands the rules, intricacies and all, about paying for care, protection of assets, Medicaid and Medicare, and estate planning. Don’t rely on what you hear; get the facts from our team.