MLB is an example of what happens when you have full-time officials –they want a union, and when they get their union, they refuse to be accountable for not calling the games by the rule book. The strike zone is elastic and arbitrary, force-outs at second and third base are not even close, etc.

Self-confessed incompetents like Bill Leavy need to be fired if they won’t quit.

And I thought the refs were supposed to err on the side of the fumble for live rulings lest the defenders need to return the ball. how they could rule that a non fumble on the field was baffling as it looked like a fumble all the way.

I’m not a Giants fan, in fact, being an Eagles fan I pretty much hate them, but that was terrible. Even that ref-apoligist Perrera (i know i didn’t spell that right) couldn’t find a way to agree with them.

—Well, that botched call (and botched replay) on that Green Bay fumble against the Giants today won’t help the impression of NFL ref competence. If full-time refs leads to better officiating, I say its a good idea.

Instant replay should rarely be wrong

One issue is the rules are written by lawyers and are overly complicated. Fans used to know what a catch, fumble and TD were.

Another issue is, for the “safety of the players,” officials make too many calls on based on assumption rather than what they actually see and they blow the play dead prematurely.

The replay system is designed “to get the call right” yet because of some rules, a team gets shafted. Why review plays that are called TDs but not those that might be a TD but weren’t called that way? Why is a fumble in 1 game given to the defense after review, but in another game that same type of play isn’t even reviewable?

A huge issue that I have with the officiating is a lack of consistency throughout the league. Much of that is encouraged by the league itself by highlighting what penalties will be enforced or not. Example: big hits have been scrutinized much more than necessary in order to send a PC message. Holding penalties have not been called in the playoffs (maybe 3 total in 7 games so far…c’mon man) I’m all for letting them play but an obvious penalty should be called. A team that primarily passes has another artificial advantage over a defensive team if they are allowed to hold on every play without fear of consequence.

The league has a lot to clean up and making officials full time doesn’t solve any of it.

Ed hoculli should be tested for performance enhancing drugs…..and vision impairing drugs
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Given his performance, shouldn’t Ed Hochuli be GIVEN performance enhancing drugs??

so, people who arent doing as well as these ones are, will get hired.

officiating could well get worse. and more expensive.

i have a better idea. make sure the officiating crew cant stay at the same hotels as any team players or personnel. cut out contact / fraternization of all kinds, that benefits teams they fraternize with, or not.

and make them pass a freakin physical. and an eye test and a hearing test.

Probably because they’re being asked to officiate a game they no longer recognize thanks to all these new rules.