Comments on: Pereira says replacement officials will compromise integrity of the game

By: swingondeesenuts

swingondeesenuts — Fri, 20 Jul 2012 14:04:54 +0000

BS! Periera is part of the problem. Many of these refs have decided to try to become part of the game instead of simply officiating it. Maybe after they are replaced by some younger and possibly better college guys, they will realize that the fans don’t pay to see the refs and basically just want them to shut up and do their jobs correctly.

By: wtfchiefs

wtfchiefs — Fri, 20 Jul 2012 10:38:03 +0000

People think the officiating is awful and changes game outcomes now?

Just wait until they get replacements in there, it will be twice as bad. This could be a real nightmare.

By: rhymeswithpunt

rhymeswithpunt — Fri, 20 Jul 2012 07:08:03 +0000

I couldn’t go a season without watching at least one game with Ed Hercules as the ref.

By: riverhorsey

riverhorsey — Fri, 20 Jul 2012 05:58:06 +0000

NFL refs couldn’t be any worse than they already are.

By: richc111

richc111 — Fri, 20 Jul 2012 04:03:42 +0000

I remember the last time they used replacement refs and it was fine if not better. I remember well that they let players play and didn’t get involved on every other play. You know the 40 pass interference call because the DB reached out and there you see it he grabbed the very bottom of his shirt sleeve. I am all for replacement Ref’s bring them on and we will see

By: matthewcarlson1

matthewcarlson1 — Fri, 20 Jul 2012 03:26:38 +0000

If “compromise the integrity of the game” means having officials that call it both ways then maybe the integrity needs to be compromised.

By: letmesetyoustraight

letmesetyoustraight — Fri, 20 Jul 2012 03:26:23 +0000

I love it. Pereira plays the “integrity of the game” card. The commish is all about that.

By: jlb10

jlb10 — Fri, 20 Jul 2012 03:23:31 +0000

periera is another talking head. like finfan said the current officials compromise the integrity of the game every week. and when periera was on he insulted the intelligence of the fans with his flimsy excuses every week

By: mrcogburn

mrcogburn — Fri, 20 Jul 2012 03:10:02 +0000

Spoken like a true Teamster, Mike Pereira. Sorry, but I’m gonna need a little better explanation than the hysteria Pereira spouts. These zebras have an overinflated sense of importance. No one is indispensable in this day and age.

By: askbri

askbri — Fri, 20 Jul 2012 02:27:33 +0000

News for Mike Pereira … Regular Refs have already compromised the integrity of the game.

Blown calls the last 3 years that would’ve altered the entire scope of the playoffs and crowned different Superbowl champions.

In fact, Green Bay wouldn’t have even been in the playoffs their Superbowl year had the refs not blown scoring calls in their home game against the Vikings.

The Steelers – the same year: Had the refs not blown the fumble call against the Miami Dolphins, they would’ve lost that game, lost their division and had to “Hit the road” in the playoffs, instead of hosting games.

It’s entirely possible, had the refs not blown calls in both of those games, both Super Bowl teams would’ve been different.

The sad reality? The professional NFL Refs stink.

By: saints4evah

saints4evah — Fri, 20 Jul 2012 01:59:44 +0000

They had to throw in a BS Saints comment? As i say…Show me the hits meatheads. Show me the dirty play. Talk is cheap. Show me the game film of the very average defense, which was, by the way, one of the lesser penalized squads on TOP of being not that danged good anyway, in th eleague. That was a cheap shot by a cheap hack. Talk about integrity. Where is journalistic integrity anymore?
As for the refs who are whining, they suck anyway, miss and blow calls all the time, have no consistency, and their Ginger Overlord fines the balls off of anybody who states the obvious crap calls they make. Cry me rivers zebras. They NEED to be replaced by people who are hungry, unbiased, and not spoiled little brats like most of them have become under the wing of GODell and his idiot posse.

By: cooklynn17

cooklynn17 — Fri, 20 Jul 2012 01:56:21 +0000

well then the fans shouldn’t notice a difference at all.

By: monkeyhateclean

monkeyhateclean — Fri, 20 Jul 2012 01:51:16 +0000

This just reinforces the need to expand instant replay’s role in deciding calls.

Even the “good” refs make horrible call after horrible call, but with present technology, the element of human error can easily and quickly be mitigated.

Forget having some ref run to the sideline to stare into a replay booth for 4 minutes. Refs deliberately maximize the time delay of replay calls because of the threat they pose to their job security.

Their fears are justified…with the insertion of a tracking chip in the football, replay cameras can instantly and precisely spot of the ball, and when the ball broke the plane of the end-zone.

Judgement calls, such as when a knee was down, when a foot went outside the sideline, or when a receiver “controlled” a catch can still be assigned to human replay official in a booth, who will immediately have all the replay angles right in front of him to make the right call.

The game will move faster, and the league won’t be so beholden to the entitled ref system, which doesn’t sufficiently punish terrible their terrible refereeing.

By: mjkelly77

mjkelly77 — Fri, 20 Jul 2012 01:50:40 +0000

That’s what they said about a more critical job when President Reagan replaced the air traffic controllers. The doomsayers were wrong then, too.

By: footballhistorian

footballhistorian — Fri, 20 Jul 2012 01:36:50 +0000

I’d like to hear Megatron’s thoughts about the quality of the current refs.

By: scrotiemcb

scrotiemcb — Fri, 20 Jul 2012 01:28:22 +0000

How?

By: csszrr

csszrr — Fri, 20 Jul 2012 01:23:30 +0000

They need to get younger refs who can keep up with the speed of the game. No refs over the age of 45.

By: FinFan68

FinFan68 — Fri, 20 Jul 2012 00:40:25 +0000

You know what else compromises the integrity of the game? Missing game-changing calls even after replay and calling nearly identical plays differently in two playoff games (at least one crew was wrong).

By: sea3369

sea3369 — Fri, 20 Jul 2012 00:39:54 +0000

The regular refs are not that good, give someone else a shot…

By: kevincrathbun

kevincrathbun — Fri, 20 Jul 2012 00:36:47 +0000

Not a popular opinion, but this is a bigger deal than the has been portrayed in the media.

The level of officiating will drop drastically (insert joke here) from current levels if replacement officials are used. Replacement officials will not just be those next in line, i.e. the best NCAA officials. No aspiring official in their right mind would cross the line and effectively serve as a scab in the NFL. The top conferences in NCAA are supervised by NFL officials. I’m sure a few will cross the line, but not the ones who are in line or hope to be in line for the NFL, or those that would like to keep their NCAA jobs. My guess is we’ll see a mix of passed-over older officials (they were passed over for a reason) and younger officials without Division 1 experience.

By: knucklebucket

knucklebucket — Fri, 20 Jul 2012 00:34:15 +0000

The officials need the work and pay more than the fans care about their lockout. I am confident they will be on the field in September. Hope they’re not waiting for Robert Kraft to expedite negotiations because it’s just not going to happen.

By: vbe2

vbe2 — Thu, 19 Jul 2012 23:26:12 +0000

As opposed to the regular refs compromising the integrity of the game?