Comments on: NFL, former refs at odds over training replacement officials

By: irishnativeson

irishnativeson — Fri, 20 Jul 2012 21:23:54 +0000

While I empathize with the “former referees” which means former union members now employed by the league, and no longer union members, you can’t really blame the league for their position either. I totally get that these guys have personal relationships with current union referees and they wouldn’t be able to look them in the eye’s after training replacements but for Christ’s sake their not air traffic controllers. What are the sticking points to the negotiations?

By: skinsfan91

skinsfan91 — Fri, 20 Jul 2012 21:16:18 +0000

These guys are retired though. So they aren’t training their replacement. They just have to remain loyal to their bros though. I blame the owners as well.

By: amg503

amg503 — Fri, 20 Jul 2012 20:38:32 +0000

Or how about just paying the old guys what they want, and letting trained officials call these games.

I wouldn’t want to train my forced replacement, either.

By: cali49er707

cali49er707 — Fri, 20 Jul 2012 20:36:16 +0000

I have lost faith in every official in every sport, just when you think you have seen a bad call, wait 5 minutes & you will see a worse call then the one before!!