Comments on: Rumors fly that league may go with one-man officiating crews

By: nomoreseasontix

nomoreseasontix — Tue, 21 Aug 2012 01:43:58 +0000

Get that robot maid from “The Jetsons”…. She’d do as well as some of the regulars…

By: jikkle49

jikkle49 — Mon, 20 Aug 2012 22:36:14 +0000

Not going to happen because I can’t see the league putting this in with basically 0 testing.

I could see it happening one day but just not scrambled out of the blue put in at the last second.

By: kevpft

kevpft — Mon, 20 Aug 2012 22:29:43 +0000

This piece sums up the typical modern sports fan well. ‘I don’t care about the welfare of human beings, just don’t mess with my precious game!’

Kind of pathetic, really.

By: RUAHORNH8R

RUAHORNH8R — Mon, 20 Aug 2012 22:26:08 +0000

@ Murtdurt-

Dude, you read my mind! Why not have all the players have microchips installed in there arm…. Then a buzzer goes off when they commit a penalty….. Or if they get out of line , they get billed directly towards the chip!!! Who is running the league now?
The Masons????

By: contract

contract — Mon, 20 Aug 2012 22:11:47 +0000

So much for Goodell protecting the integrity of the game.

By: foosball11

foosball11 — Mon, 20 Aug 2012 22:06:45 +0000

Just about every NFL game that I have watched for the past decade has had its share of terrible calls, and none of those games were presided over by replacement officials. Let the referees union rot.

By: upperdecker19

upperdecker19 — Mon, 20 Aug 2012 21:55:35 +0000

Can you imagine a 2 minute drill in this situation? The one ref would most likely faint.

By: jcbadger34

jcbadger34 — Mon, 20 Aug 2012 21:23:39 +0000

Oh look, the head honcho here wants attention, so he makes up a story to try to make the league look bad.

How unoriginal. Haven’t you done this enough?

By: randygnyc

randygnyc — Mon, 20 Aug 2012 21:10:52 +0000

I support busting any union at anytime. BUST IT!!!!

By: samoanjungle

samoanjungle — Mon, 20 Aug 2012 21:09:18 +0000

Next thing you know they will be outsourcing it and the calls will be made from India.

“Peersonall fowall noomber tventee tooo”

By: mjkelly77

mjkelly77 — Mon, 20 Aug 2012 20:43:47 +0000

Given the performance of the replacement officials, it makes plenty of sense to consider drastic action.
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Given the performance of the part-time officials who are out, it makes plenty of sense to consider drastic action. The full-time attorneyss and gynecologists who are part-time referees are overcompensated as it is and are greedily asking for more. I say the NFL should do it.

By: scrapingthefloorioforstorios

scrapingthefloorioforstorios — Mon, 20 Aug 2012 20:23:56 +0000

another made up storio by the master

By: pftmaniac

pftmaniac — Mon, 20 Aug 2012 20:19:06 +0000

I, for one, welcome our new Video Referee Overlords.

By: hrmlss

hrmlss — Mon, 20 Aug 2012 20:06:45 +0000

The first guy to shove etc…. would get the penalty vs the guy who answers. Like that. Who’s going to blow a call dead when it shouldn’t be? That’s always my favorite.

By: piemasteruk

piemasteruk — Mon, 20 Aug 2012 20:01:13 +0000

It doesn’t have to be either/or. Would only one guy down on the field just moving the ball be the best way to do things? Probably not. But could we do away at least some of the on-field staff and replace them with people up in a booth with all the latest technology? Sure, that’s definitely worth exploring.

By: r8rsfan

r8rsfan — Mon, 20 Aug 2012 19:59:02 +0000

They can get super models to spot the balls. In typical Patriots style Giselle would cheat.

By: bigguy54

bigguy54 — Mon, 20 Aug 2012 19:35:12 +0000

Yeah like the guys on the field do nothing to control the game. This is asinine, you need a presence on the field to break up players etc. How are you going to explain a call to the Coaches, keep track of the ball, and all the players. This will never work.

By: audient

audient — Mon, 20 Aug 2012 19:32:57 +0000

This is obviously a negotiation tactic and nothing more. No way they actually do this, and the locked out refs should call this bluff.

By: folkcrusader

folkcrusader — Mon, 20 Aug 2012 19:29:28 +0000

With the quality of cameras and production software available today this is more then possible. The overriding principle should just be “get it right”. As it stands the NCAA has made better headway at that goal then the NFL and that is largely due to technological means. If the next step is taking the officials off the field then so be it but you damn well better be able to “get it right”.

By: mogogo1

mogogo1 — Mon, 20 Aug 2012 19:22:27 +0000

I don’t believe this rumor because it makes absolutely no sense. They could expand replay with a full-sized crew and thus maintain a semblance of control on the field. How many cheap shots would go unseen with a single ref out there? And since costs for replacement refs can’t be much in the billion dollar world of the NFL, they’d be saving themselves nothing by going to one ref.

By: jackblackshairyback

jackblackshairyback — Mon, 20 Aug 2012 19:18:59 +0000

Just get the freakin refs back already. Enough is enough.

By: cincinnasti

cincinnasti — Mon, 20 Aug 2012 19:11:41 +0000

I think this is a great idea.. Now if they’d just realize that doing this with replay’s as well.. Could drastically speed up the flow of the game.. Which in my opinion is needed badly.. The competition committee has added so many rules over the years, it’s difficult for the game to have a steady flow without constant interruption.. The rules that cause the interruption are debatable, however if there is a way to minimize how long they stall the game, that shouldn’t be debatable. I think having maybe three guys on the field would be enough. I just think their responsibilities and authority shouldn’t be as great as they are now. Getting those damn chains off the field and using the blue and yellow lines we see on T.V. is long overdue.. Instituting changes like this across the board would be quicker and much more accurate..

By: rbirving

rbirving — Mon, 20 Aug 2012 19:11:41 +0000

this whole squabble between the league and the refs completely ignores what was already wrong. We need full time referees, not part timers. For the kind of money the refs want the league should insist on full time refs who work year around on improving their craft. Not an insurance salesman that slips on a zebra shirt on Sunday morning, hoping he doesn’t miss the call that shakes the mountains.

By: largent80

largent80 — Mon, 20 Aug 2012 19:11:31 +0000

I heard that they’re going to use the banker in ‘Deal or No Deal’ to call in all the penalties from the booth, all the cheerleaders will be standing by with 26 boxes holding 26 envelopes, and each coach will be able to reject an offered penalty in exchange for whatever is in the selected box, maximum three boxes per half.

By: hawkforlife

hawkforlife — Mon, 20 Aug 2012 19:10:31 +0000

Why not add a remote control cannon and anyone spotted fouling gets blown away on the spot. What ratings!

By: dylude

dylude — Mon, 20 Aug 2012 19:07:18 +0000

Maybe I’m too cynical but if I were the NFL this would be the best story to make up and “accidentally on purpose” let it leak to the public.

It tells the locked out refs, “Either get back to your jobs ASAP or they won’t exist at all.”

Smart move.

By: belairirish

belairirish — Mon, 20 Aug 2012 19:06:48 +0000

Nothing like the threat of being replaced by technology to make you grovel for your job back. Nice move, Goodell.

By: NoobTubeTV

NoobTubeTV — Mon, 20 Aug 2012 19:05:54 +0000

The common issue between all of these problems is Goodell…. Get rid of him.

By: mlienau

mlienau — Mon, 20 Aug 2012 19:04:17 +0000

This is one of the most ridiculous things I’ve ever read (on this site at least). One official? I suppose these “league employees” are going to be better at officiating the game because they are watching it on tv instead of being on the field?

By: ashipinharbor

ashipinharbor — Mon, 20 Aug 2012 19:02:34 +0000

Seems like they could throw the flag on every down if they called the game strictly by the rules. The eye in the sky had better be lenient…