Comments on: Some officials getting on-field direction via ear pieces

By: phillyphann83

phillyphann83 — Fri, 24 Aug 2012 22:54:44 +0000

they should’ve been doing this with the NORMAL refs for years!!! How many times is the call so obvious to us with the TV angles but they can’t tell what to do from the field angle. simple solution is another official in the box talking to the head referee.

By: 4thandnone

4thandnone — Fri, 24 Aug 2012 22:22:16 +0000

you know you have problems when you need to show up to work 5 hours before your shift so you can learn how to do your job !

By: corvusrex96

corvusrex96 — Fri, 24 Aug 2012 21:18:19 +0000

Refs wearing ear pieces ???? Bad bad idea

Is that how the mafia and/or the NFL will make sure the games end up they way they are suppossed to ?

Small market team has a man open on a long throw , ref receives “instruction” to throw a flag thus negating the play.

By: rmdz7

rmdz7 — Fri, 24 Aug 2012 21:13:23 +0000

I bet the extra audio equipment costs more than $6,000 a game (or about 12 billable lawyer-hours, in current NFL lingo).

What’s going to be sad is seeing referees asking the booth “what should I call?”; seeing referees signaling touchback when the ball was downed at the 4 yd line; or reverse possession after a personal foul/INT combo, correct the refs on personal foul penalties are 15 yards, not 18, etc etc etc etc etc etc etc etc etc.

By: bigbluefan11

bigbluefan11 — Fri, 24 Aug 2012 19:55:02 +0000

The benefit of the earpieces is only as good as the quality of men providing the knowledge flowing into them. I am fairly certain one of them is Larry Nemmers. When he was an on field ref, he was grossly incompetent. Why would he be any better in the booth?

There does not appear the be a process for ensuring consistent, quality officiating. I don’t care if it comes from the booth, on the field, or from a remote location in the arctic. It’s not been present in recent seasons and I hope that along with addressing the obvious monetary issues, this also gets fixed. Until then, I’ll deal with replacement refs. How less consistent could they possibly be?

By: smacklayer

smacklayer — Fri, 24 Aug 2012 19:35:38 +0000

Shouldn’t the officials up in the booths who know what they are doing be down on the field being the refs??

By: nomoreseasontix

nomoreseasontix — Fri, 24 Aug 2012 19:12:39 +0000

I’ll interpret that to mean the NFL doesn’t think enough penalties have been called against the Raiders so far…

By: brutus9448

brutus9448 — Fri, 24 Aug 2012 19:12:00 +0000

why not hire robots?

By: blackandbluedivision

blackandbluedivision — Fri, 24 Aug 2012 19:09:25 +0000

The blind leading the blind…still can’t get it right.

By: grabgrabgrab

grabgrabgrab — Fri, 24 Aug 2012 19:07:14 +0000

Isn’t this proof enough of their shortcomings!?!?!

Please make this go away!!!

By: madmanleo

madmanleo — Fri, 24 Aug 2012 19:05:03 +0000

I hope they fail miserably and embarrass the NFL. I’d love to see Jones reaction if it cost his team a game. Bet he wouldn’t be singing the company line about the refs after that. Get the old refs back and stop being cheap.

By: evilfhud

evilfhud — Fri, 24 Aug 2012 18:31:13 +0000

My only question is why aren’t all of them wearing ear pieces???? I think the replacements have been adequate during the preseason- not good just passable. But holy-guacamole the speed and intensity is about to skyrocket and there is no way these guys aren’t going to cost someone a game in week one.

By: tialen

tialen — Fri, 24 Aug 2012 18:28:21 +0000

Lets not forget that the non locked out officials are making plenty of mistakes also. Case and point, last Colts game and Lucks “slide” for a touchdown that wasn’t a touchdown.

Those replay officials just didn’t bother looking at the film to see that he started his slide half a yard outside of the endzone.

By: silvernblak

silvernblak — Fri, 24 Aug 2012 18:28:01 +0000

Good thing here. We all need to start somewhere and when we do we all need training in some way. Instant replay on all turn overs, touchdowns and the red flag reviews being observed, showing up 3.5 hours prior for ref training? How can these guys not get better?
Theses hold out officials think theirs don’t stink? Everyone is expendable and frankly I have seen some bad calls made by both sides. So what’s the difference? Out with the old fat blind guys who can’t run 20 yards and let’s bring in the young and the restless with health, age and vision!
With some training, on field experience and a littl patience along with the resources the NFL is providing these new officials, we can get rid of the biased high horsemen who think their the only ones on the planet that can officiate a NFL game! Fire em all and let’s get some new blood in there!