Comments on: 10-15 percent of locked-out officials don’t have other jobs http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/09/15/10-15-percent-of-locked-out-officials-dont-have-other-jobs/ ProFootballTalk on NBCSports.com Sun, 19 May 2013 15:36:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: contrasuxbalz http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/09/15/10-15-percent-of-locked-out-officials-dont-have-other-jobs/#comment-1997287 Sun, 16 Sep 2012 18:56:01 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1256045#comment-1997287 I would be pissed as well if someone started messing with my retirement!

]]> By: packhawk04 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/09/15/10-15-percent-of-locked-out-officials-dont-have-other-jobs/#comment-1996959 Sun, 16 Sep 2012 14:44:17 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1256045#comment-1996959 No sympathy here. They had a good gig.

]]> By: pftcensorssuck http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/09/15/10-15-percent-of-locked-out-officials-dont-have-other-jobs/#comment-1996727 Sun, 16 Sep 2012 12:08:18 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1256045#comment-1996727 I swear I saw Ed what’s-his-name at the drive-up window of Mickey D’s the other day, and yes, I did want fries with that, Ed.

No sympathy here for overpaid part-time hacks who thought they were more important than the game.

]]> By: petehemlock http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/09/15/10-15-percent-of-locked-out-officials-dont-have-other-jobs/#comment-1996701 Sun, 16 Sep 2012 11:01:48 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1256045#comment-1996701 The guy who made my Doritos Locos tacos looked a lot like Hochuli.

]]> By: raidernation210 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/09/15/10-15-percent-of-locked-out-officials-dont-have-other-jobs/#comment-1996692 Sun, 16 Sep 2012 10:05:33 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1256045#comment-1996692 Good maybe they should just take the best offer, because they stink anyway

]]> By: homerx http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/09/15/10-15-percent-of-locked-out-officials-dont-have-other-jobs/#comment-1996689 Sun, 16 Sep 2012 09:51:13 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1256045#comment-1996689 So unemployment among NFL officials is in-line with the US unemployment rate.

]]> By: papertiger418 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/09/15/10-15-percent-of-locked-out-officials-dont-have-other-jobs/#comment-1996688 Sun, 16 Sep 2012 09:09:45 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1256045#comment-1996688 It would be fitting if these officials were forced to resort to calling low-level college games in order to pay the bills. Not saying the NFL is blameless here, but that’s what happens when you shoot for more money.

]]> By: tluke25 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/09/15/10-15-percent-of-locked-out-officials-dont-have-other-jobs/#comment-1996687 Sun, 16 Sep 2012 09:03:28 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1256045#comment-1996687 The officials were earning 150,000 plus a year to work on Sunday’s for not even half a year (and they work full time jobs doing something else Monday thru Friday) and now they feel they should be getting more money for the work they do on Sundays.

It’s absolutely ridiculous. They should be ashamed of themselves. I’m glad the NFL isn’t budging and I certainly hope they don’t. I know the football players make an obscene amount of money, but atleast they have to work 356 days a year and destroy their bodies in the process.

I’m rooting for the replacement to continue doing a good job. No matter who is officiating, there always will be mistakes and people will always complain.

]]> By: NakedCowboy! http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/09/15/10-15-percent-of-locked-out-officials-dont-have-other-jobs/#comment-1996686 Sun, 16 Sep 2012 08:50:10 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1256045#comment-1996686 refs…get a job man! are you too busy during the week? doing what? rules stay the same week in week out…

league… pay the lil man! the blown calls are horrible to watch…

]]> By: Marv http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/09/15/10-15-percent-of-locked-out-officials-dont-have-other-jobs/#comment-1996662 Sun, 16 Sep 2012 06:19:11 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1256045#comment-1996662 At what point do the replacements just become the regulars? They get more and more experience each week. If they get a full season and maybe next years complete offseason to practice their craft at the highest level, I think they will be significantly better.

I mean, that’s the way the “regulars” became the “regulars”, too, right?

]]> By: tdk24 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/09/15/10-15-percent-of-locked-out-officials-dont-have-other-jobs/#comment-1996657 Sun, 16 Sep 2012 06:07:35 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1256045#comment-1996657 That’s why unions don’t belong in this day and age.

]]> By: urshgur http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/09/15/10-15-percent-of-locked-out-officials-dont-have-other-jobs/#comment-1996652 Sun, 16 Sep 2012 05:51:48 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1256045#comment-1996652 “The officials aren’t special.” So said an earlier poster. Of course they aren’t. Any schlub in a bar could do that job well, right? And they’re in a union! Who cares about them commies, right?

I’m sure you anti-union geniuses can’t see the plain facts: as union membership has declined, so have the wages of working people. I’ll stop now, as any defense of unions means getting bounced by PFT editing for being too political, while countless reflexive anti-union attacks are accepted as if they are simply daily chatter.

Anyone can referee, right? who cares if mega-$Billions$ are generated by the NFL – pay referees as little as possible. Hell, you’d do it for minimum wage! So what if the contemporary Michael Corleone’s agents can buy a key holding penalty in the 4th quarter, flipping the point spread or point total for $millions$. After all, you don’t want to see refs paid, so what arer they supposed to do?

I hate unions! It feels good to rant against unions, as my wages fall, and my debt to my bookie keeps growing. I hope I picked the right side this weekend!

]]> By: mwindle1973 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/09/15/10-15-percent-of-locked-out-officials-dont-have-other-jobs/#comment-1996625 Sun, 16 Sep 2012 04:32:00 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1256045#comment-1996625 The NFL will blink, just wait and these scabs will screw something up in a high profile way and then the NFL will blink. They are just lucky that last week everyone bought the lie that there were only a few minor mistakes. There a few minor mistakes in every qtr of every game. And the media including you Florio, backed the lie up. Watch a game, and scrutinize calls, rewind and play in slo-mo if you have to. They still haven’t mastered spotting the ball, or walking off the right yardage for a penalty. If I was the regular refs, I’d let the NFL and fans have their scabs if they want them.. because eventually it will be regretted.

]]> By: thestrategyexpert http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/09/15/10-15-percent-of-locked-out-officials-dont-have-other-jobs/#comment-1996605 Sun, 16 Sep 2012 03:59:23 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1256045#comment-1996605 More than the unemployment rate. Maybe they are less qualified for regular paying jobs than the average person.

]]> By: redbullenergydrink http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/09/15/10-15-percent-of-locked-out-officials-dont-have-other-jobs/#comment-1996595 Sun, 16 Sep 2012 03:52:11 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1256045#comment-1996595 I was listening to The HERD on ESPN radio and Collin mentioned that NFL refs are paid quite handsomely to the tune of $8k a game. I sure hope they saved some of that each week.

]]> By: natefalkirk http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/09/15/10-15-percent-of-locked-out-officials-dont-have-other-jobs/#comment-1996590 Sun, 16 Sep 2012 03:43:54 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1256045#comment-1996590 Agree with some above comments…I would not assume that many of the refs without other jobs are struggling.

Replacement refs have done ok…..yeah every week brings more analysis of what they did wrong, but we have to remember that there is far more attention on them than would otherwise would be the case. And even with the regular guys, isn’t there some controversy every week anyway?

My advice to the sriking refs: The NFL offered to bump your compensation up by $1M+ as pay or retirement benefits. Make a deal now. Make a deal while the NFL is still open to one. The farther into the season we go without some major replacement ref disaster, the weaker your position gets. Remember the striking air traffic controllers in the 80s? They ignored Pres Reagan’s order to go back to work because thought they had the stronger hand.

They found out otherwise.

]]> By: orakpownd http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/09/15/10-15-percent-of-locked-out-officials-dont-have-other-jobs/#comment-1996582 Sun, 16 Sep 2012 03:36:22 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1256045#comment-1996582 @canadian

You mean millions

]]> By: chesslungo http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/09/15/10-15-percent-of-locked-out-officials-dont-have-other-jobs/#comment-1996561 Sun, 16 Sep 2012 03:07:11 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1256045#comment-1996561 Im glad they dont have jobs. That serves them right for all the mistakes they’ve made over the years. I think the scabs are doing a BETTER job

]]> By: lks311 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/09/15/10-15-percent-of-locked-out-officials-dont-have-other-jobs/#comment-1996557 Sun, 16 Sep 2012 03:05:53 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1256045#comment-1996557 If I were the Refs, I would be concerned about striking from a profession that 90% of the people watching believe they could do…and most would be correct.

]]> By: j0esixpack http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/09/15/10-15-percent-of-locked-out-officials-dont-have-other-jobs/#comment-1996536 Sun, 16 Sep 2012 02:49:36 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1256045#comment-1996536 And in fairness, the other 85% working at Footlocker can’t be making too much money either.

]]> By: vbe2 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/09/15/10-15-percent-of-locked-out-officials-dont-have-other-jobs/#comment-1996534 Sun, 16 Sep 2012 02:47:28 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1256045#comment-1996534 You seem to have deleted my question, why?

Saying “10 to 15 percent” is a BS way of hiding the number. There’s about 100 officials in the NFL, so there’s 10 to 15 officials that don’t have another job.

Why hide the number behind a percentage? Unless you’re trying to shill for the NFLRA…

]]> By: giantsfanlewis http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/09/15/10-15-percent-of-locked-out-officials-dont-have-other-jobs/#comment-1996532 Sun, 16 Sep 2012 02:47:08 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1256045#comment-1996532 Another thing those locked out officials can do is leave the union and join the replacement refs like the players did during the strike

]]> By: superseahawk http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/09/15/10-15-percent-of-locked-out-officials-dont-have-other-jobs/#comment-1996531 Sun, 16 Sep 2012 02:46:47 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1256045#comment-1996531 canadianvikingfaniii

Agreed. My sympathy is nonexistent for these refs.

]]> By: joedido http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/09/15/10-15-percent-of-locked-out-officials-dont-have-other-jobs/#comment-1996530 Sun, 16 Sep 2012 02:45:02 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1256045#comment-1996530 With the nfl the way it is now they’ve games almost every night of the week, these guys aren’t only reffing on Sundays. What about the Monday night, Wednesday night, and Thursday night games that have already been played this year

]]> By: bsizemore68 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/09/15/10-15-percent-of-locked-out-officials-dont-have-other-jobs/#comment-1996528 Sun, 16 Sep 2012 02:44:49 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1256045#comment-1996528 The SCABS are a cancer on football, cheap labor is whats behind this lock out, the league wants to change the retirement system for officials, and they like it as it is, some body needs to think about the golden goose, before the SCABS stink up the joint. Bill

]]> By: Legion Of Boom http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/09/15/10-15-percent-of-locked-out-officials-dont-have-other-jobs/#comment-1996524 Sun, 16 Sep 2012 02:36:53 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1256045#comment-1996524 Time to find a new one

]]> By: Stiller43 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/09/15/10-15-percent-of-locked-out-officials-dont-have-other-jobs/#comment-1996517 Sun, 16 Sep 2012 02:29:48 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1256045#comment-1996517 I’d be guessing a lot of the refs are already retired…considering most look like theyre 70

]]> By: mark0226 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/09/15/10-15-percent-of-locked-out-officials-dont-have-other-jobs/#comment-1996494 Sun, 16 Sep 2012 02:04:38 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1256045#comment-1996494 Didn’t the NFL want to make about 10-15% of the officials full time and the NFLRA didn’t like the idea because they already had full time gigs that they didn’t want to lose?

]]> By: nomoreseasontix http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/09/15/10-15-percent-of-locked-out-officials-dont-have-other-jobs/#comment-1996491 Sun, 16 Sep 2012 01:59:28 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1256045#comment-1996491 A few more weeks and it won’t matter if they come back or not.
I’m not sure it matters now. With every week that passes, the new officials get more proficient and the old ones get less relevant.
It won’t be long before the NFL decides to forget about the old ones and roll with the new ones.
And Mike Pereira will be left whining into a vacuum.

]]> By: gmen5280 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/09/15/10-15-percent-of-locked-out-officials-dont-have-other-jobs/#comment-1996487 Sun, 16 Sep 2012 01:55:38 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1256045#comment-1996487 I would call those refs ‘semi retired’. Only working weekend durring the NFL season. Sounds like great work if you can get it.

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