Comments on: Still no movement in officials lockout

By: vikingfan1971

vikingfan1971 — Fri, 21 Sep 2012 15:41:55 +0000

whatever dvdman blame it on the refs why your teams is losing every game its your team

By: bcaarms

bcaarms — Thu, 20 Sep 2012 16:44:49 +0000

It really doesn’t matter. The games are 15 minutes on average longer. I just wish everyone could remember the old refs. They have blown just as many calls. The current refs do allow more football to be played by the DBs. All in all, I think that when the old refs come back this whole ref thing will get a relook. I only hope the coaches continue to act like idiots to the refs after they come back. Maybe this can usher in the new error of Coach suspensions.

By: jfinn5

jfinn5 — Thu, 20 Sep 2012 06:49:16 +0000

15 minute quarter that takes 1 hour because the scabs have no control. Absolutely awful!

By: glen1904

glen1904 — Thu, 20 Sep 2012 04:24:53 +0000

The more i read this sites comments and see the majority here are of the anti- union pro billionaire types the more Im glad I have changed into a Saturday is football day guy. I can now see that having the money run to the top is good for me, i dont care and haven’t bought NFL gear in two years, thanks out of control owners. have fun with your WWNFL! the teams on Saturdays are at least all trying to win and wouldn’t have these clowns ruining their 5 hour games!

By: pickleweedpaul

pickleweedpaul — Thu, 20 Sep 2012 01:45:39 +0000

You Republicans read PFT’s posts and see a pro-union bias, while I (a liberal) reads them and detect an anti-union sentiment.
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First of all – the opposite of liberal is conservative – not ‘Republican’.

Second – Why not just take all profits from the NFL and ‘redistribute’ to all owners, coaches, players, refs, anouncers, beer vendors, guy that cuts the grass – equally.

By: packhawk04

packhawk04 — Thu, 20 Sep 2012 01:06:02 +0000

Walletweb, thats the sticking point. They wont sign a deal that includes any kind of performance evaluations. How can they get a bad grade when theres no evaluation? Get a clue or go home.

By: arnoldziffel

arnoldziffel — Thu, 20 Sep 2012 00:55:52 +0000

Want to Help Bring Back the Regular Refs?

During this week’s NFL games, take a pencil & pad of paper and write down all the advertisers during the commercial breaks. AND THEN BOYCOTT THEIR PRODUCTS.

Then, if you are extra ambitious … email the companies and tell them you will be not buying their products – but instead, you will be purchasing REPLACEMENT products … until the regular refs are back in action.

Let’s face it, this whole mess is all about the Love of Money. Nobody gives a damn about the fans – just what’s in the fan’s wallets.

BOYCOTT the money grubbers … hit them in the only place where it actually hurts … their wallets.

By: walletweb

walletweb — Wed, 19 Sep 2012 23:54:55 +0000

@packhawk04

The officials refuse to take any kind of reprimand? If they are poorly graded they don’t get brought back next season! Get a clue or go home

@almighty1

Please look in a dictionary before posting. You obviously have no idea what the word concessions means.

@bearclaw69

The officials wanting to keep their terms of employment the same as when they hired is “dictating”?

@natelan69
+1

@vngnce

Just because it is happening everyewher doesn’t make it right.

By: jc1958cool

jc1958cool — Wed, 19 Sep 2012 23:41:32 +0000

want the ref’s back? stop watching!
i’m done with rodger dirt back, no more watching for me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
die hard packer fan

By: packhawk04

packhawk04 — Wed, 19 Sep 2012 23:25:10 +0000

Natelyn69, im an independent who likes unions. These are pro union articles. If they were unbiased, mike wouldve mentioned at some point in the last four months that the referees wont sign a deal that includes reprimands for performance. Hes never mentioned it once. Thats a crucial piece of this standoff, but instead all we hear is why and how the NFL is stalling this and not negotiating, and who thinks its hurting the game.

By: spfripp

spfripp — Wed, 19 Sep 2012 22:53:12 +0000

A lot of people probably will disagree with me but I like how they are letting the CBs be physical with the WRs. That is old school football.

By: justwinbaby29

justwinbaby29 — Wed, 19 Sep 2012 22:41:18 +0000

Ed Hochuli is flabbergasted.

By: ocdn

ocdn — Wed, 19 Sep 2012 22:37:05 +0000

Replace the Replacements!

By: csilojohnson

csilojohnson — Wed, 19 Sep 2012 22:04:46 +0000

Good, untill they are willing to be accountable they can stay home. League needs to dump NFLRA, and get Div 1 refs. Problem solved

By: tfbuckfutter

tfbuckfutter — Wed, 19 Sep 2012 21:53:29 +0000

yousuxxors says: Sep 19, 2012 5:08 PM

yes i love watching 10 hour games

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My God….I just realized…..

Goodell has unilaterally expanded the schedule to 18 games. Time wise anyway.

By: bronco1991

bronco1991 — Wed, 19 Sep 2012 21:51:04 +0000

This is an embarrassment to the nfl. After the Monday nighter the league needs to chuck its ego at the door and get some real referees on the feild.

By: yousuxxors

yousuxxors — Wed, 19 Sep 2012 21:49:24 +0000

the nfl just wants to fire bad refs and pick the best refs for playoffs not ref teams… i have to agree with them on that.

By: dscol715

dscol715 — Wed, 19 Sep 2012 21:44:14 +0000

Why is this falsehood that the referees don’t get evaluated repeated all the time? They are evaluated every week on their performance which decides who gets playoff and super bowl assignments. Just because they don’t publish them in the newspaper doesn’t mean they aren’t being held accountable. Do any of you guys watch baseball or basketball? If you want to talk about officials not being accountable start there.

By: melikefootball

melikefootball — Wed, 19 Sep 2012 21:43:33 +0000

Good, gives us something to listen about on ESPN besides Tebow.

By: chargrz

chargrz — Wed, 19 Sep 2012 21:42:58 +0000

Good! Let them pound sand. Stay out forever for all i care.

By: commonsensedude

commonsensedude — Wed, 19 Sep 2012 21:40:20 +0000

More proof from these comments that a lot of people here are simply looking at this from a political standpoint (“let’s bust the unions!!” and “stop the scabs!!”) and not from the perspective of a football fan.

Guys, let’s save the politics for November and then we can unleash our political steam in a healthy way by voting for whoever lines up with our way of thinking. But this is FOOTBALL. It’s entertainment. Or at least it was. I don’t care about unions or owners or whatever … I just want this to end. Why can’t both sides give up something so that we can have our national pastime back?

By: dvdman123

dvdman123 — Wed, 19 Sep 2012 21:38:10 +0000

This is the only reason the Saints are 0-2. They saw the replacement officials out there and still thought it was the preseason.

By: dvdman123

dvdman123 — Wed, 19 Sep 2012 21:36:37 +0000

Free the officials!!!!!!!!!

By: vngnce

vngnce — Wed, 19 Sep 2012 21:36:30 +0000

The officials don’t seem to understand that public sympathy is not going to be on their side when the entire corporate world is moving from DB to DC pensions. You have the fans at home saying “wait a minute, I just had my pension changed, why are these guys so special?” The unionized and salaried workers are realizing that this wave is happening across all levels and all professions. It is not going to be a winning topic for the Refs.

By: dvdman123

dvdman123 — Wed, 19 Sep 2012 21:35:33 +0000

That Mr. Goodell is a man of intregity…..isn’t he?

By: discohang

discohang — Wed, 19 Sep 2012 21:32:49 +0000

“Pay the man… his money.” – KGB

By: gatorarms

gatorarms — Wed, 19 Sep 2012 21:32:04 +0000

As we’ve seen with the Saint’s mess, whether he is right or wrong, Goddell doesn’t back down – even to his and the league’s extreme detriment. The NFLPA refs have been effectively fired. They will not ref another game. Goddell has spoken. All hail Goddell.

By: natelan69

natelan69 — Wed, 19 Sep 2012 21:30:53 +0000

You Republicans read PFT’s posts and see a pro-union bias, while I (a liberal) reads them and detect an anti-union sentiment.

So the logical truth is that PFT is biased neither way. So please, for the love of God, stop claiming that these posts are pro-union. Your ignorance makes my eyes bleed when I read your idiotic comments.

By: wamaha

wamaha — Wed, 19 Sep 2012 21:30:11 +0000

Tired of ref talk. It is what it is.

When the 61 refs get the stones, this will be over. Its ludicrous that these part timers had a pension in the first place, much less the wages they receive. In 95% of the employment sector part time employees aren’t eligible for ANYTHING other than wages.
Don’t see that the NFL will cave, and don’t see why they should.

Get it done, don’t get it done, the games will go on. As long as they are equally crappy on both sides, I’m OK with that.

By: jaguar187

jaguar187 — Wed, 19 Sep 2012 21:27:36 +0000

One problem I have though, is that the players aren’t held accountable. The “integrity” of the game? Yes the replacements are slow, and make some bad calls (and then take awhile to fix them), but the bigger part of the issue is “control of the game”.
Is it important? Yes.
Do the regular officials do a better job of it? Again yes.
But I keep hearing the analogy that its like when there is a substitute teacher, and the kids act up. Except these aren’t kids. They are grown men, professionals, many of them multi-millionaires. Maybe if they’d respect the “integrity” of the game,and stop when they hear the whistle, half the delays of these games would go away.
And the coaches? Be respectful, challenge bad calls when you have to, and if you want to blow your top, go yell at the guy who signs your check and is telling Goodel to play hardball the regular refs.