Comments on: NFL confirms deal with NFLRA http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/09/27/nfl-confirms-deal-with-nflra/ ProFootballTalk on NBCSports.com Thu, 20 Jun 2013 03:05:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: supremekingz http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/09/27/nfl-confirms-deal-with-nflra/#comment-2028309 Thu, 27 Sep 2012 17:32:42 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1329340#comment-2028309 I guess nobody’s going to bother asking where all the money is coming from to pay for all this?

]]> By: mjkelly77 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/09/27/nfl-confirms-deal-with-nflra/#comment-2027940 Thu, 27 Sep 2012 15:34:30 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1329340#comment-2027940 It would not have bothered me if the officials didn’t return until next season. What I am happy to hear is that the Commissioner was able to insert a “bench” of officials as well as the ability to make full-time hires.

Thus begins the process of weeding out the weakest officials to be replaced by the best and brightest who will be given the opportunity to break into the professional ranks. I would imagine that there are literally dozens of extremely qualified candidates in the NCAA Division I ranks who would love to make $200K per year along with extremely generous benefits.

Within a handful of years, the excellence level of NFL officiating will be where it should have been all along.

]]> By: Deb http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/09/27/nfl-confirms-deal-with-nflra/#comment-2027847 Thu, 27 Sep 2012 15:10:01 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1329340#comment-2027847 Awesome … now the league can start shifting to full-time refs, can start phasing out refs who are too out of shape to keep up with the action, and can start benching refs who repeatedly blow calls. Yes, the regular officials make mistakes, too … and have been making more and more of them over the past decade. Now the NFL is finally going to start doing something to improve the overall, long-term quality of officiating. I’m thrilled we’re getting back the regular refs. But I’m more thrilled the league is going to improve the integrity of the product going forward.

]]> By: tmkelley1 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/09/27/nfl-confirms-deal-with-nflra/#comment-2027833 Thu, 27 Sep 2012 15:06:19 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1329340#comment-2027833 So where’s the dweeb who said that first report by Mortensen on ESPN was a load of hooey?

]]> By: dkhhuey http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/09/27/nfl-confirms-deal-with-nflra/#comment-2027689 Thu, 27 Sep 2012 14:13:29 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1329340#comment-2027689 Thank god – I’m really glad they’re back – not because they are better refs, but because I am sick and tired of listening to all of the media heads bitching and moaning about it all day long!

]]> By: youngs79 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/09/27/nfl-confirms-deal-with-nflra/#comment-2027608 Thu, 27 Sep 2012 13:49:08 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1329340#comment-2027608 Great Caesar’s Ghost says:Sep 27, 2012 9:10 AM…

My point was, if they would have played better in the first 59 minutes, it wouldn’t have come down to 1 play as time runs out.

]]> By: realitypolice http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/09/27/nfl-confirms-deal-with-nflra/#comment-2027600 Thu, 27 Sep 2012 13:45:26 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1329340#comment-2027600 If the Packers miss the playoffs by one game this year, they can be consoled by the fact that their getting screwed at a chance to go to the Super Bowl served the greater good of settling the referee lockout.

]]> By: florida727 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/09/27/nfl-confirms-deal-with-nflra/#comment-2027589 Thu, 27 Sep 2012 13:42:04 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1329340#comment-2027589 The only surprise in this happening is that it took this long after the Seattle / Green Bay debacle for it TO happen. After the PR hit the league knew it was about to take, I bet the phone was ringing at the officials’ union office within minutes after that game. Nothing moves negotiations along quite like a disaster.

]]> By: manchestermiracle http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/09/27/nfl-confirms-deal-with-nflra/#comment-2027554 Thu, 27 Sep 2012 13:17:37 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1329340#comment-2027554 What isn’t known is that the NFLRA had a pool of money as incentive for the replacements to blow as many calls as possible in order to force the NFL back to the negotiating table. Hey, if it worked for the Saints….

]]> By: supremekingz http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/09/27/nfl-confirms-deal-with-nflra/#comment-2027551 Thu, 27 Sep 2012 13:15:26 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1329340#comment-2027551 Fans can be so dumb sometimes. When will you learn that companies and corporations don’t pay taxes and salaries, the customers do. The increase in referee pay will be passed on from the NFL owners to the NFL Fans. You think paying part time refs $200,000 per year plus almost $30,000 of benefits, and a bunch of new D-League Refs will make the ticket costs any cheaper when you go to your favorite teams game?

This is a short term victory but a long term disaster. Unions must be stopped. Wherever unions are, the prices go up. Simple facts. If the union had simply disbanded like they were close to doing, the refs would have all come back by now. The owners were all holding out for that end.

That Green Bay/ Seattle game will live in infamy for years to come for more than 1 reason.

]]> By: Great Caesar's Ghost http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/09/27/nfl-confirms-deal-with-nflra/#comment-2027545 Thu, 27 Sep 2012 13:10:29 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1329340#comment-2027545 youngs79 says: Sep 27, 2012 8:16 AM

Packers shouldn’t lose the rest of the season because they have lost their excuse for any future loss. It won’t matter when Rodgers gets sacked 8 times. It won’t matter when Rodgers can’t throw even 1 touchdown pass. It won’t matter when they can’t score more than 12 points in a game. It won’t matter when they don’t have a back that can rush for a 100 yards. Excuses are over Packers. #crybabies

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Last I checked 12 points was more than 7. That’s usually what matters, son.

]]> By: rocketdogsports http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/09/27/nfl-confirms-deal-with-nflra/#comment-2027542 Thu, 27 Sep 2012 13:09:07 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1329340#comment-2027542 The NFL owners finally realized the weakness of their position and caved. When will they ever learn?

]]> By: knackstermyea http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/09/27/nfl-confirms-deal-with-nflra/#comment-2027539 Thu, 27 Sep 2012 13:04:11 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1329340#comment-2027539 And the first bad call some idiot is gonna post… bring back the replacement refs!

]]> By: samapoc http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/09/27/nfl-confirms-deal-with-nflra/#comment-2027526 Thu, 27 Sep 2012 12:59:08 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1329340#comment-2027526 Considering that these guys have other jobs, this is a killer wage.

]]> By: justwinbaby29 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/09/27/nfl-confirms-deal-with-nflra/#comment-2027524 Thu, 27 Sep 2012 12:56:42 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1329340#comment-2027524 NFL deal with Refs through 2019

NFL deal with players through 2020

I hope this labor crap is over!

]]> By: greymares http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/09/27/nfl-confirms-deal-with-nflra/#comment-2027517 Thu, 27 Sep 2012 12:51:45 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1329340#comment-2027517 enough of this nonsense lets have more storys on McCoy vs Umenyiora

]]> By: raider17 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/09/27/nfl-confirms-deal-with-nflra/#comment-2027509 Thu, 27 Sep 2012 12:42:02 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1329340#comment-2027509 This sucks! Watch the Raider penalites go up!

Sad day for the Raider Nation! (The Only Nation)

Al Davis Forever!!!
Just Win Baby!!!

]]> By: Fink http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/09/27/nfl-confirms-deal-with-nflra/#comment-2027502 Thu, 27 Sep 2012 12:34:38 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1329340#comment-2027502 205k for a part time job? with a 401k retirement package? how exactly do you become an NFL ref? seems like the biggest farce of a job in existence.

]]> By: hendawg21 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/09/27/nfl-confirms-deal-with-nflra/#comment-2027500 Thu, 27 Sep 2012 12:33:29 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1329340#comment-2027500 So it took one of the Darlings of the league to get robbed on national TV for the wheels to start churning and getting a deal done.

]]> By: al40110 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/09/27/nfl-confirms-deal-with-nflra/#comment-2027497 Thu, 27 Sep 2012 12:31:50 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1329340#comment-2027497 I wonder if all the TV guys will continue to review every play and point out each and every mistake made by the refs now?

]]> By: eagleswin http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/09/27/nfl-confirms-deal-with-nflra/#comment-2027494 Thu, 27 Sep 2012 12:30:54 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1329340#comment-2027494 The NFL would have been better off giving the NCAA Div I refs the NFL reffing gig (permanently). Luckily, noone got to see how good they could be due to the NFLRA blocking them from even applying.

]]> By: yooperman http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/09/27/nfl-confirms-deal-with-nflra/#comment-2027485 Thu, 27 Sep 2012 12:24:32 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1329340#comment-2027485 Jerry and the other 30 greedy owners where fine with the replacements. 200,000+ charitable owners where not. Glad it’s settled.

]]> By: wikidpissah http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/09/27/nfl-confirms-deal-with-nflra/#comment-2027484 Thu, 27 Sep 2012 12:21:29 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1329340#comment-2027484 At least now when there’s a bad call (and there will be) we won’t have to listen to analysts say “You can’t really blame these guys, they’re doing their best.”

]]> By: paulsmith107 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/09/27/nfl-confirms-deal-with-nflra/#comment-2027482 Thu, 27 Sep 2012 12:19:13 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1329340#comment-2027482 Good now we can get back to everyone talking about how the regular officials suck. Under the circumstances these guys weren’t horrible I mean everyone nitpicked every call they made as if regular officials never made mistakes. I mean it must have been replacement refs officiating the raiders game where the tuck rule came from. I know it was replacements who got the coun toss wrong when in the lions game they obviously called heads it landed on heads an they gave the choice to the other team. Must have been replacements who gave a touchdown to vincent testaverde against Seattle when he was clearly a yard and a half short and cost Seattle a touchdown. I have never heard a giant fan complain about all the blown calls in the regular season green bay giants game last year those must have been replacement refs. Point is nobody will ever be happy and all this crying has taken away my ability to enjoy what is turning out to be a great nfl season so far. Now I hope everyone shuts the f up but they will now cry about how bad the regular refs are

]]> By: roadtrip3500 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/09/27/nfl-confirms-deal-with-nflra/#comment-2027481 Thu, 27 Sep 2012 12:18:43 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1329340#comment-2027481 173-large for a part-time job… boy, did I pick the wrong line of work.

]]> By: youngs79 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/09/27/nfl-confirms-deal-with-nflra/#comment-2027478 Thu, 27 Sep 2012 12:16:12 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1329340#comment-2027478 Packers shouldn’t lose the rest of the season because they have lost their excuse for any future loss. It won’t matter when Rodgers gets sacked 8 times. It won’t matter when Rodgers can’t throw even 1 touchdown pass. It won’t matter when they can’t score more than 12 points in a game. It won’t matter when they don’t have a back that can rush for a 100 yards. Excuses are over Packers. #crybabies

]]> By: gooboy6 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/09/27/nfl-confirms-deal-with-nflra/#comment-2027474 Thu, 27 Sep 2012 12:14:05 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1329340#comment-2027474 What happens to the replacement officials ? Does anybody care that they are discarded like chicken bones ? Goodell should have thanked them

THANK YOU REPLACEMENT OFFICIALS FOR DOING THE BEST JOB YOU COULD UNDER THE CIRCUMSTANCES!!!

]]> By: packermama http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/09/27/nfl-confirms-deal-with-nflra/#comment-2027473 Thu, 27 Sep 2012 12:13:48 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1329340#comment-2027473 Better late than never? Not for the Packers. But at least the rest of the season the players can focus on playing and not freakish calls…as often.

]]> By: pftfannum1 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/09/27/nfl-confirms-deal-with-nflra/#comment-2027472 Thu, 27 Sep 2012 12:13:19 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1329340#comment-2027472 Part-time work in a span of 5 months a year with an average salary of $167,000/y and still complaining? It only happens in America!

I wonder if players and media from now on will stop complaining about officiating? As I recall, they did plenty in the past.

]]> By: skoobyfl http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/09/27/nfl-confirms-deal-with-nflra/#comment-2027471 Thu, 27 Sep 2012 12:13:11 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1329340#comment-2027471 All is right in the jungle.

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