Well I have not heard the following from Captain Hindsight: "Roger Goodell messed up 6 months ago when he did not pull an RRATC (Ronald Reagan Air Traffic Controller) on the ref's collective asses and fired them all outright. That would have given the league just enough time to hire quality replacements, and give them thorough training. Plus maybe a couple extra things like more reviewable plays. Games might still have gone a bit longer & people might have complained some, but nothing like this."
Nor have I heard this: "The amount of $$ may be a pittance to the league, but the regular refs are scumbags as well. They get 150k clams for part-time work, and they are complaining that they don't want extra refs hired as a 'bench' who can replace those who are under-performing. And they are whining about losing their defined benefit pension in favor of a 401k (which has happened to virtually everyone I know), despite getting nice annual raises built into the offer."
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