Can we all agree that the NFL replacement referees situation is now so combustible carnival cruise line december it might be just a matter of time before the explosion leaves commissioner Roger Goodell scrambling to mitigate the damage to his own legacy?
carnival cruise line december A dispute over less than 1 percent of the league's total revenues, which should have been resolved carnival cruise line december weeks ago, is threatening to remain indefinitely in limbo because each side appears to be waiting for the other to restart negotiations. Common sense dictates that the longer this impasse goes on, which many believe to be over the union referees' pension plan, the greater the chance of games being undermined by wrong calls.
It doesn't matter whether we're talking about auto workers, air traffic controllers or NFL officials. When there's no labor agreement, and less-experienced employees have to be hired to fill in for the regulars, there's going to be a drop-off in production and execution.
Replacement referees, most of whom work games at the Division II and III college levels, are bound to have more issues with NFL rules interpretations, clock management and general control of a game. The more backups are used, the more we're going to see fiascos like what happened Monday night between the Denver Broncos and Atlanta Falcons. Normally, you would remember it for Peyton Manning tossing three interceptions in one quarter. Except that Manning's misfires were overshadowed carnival cruise line december by the Chinese fire drill in the aftermath of a Knowshon carnival cruise line december Moreno fumble. Or Broncos coach John Fox, showing more disdain for scab officials than he would real ones, looking like his head was going to explode.
Just wait, if the NFL continues its arrogant stance of thinking the game will be fine without the best officials, there are going to more ugly moments. And players, even ones on teams like the Jaguars who haven't been terribly impacted yet by the striped replacements, will become more vocal in their disgust.
"These [replacement] guys haven't worked at this level," Jaguars guard Uche Nwaneri said. "They're not used to the speed of our game, the violence of it. I think it's hard to expect them necessarily to jump into those situations and know exactly what to do. For players, carnival cruise line december our concern is as we go further into the season and these games count more and more, who is it going to cost? What team could potentially lose a game that might get them in or out of the playoffs? Right now, there's a lot of talking [about carnival cruise line december replacement officials], maybe a little giggling and laughing. But as you get deeper into the year, those could turn into real gripes."
ESPN analyst Steve Young was spot-on when he said the NFL is so enamored with its own popularity, it would rather wait for the union officials to crawl back in submission than do what's right for the game. For that, Goodell deserves a yellow flag.
I would only say that Uche Nwaneri probably isn't in the best position carnival cruise line december to be questioning someone's competence. Start winning some games before you critique another's performance. The Refs have been affecting the outcome of games since the beginning of football, so that's nothing new. Instant replay will fix most of their mistakes. The replacements carnival cruise line december aren't that big of a deal for me. They make the game run a bit longer, but they usually get the calls correct.
carnival cruise line december No I can't agree with you I'm like jagforlife Ref and Umps have always had something carnival cruise line december to do with the out come of some game what do you expect you throw these guys in the lions den with out a weapon and expect them to control the beast I think they are doing a good job and if guys like you and the idiots that sit on the butts and run their mouth just leave them alone oh I don't see you or the other gripes volunteering to take their paces so just shut up and let them do their jobs
They're doing the best they can for the such short time they've been given. They are college carnival cruise line december officials, not NFL. Different rules to be learned. They'll carnival cruise line december be alright. The only reason for the severe scrutiny is because if you watch a game, that's all the announcers are talking about.
I like the NFL officials too (several are heroes of mine). But they are not coming back anytime carnival cruise line december soon because they are not as important to the game as they think they are. As a matter of fact, you and your colleagues are more important than the officials that cover the game. But the NFL is made out to be the bad guy when all the commish is trying to do is forestall a power play by a union that "thinks" their value outweighs their need.
I contend carnival cruise line december that in two years (I pray it does not take that long) that the replacement refs would transition into qualified officials, the union would disintegrate and we would have forgotten about all of this nonsense.
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