Hook'em#11;3084408 said:
Refs should get fined as well. For what they do half the time is a hell of a lot worse then the doubled fingered old man.
well get aload of this hook'em; do you know how much nfl refs get?
check this out
The NFL is offering an official entering his fifth season $62,103 in 2001, compared to the $42,295 he would have made last year as a fourth-year official for regular-season and preseason games plus various meetings and clinics. In 2003, he would earn $84,470.
The union, meanwhile is asking that a fifth-year official be paid $95,000 per season starting this year, an increase of 50 percent.
For senior officials, the difference is greater. The NFL is offering officials with 20 or more years of experience $120,998 this year. The union is asking $210,000, a 75 percent different.
The two sides are also using the other major sports for comparison. The three others use full-time officials and the NFL's are part-time, although by Condon's figures they work an average of 1,200 hours a year.
So the union noted that even if its offer is accepted, NFL officials would be the lowest paid on an annual basis. The NFL responded with a chart showing that per-game compensation in its 16-game season is double and triple the other leagues' at the 20-year level.
"We reviewed their offer and thought their offer was inappropriate and didn't address the contribution that the officials make to the game," Condon said Tuesday morning. "They thought our offer was excessive and asked for too much."
Inside the Numbers
NFL Referees Association's salary proposal to the NFL on Tuesday
(based on union members' tenure compared to other major sports)
League 1 * 5 10 15 20 25 30
NFL $75,000 $95,000 $125,000 $160,000 $210,000 $210,000 $210,000
NHL $115,000 $139,000 $176,500 $224,000 $236,000 $236,000 $236,000
MLB $105,707 $141,120 $181,044 $219,768 $255,954 $276,359 $283,345
NBA $93,000 $128,350 $172,000 $211,830 $249,010 $270,738 $292,466
* -- year(s)
